Opuntia cacanapa Ellisiana Mexico and lots of loose soil

and lots of loose soil to help the Giant achieve these measurements

the 3' wide clumps are topped with 20" spikes of light lavender flowers

637 expired) Physostegia 'Miss Manners' was a ground-breaking 2000 introduction from US plantsman Darrell Probst

The stalks rise upward until late June (NC) when they are topped with terminal sprays of light brown flowers

Brunnera is essentially maintenance free

Opuntia cacanapa Ellisiana Mexico and lots of loose soil(aka: Opuntia 'Burbank Spineless') Thanks to Scott Ogden and David Ferguson for pointing out a major error the plant we offered as 'Burbank Spineless' is the wrong plant. Burbank's plant is a form of the less hardy Opuntia ficus indica. Our plant is a spineless selection of the US Mexican native Opuntia cacanapa named 'Ellisiana'. For us, this fast growing but compact opuntia makes a 3' tall x 6' wide deer resistant mound (in 5 years) of 6" grey green