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Amazing Chilean Lobelia that is perfectly hardy here if you mulch it during nasty cold snaps. This is one of those perennials that when you see it grown well and you aren't familiar with it, has an almost concussive visual impact. Even when you do know it well, it still seems like a freak of nature it is so beautiful. This gets multiple stalks to 7' high with spires of tubular red flowers for 6-8 weeks which beckon hummingbirds from afar. Highly dramatic and surprisingly easy given good drainage. This grows in sandy areas in Chile so drainage is key. These are from wild seed collected by FRBC board member and botanist Cody Hinchliff. We preserve the cf. here only because we haven't yet flowered this collection but are fairly sure it's tupa.
Collected in Ecuador at nearly 12000', this bromeliad will certainly tease with possibilities of hardiness. The stiff evergreen sword-like leaves are well-protected by evenly spaced sharp teeth which are the pinnacle of personal protection against herbivory. Critically, they guard against unwanted advances upon the infrequently produced stiff flower stem whose stoutly erect bearing is regarded either as a triumph of botanical engineering or the epitome of salacious horticultural projecting. The many stemless flowers were not seen but are arranged in stimulating tight spirals up the upper half of the thick vertical shaft. Growing on slopes in the humid páramo zone of mixed grass-forb-shrub communities with wide temperature swings and ample water from rain, clouds, fog and frost.
This manzanita endemic to a small area of coastal California centered around the Pajaro river valley has taken a few classes in color theory it seems, seasonally doling out perfect color pairings from an elegantly chosen palette. Blue green foliage and dusty red to copper bark provide a beautiful baseline supplemented by pops of bronzey-red new growth and soft pink flowers in the early spring which are particularly long-lasting in this species. Coastal elite indeed.
A collection from the Northernmost part of the range (Arizona) for this Salvia which reaches all the way down to Central America or just into Northern Mexico depending on where you draw taxonomic lines. An evergreen species, though best cut back in our climates, with hot pink flowers that are gently fuzzy on the upper lip like a pubescent teen, only attractive and charming rather than disconcerting and in need of guidance. Perennial in at least Zone 8 if not slightly lower and can be used as an annual in colder climates.
A very nice Rhody we originally brought over from Borde Hill which has big white flowers touched in pinkish striping and flushed yellowish-green in the throat. And very fragrant as are most of this group. Suited for mild gardens or as a very attractive container plant to bring into the sunroom for winter. A friend grows this well next to their house on Bainbridge.
Fantastic little plant from South Africa which used to be Aster natalensis but is now in the genus Felicia. We got this from a Scottish alpine nursery in Scotland and know of a rock gardener in northern Norway who raves about it. Tight clumps with blue flowers with a yellow button in June-July. Very hardy. First introduced to the US by Far Reaches Farm.
