Hibiscus Pink Teacups Dianthus The leaf edge emerges a

The leaf edge emerges a creamy yellow in spring and turns nearly pure white by summer

glaucous green foliage is also on the giant side compared to most crinum lilies

this selection of our native Canna glauca was passed around California until spotted by plantsman Herb Kelly who named and introduced it to commerce

After a couple of years

Musa velutina was our first introduction to hardy bananas and is still a favorite in our summer garden

Hibiscus Pink Teacups Dianthus The leaf edge emerges aHibiscus 'Pink Teacups', a 2019 Plant Delights JLBG introduction is one of those lovely surprises that becomes a game changing perennial. In 2014, we visited plantsman Rick Lewandowski at Shangri La Botanical Gardens in southeast Texas. Rick was kind enough to share seed from a patch of dormant hibiscus, whose foliage appeared to be a hybrid swarm of Hibiscus coccineus and Hibiscus laevis. The gem of the resultant seed crop was an 8' tall specimen