(White Gromwell)

The delicate, starry flowers of this shrubby perennial are clear white and add charm to summer gardens. It is evergreen, where hardy, and originates from the scrublands and the dry woodland edges of forests from southwestern Europe to Turkey. Drier climates with moderately cool summers are best for this low, scrambling, densely-branched plant.

Small, lance-shaped to needle-like leaves cover purple gromwell throughout the year. These are hairy and deep green. In late spring or early summer it...

(Blue Gromwell)

The delicate, starry flowers of this shrubby perennial are pale sky blue and add charm to summer gardens. It is evergreen where hardy, and adapted to the scrublands and the dry woodland edges of forests from southwestern Europe to Turkey. Drier climates with moderately cool summers are best for this low, scrambling, densely-branched plant.

Small, lance-shaped to needle-like leaves cover purple gromwell throughout the year. These are hairy and deep green. In late spring or early summer it becomes...

(Grace Ward Gromwell, Purple Gromwell)

The delicate, starry flowers of this low-growing shrubby perennial are cobalt blue and add charm to summer gardens. It is evergreen, where hardy, and originates from the scrublands and the dry woodland edges of forests from southwestern Europe to Turkey. Drier climates with moderately cool summers are best for this low, scrambling, densely-branched plant.

Small, lance-shaped to needle-like leaves cover purple gromwell throughout the year. These are hairy and deep green. In late spring or early...

(Heavenly Blue Gromwell)

The delicate, starry flowers of this shrubby perennial are rich sky blue and add charm to summer gardens. It is evergreen, where hardy, and originates from the scrublands and the dry woodland edges of forests from southwestern Europe to Turkey. Drier climates with moderately cool summers are best for this low, scrambling, densely-branched plant.

Small, lance-shaped to needle-like leaves cover purple gromwell throughout the year. These are hairy and deep green. In late spring or early summer...

(Star Gromwell)

Introduced by Blakedown Nurseries LTD. of Worcester, England, Star™ was discovered as a mutant of the popular gromwell, ‘Heavenly Blue.’ The delicate, starry flowers of this compact shrubby perennial are white with a blue star and add charm to summer gardens. It is evergreen, where hardy, and originates from the scrublands and the dry woodland edges of forests from southwestern Europe to Turkey. Drier climates with moderately cool summers are best for this low, scrambling, densely-branched plant....

(White Gromwell)

Introduced by Blooms of Bressingham, the compact 'White Star' is a compact shrubby perennial with delicate, bi-colored flowers of blue with a white central star. It is evergreen where hardy, and originates from the scrublands and the dry woodland edges of forests from southwestern Europe to Turkey. Drier climates with moderately cool summers are best for this low, scrambling, densely-branched plant.

Small, lance-shaped to needle-like leaves cover purple gromwell throughout the year. These are...

(Central Australian Cabbage Palm, Central Australian Fan Palm)

Stately and picturesque, this medium to large, single-trunked fan-palm is native to arid canyonlands in central and northern Australia.

The large, gray-green, evergreen fronds are divided into numerous long, lance-shaped segments, that radiate like the spokes of an umbrella. The leaflets are themselves divided into long segments that weep toward their tips, creating a cascading effect. Young plants often have stiff, red-tinted leaflets. About 40 fronds are borne atop the trunk on long stalks...

(Mataranka Fan Palm)

Stately and picturesque, this medium to large, single-trunked fan-palm is native to a small area of northwestern Australia. Some botanists consider it a subspecies of Livistona mariae.

The gray-green, evergreen fronds are divided into numerous long, rigid or semi-pendulous, lance-shaped segments, that radiate like the spokes of an umbrella. The leaflets are themselves divided toward the tip. Young plants often have stiff, red-tinted leaflets. About 40 fronds are borne atop the trunk...

(Serdang, Taraw Palm)

A tall palm with bold fan-shaped leaves and a straight solitary trunk, this Southeast Asian native is both highly ornamental and remarkably frost-hardy.

The large, rich green, evergreen fronds are cleft into numerous arching, lance-shaped segments, that radiate like the spokes of an umbrella. More than 30 fronds are borne atop the trunk on long stalks ("petioles"), forming an open, domed crown. The petioles are edged with long vicious fang-like prickles. A "skirt" of hanging older leaves sometimes...

(Coastal Lobelia, South African Lobelia)

Among the truest blue of flowers in all of hte world, coastal lobelia's upright stems are topped with deep sky blue blossoms in late spring into summer. A short-lived perennial that will become rather wood-like in its lowest stems with age, it is native to the coastal dunes of South Africa.

The upright stems are lined with small light green leaves that are soft and have coarse teeth on their edges. In late summer onwards into midsummer, the tips of stems bear two-lipped flowers of sky-blue to...