plants

Called Dittany of Crete because it comes from the Isle of Crete, this plant is relatively new to the U.S. Its round, fuzzy gray leaves make a great canvas for the 6 inch pink flower stalks that appear in summer. Popular for its medicinal values.

Panicles of light lavender-pink flowers appear amid glossy green foliage that turns red in fall. The cinnamon colored bark is smooth, peeling to a shiny light gray. A large shrub or small tree that makes an excellent specimen or group planting. Deciduous.

Creeping variety makes a beautiful groundcover with blooms. Perfect for filling between stepping stones, as it will tolerate light foot traffic. Adds elegance to mixed beds or pots when allowed to trail over the edges.

Forms a charming low mat of butter-yellow leaves, bearing bright golden-yellow flowers from late spring into the summer. Excellent in pots and tubs, or cascading over walls. Outstanding when used as a foliage accent. Semi-evergreen in milder regions.

Coyote brush is a common chaparral plant in California and Oregon.

They are easy to place, requiring only a sunny spot with average garden soil.  All are very heavy bloomers and cut well.  Give the thread-leaf types a hard shearing to promote re-bloom.  Blooms June to July with some blooming until fall. 

A colorful evergreen shrub, providing bright green foliage with a gold edge all year long. Its dense mounding habit makes it an excellent small hedge or border plant.

Small deciduous tree tends to be multi-stemmed. Long, narrow, bright green leaves back large clusters of trumpet-shaped pale lavender flowers with pale yellow throats. Attracts birds & attracts hummingbirds.