(Texas Swampmallow)

This showy, long-blooming perennial is exceptionally tolerant of summer heat, drought, and coarse, dry soils. A close cousin of the hibiscus, it is an upright but sprawling shrub with long, lax stems that grow speedily that grow each year from woody basal branches. Rock rose is native to the drylands of Texas and northern Mexico.

The leaves are rounded triangles with jagged edges, often with two short lobes on each side, and dark-green above with a lighter-green underside. The petioles (leaf stems)...

(Devil's Backbone, Japanese Poinsettia)

Easily recognized by its rubbery, slightly zig-zagging stems, devil's backbone has pretty foliage and reddish flowers in summertime. A tender succulent perennial shrub that has an irritating milky sap, it is native to tropical America from Florida to northern South America.

Its light to medium green leaves are perfectly tapered ovals, slightly glossy and flank the zigzag stems to resemble a crooked backbone with ribs. Although flowering in flushes year round in warm tropical regions, it occurs...

(Japanese Poinsettia, Variegated Devil's Backbone)

Easily recognized by its rubbery, slightly zig-zagging stems, variegated devil's backbone has green and white leaves and reddish flowers in summertime. Its parent is a tender, succulent, perennial shrub that has an irritating milky sap, and is native to tropical America from Florida southward into northern South America.

This selection, ‘Variegatus,’ has medium-green, slightly glossy leaves that are perfect ovals edged in white. They flank the zigzag stems to resemble a crooked backbone with ribs....

(Florist Geranium, Geranium)

There are so many wonderful pelargoniums – thousands of hybrids and more than 200 distinct species. Most are heavily fragrant and offer showy flowers and foliage, so it is no wonder these tender perennials, or subshrubs, are some of the most widely cultivated and popular container and bedding plants.

Most Pelargonium species originate from arid or montane regions in southern Africa. Their fragrant, somewhat fleshy evergreen leaves are typically palm-shaped and deeply lobed or dissected....

(Abigail Zonal Geranium, Zonal Geranium)

An abundance of coral-pink and salmon flower clusters appear on stems above the leaves on the Abigail zonal geranium when temperatures are warm. The rounded, coarse-feeling leaves are lush green but with a circular, "zonal" rusty bronze band in their middles. Butterflies visit the flowers, which continue up until frosts or oppressive humidity and rains halts growth. Stems become stiff and beige over time, with succulent, water-conserving tissues inside.

Vigorous and easy-to-grow, this fancy-leaved...

(Americana Deep Rose Zonal Geranium, Zonal Geranium)

Intensely colored flower clusters of deep hot pink and orange-red describes the Americana Deep Rose zonal geranium. Boasting an robust, upright but well-branching habit, pretty scalloped leaves and huge clusters of semi-double (extra petaled) flowers, it will bloom continuously if well-maintained, especially if deadheaded. It tolerates oppressive summertime heat quite well, more so than the typical florist geranium. The hybrid Americana™ Series was introduced by Goldsmith Seeds and are usually grown...

(Americana Light Salmon Zonal Geranium, Zonal Geranium)

Americana Light Salmon zonal geranium displays delicate pastel flower clusters of salmon with light pink petal edges. Having an robust, upright but well-branching habit, pretty scalloped leaves and huge clusters of semi-double (extra petaled) flowers, it will bloom continuously if well-maintained, especially if deadheaded. It tolerates oppressive summertime heat quite well, more so than the typical florist geranium. The hybrid Americana™ Series was introduced by Goldsmith Seeds and are usually grown...

(Americana White Splash Zonal Geranium, Zonal Geranium)

Bicolored flower clusters of white dotted with rose-magenta markings is the hallmark of the Americana White Splash zonal geranium. Boasting an robust, upright but well-branching habit, pretty scalloped leaves and huge clusters of semi-double (extra petaled) flowers, it will bloom continuously if well-maintained, especially if deadheaded. It tolerates oppressive summertime heat quite well, more so than the typical florist geranium. The hybrid Americana™ Series was introduced by Goldsmith Seeds and...

(Americana™ Cranberry Red Geranium, Zonal Geranium)

This pretty zonal geranium is an All-American treat. Americana™ Cranberry Red produces velvety bright red flowers when temperatures are warm. These beauties have robust, upright, well-branched habits as well as pretty scalloped leaves in addition to huge clusters of semi-double flowers. Plants will bloom continuously if well-maintained and can tolerate summertime heat better than average zonal geraniums. This hybrid was introduced by Goldsmith Seeds.

These tender perennials have fragrant, somewhat...

(Americana™ Deep Red Zonal Geranium, Zonal Geranium)

The Americana™ Deep Red zonal geranium produces numerous red-scarlet blossoms and green foliage with circular banding. Boasting a robust, upright but well-branching habit and pretty scalloped leaves, it will bloom continuously if well-maintained, especially if deadheaded. It tolerates oppressive summertime heat quite well, more so than the typical florist geranium. The hybrid Americana™ Series was introduced by Goldsmith Seeds and are usually grown as summertime annuals.

This tender perennial...