Sorghastrum nutans Slim Pickens Black Foliage Plants This stunning 1994 introduction from

This stunning 1994 introduction from Virginia's Mobjack Nursery has a much darker green center than H

along comes Hosta 'Barbara Ann'

'Peedee Gold Flash'

These selected Helleborus x hybridus seedlings from the amazing Walters Gardens breeding program were hand selected after flowering

The vivid green and white striped pitcher along with a green snake-like spadix peeking out from the opening

Sorghastrum nutans Slim Pickens Black Foliage Plants This stunning 1994 introduction fromSorghastrum nutans 'Slim Pickens' is a 2022 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a very heat and humidity loving, blue foliaged form of the widespread US native species, that we spotted originally in the habitat garden section of the South Carolina Botanical Garden. A shared piece has been evaluated at JLBG since 2018, and we continue to be impressed. Other, more northerly forms have failed to thrive for us, but this collection from Pickens County, SC