(Ivory Coast Pineapple, Variegated Pineapple)

A cultivar of pineapple grown for its colorful foliage rather than its edible fruit, 'Ivory Coast' is an evergreen, terrestrial, rosette-forming perennial whose erect, sword-shaped, olive-green leaves have creamy white, spineless edges. Mature specimens produce pyramidal clusters of small lavender flowers with showy pink bracts. These are borne atop a stout central stem in summer. The flowers give rise to fleshy amber or golden brown fruitlets that fuse into a large, cone-shaped pineapple. The fruit...

(Dwarf Pineapple, Piñita, Pink Pineapple)

Curious as a tropical plant, the miniature pineapple's small fruit is edible, but usually no larger than that of a chicken egg. Native to northern Brazil to Suriname, this is a tender perennial bromeliad that grows as a spider-like rosette.

Long, stiff grayish green leaves lined in sharp spines, looking and piercing skin like curving swords. Healthy two-year old plants send up a tall, slender flower stalk from the center of the leaf rosette in spring's warmth. Atop this stalk is a rounded mass...

(Big Bluestem, Turkey Foot)

Big bluestem is an rugged, clump-forming perennial grass that makes a dense clump of leaves and tall flower stalks topped with distinctive seedheads in autumn. Native to a vast range across North America, from southern Canada to northern Mexico, it has become quite rare in the western United States.

The blue-green stems and green leaves are relatively short throughout the summer, but with the onset of fall, the stems lengthen as the flowers emerge. Silvery-red or red-purple in color, the tiny...

Grecian windflower is a diminutive spring ephemeral from southeastern Europe. The cultivar 'Alba' bears snowy flowers in early spring. Perched on compact stems above triads of ferny, three-parted leaves, the solitary, daisy-like blooms open wide in bright sun to reveal a boss of yellow anthers. Soon after bloom plants die back to black tuberous rhizomes that spread to form clumps. Self-sowing often occurs.

This wind-tolerant perennial is great for naturalizing in open woodland beds or sunny borders...

(Crown Windflower, Lilies-of-the-Field, Poppy-flowered Anemone)

Native to the Mediterranean, this tender, often short-lived perennial bears showy, poppy-like flowers in late winter, early spring, or a few months after its bumpy tubers are planted. Poised on slender stalks above clumps of divided, ferny leaves, the solitary flowers have five to eight scarlet, blue, pink, white, or multicolored segments with a large, usually dark central disc. Often planted at intervals to provide continual year-round bloom in greenhouses or mild climates, poppy-flowered anemone...

(Tall Thimbleweed)

A beautiful, spreading wildflower native to much of eastern North America, tall thimbleweed offers lush mats of upright, palm-shaped foliage and delicate white summer flowers. Native populations inhabit open woods and prairies that range from dry and rocky to somewhat moist and fertile. There are three variants, var. cylindroidea, var. virginiana and var. alba, which differ in floral characteristics, distribution and vigor.

The bright to medium green leaves of tall...

(Angelface Blue Angelonia, Narrowleaf Angelon, Summer Snapdragon)

Angelonia ‘Angelface’ is a hybrid summer snapdragon. It is a tender perennial which is often planted as an annual. The dark green, grape-scented leaves are lance-shaped and evergreen only in frost-free zones. Tall spikes of tubular, two-lipped, snapdragon-like flowers appear throughout the growing season. The cultivar ‘Angelface Blue’ branches freely, has very sturdy flower spikes which rarely need staking and large flowers. The color of the flower is deep violet-blue with a white spot on the lip...

(Angelface Dark Violet Angelonia, Angelface® Dark Violet Snapdragon, Summer Snapdragon)

Angelonia ‘Angelface’ is a hybrid summer snapdragon. It is a tender perennial which is often planted as an annual. The dark green, grape-scented leaves are lance-shaped and evergreen only in frost-free zones. Tall spikes of tubular, two-lipped, snapdragon-like flowers appear throughout the growing season. The cultivar ‘Angelface Dark Violet’ branches freely, has very sturdy flower spikes which rarely need staking and large flowers. The color of the very large flowers is dark purple-violet.

Angelonia...

(Angelface Pink Angelonia, Narrowleaf Angelon, Summer Snapdragon)

Angelonia ‘Angelface’ is a hybrid summer snapdragon. It is a tender perennial which is often planted as an annual. The dark green, grape-scented leaves are lance-shaped and evergreen only in frost-free zones. Tall spikes of tubular, two-lipped, snapdragon-like flowers appear throughout the growing season. The cultivar ‘Angelface Pink’ branches freely, has very sturdy flower spikes which rarely need staking and large flowers. The color of the flower is clear pink with a yellow spot on the lip and...

(Angelface Dresden Blue Angelonia, Narrowleaf Angelon, Summer Snapdragon)

Angelonia ‘Angelface’ is a hybrid summer snapdragon. It is a tender perennial which is often planted as an annual. The dark green, grape-scented leaves are lance-shaped and evergreen only in frost-free zones. Tall spikes of tubular, two-lipped, snapdragon-like flowers appear throughout the growing season. The cultivar ‘Angelface’ branches freely, has very sturdy flower spikes which rarely need staking and large flowers. The colors available include ‘Angelface Blue’, ‘Angelface Dark Violet’, ‘Angelface...