Phlomis fruticosa Plant Delights Introductions just evergreen slender

just evergreen slender

up-facing flowers make this semi-evergreen groundcover ice plant a sight to behold

For over three decades

Cypripedium tibeticum makes a small 8" tall clump

hibiscus-like flowers with unique swirled petals that never manage to fully open

Phlomis fruticosa Plant Delights Introductions just evergreen slenderPhlomis fruticosa is a plant we wouldn't garden without. For year round interest it's hard to beat this felt like, grey leaved, drought loving perennial sub shrub from the Transcaucasia (Italy west to Georgia). The dense 30" tall x 5' wide clumps of evergreen (or should I say ever grey) finger shaped, heavily textured foliage provide a nice foil for the whorls of yellow, snapdragon like flowers that top the plant in late April May. Phlomis fruticosa