(Florida Blue Lisianthus, Lisianthus)

The Florida Series of Lisianthus is a semi-dwarf selection grown for lovely flowers and is a native of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a biennial, but often grown as an annual. The gray-green, clasping leaves are oval to oblong and opposite on erect, branching stems. Flowers are cup to bell shaped and borne in the upper leaf axils (the joint between the leaves and stems) during the summer. The color of the flowers is deep blue-violet, blue, pink or silver most with a dark...

(Lisianthus)

Lisianthus, grown for lovely flowers, is a native of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a biennial, but often grown as an annual. The gray-green, clasping leaves are oval to oblong and opposite on erect, branching stems. Flowers are cup to bell shaped and borne in the upper leaf axils (the joint between the leaves and stems) during the summer. Color of the flowers may be white, pink, blue-violet or lavender with a dark center. The fruit is an elliptical capsule bearing many...

(Lisianthus, Tiramisu Lisianthus)

Lisianthus, grown for lovely flowers, is a native of the southwestern United States and northern Mexico. It is a biennial, but often grown as an annual. The gray-green, clasping leaves are oval to oblong and opposite on erect, branching stems. Flowers are cup to bell shaped and borne in the upper leaf axils (the joint between the leaves and stems) during the summer. Color of the flowers may be white, pink, blue-violet or lavender with a dark center. The fruit is an elliptical capsule bearing many...

(Blue Daze Dwarf Morning Glory, Dwarf Morning Glory)

For a member of the morning glory family, ‘Blue Daze’ is unusual because it does not twist or climb and is a hybrid derived from plants native to North and South America. The trailing stems of this tender perennial subshrub form a low, lax, spreading mound. Both the stems and the small, oval shaped leaves are densely covered with short, downy hairs, giving them a silvery appearance. Many small, sky blue, funnel shaped flowers with five lobes and white throats cover the plants throughout the warm...

(Brazilian Dwarf Morning Glory)

A morning glory that does not climb, the Brazilian dwarf morning glory has gray-green leaves and small morning glory flowers of a deep blue when temperatures are warm. A tender perennial that can become shrubby with semi-woody stems with age, it is native to Brazil and Paraguay where it is found in sunny prairies.

The small, egg-shaped leaves are light green but covered in fine silvery hairs. Overall this makes the foliage mound a gray-green. When temperatures are warm, branch tips reveal small...

(Shaggy Dwarf Morning Glory)

Fuzzy, silvery-green leaves on spreading stems are made lovely in summer with small blue and white flowers. The shaggy dwarf morning glory is a non-climbing plant that is a perennial that will become shrub-like with age and in regions free from winter frosts. Native to the western United States, it grows in prairies and intermountain plateaus.

The fuzzy stems are held somewhat upright before sprawling horizontally and rooting where they contact the soil. The small oblong oval leaves are light...

(Girald's Pearlbush)

Pink-tinted new leaves accompany the bright white flower buds and blossoms on the redbud pearlbush towards late spring. From northwestern China, this deciduous shrub has a rounded, spreading mass of branches that can have a slightly arching habit. It naturally grows in rocky soils and scrubland.

As the young pinkish green leaves begin to unfurl in mid-spring, many white flower buds, resembling pearls, appear in short, upright spikes on the twigs. As the leaves enlarge and endure past the flowers,...

(Wilson's Pearlbush)

Pink-tinted new leaves accompany the bright white flower buds and blossoms on the redbud pearlbush towards late spring. From northwestern China, this deciduous shrub has a rounded, spreading mass of branches that can have a slightly arching habit. It naturally grows in rocky soils and scrubland.

As the young pinkish green leaves begin to unfurl in mid-spring, many white flower buds, resembling pearls, appear in short, upright spikes on the twigs. As the leaves enlarge and endure past the flowers,...

(Common Pearlbush)

Showy clusters of large snowy blooms deck the arching branches of common pearlbush in mid-spring. This large, rounded, deciduous shrub is native to shady hillsides in eastern China.

The dull green, elliptic leaves of this hardy shrub emerge in early spring, shortly before the white, five-petaled, silver-dollar-sized blooms appear. The flowers are borne in 6- to 10-flowered racemes along the outer branches. Five-lobed, turban-shaped seed capsules follow the flowers. The capsules persist long...

(Pearlbush)

Forming a vase-like shrub and lined with white blossoms in spring, the hybrid pearlbush combines the qualities of the common pearlbush (Exochorda racemosa) and Exochorda korolkowii. A hybrid deciduous shrub it attains a floppy, somewhat unkempt habit in a few years. Seed capsules persist on the shrub into winter, adding interest.

Before any leaves emerge in mid-spring, the five-petaled white blossoms cover the branches. Each blossom has five petals and appears on racemes, short-stemmed...