Mexico

A Mexican collection of this tropical begonia by FRBC board member Cody Hinchliff from the exceptionally biodiverse mountains of Oaxaca Mexico. This Begonia will not be hardy to hard freezes but will make a great pot plant for a shadier, more humid area. Found growing in the jungle understory along the roadside, nice big plants up to about 3 feet tall with mature leaves the size of appetizer plates and inflorescences of many small white flowers rising above them.

Thanks to Adam Black of Peckerwood for sharing cuttings of this shrubby winter-blooming Senecio. This is a collection from Mexico and has proved to be a good plant in Texas as well as hardy in North Carolina. Pretty new to us so we can't vouch for it yet in our maritime steppe climate but late season yellow flowers would be sweet.

One of those perennial Lobelia that shouldn't be as hardy as it is but mountainous areas of southern Arizona and northern Mexico have plants with surprising hardiness. A graceful clump of thin willowy leaves on stems 15"-24" tall with a profusion of midsummer tubular red flowers with a bright yellow throat. Deciduous in winter, ours handles our brief drops to 10F with mulch. Good drainage aids in winter survival.