This beautiful hybrid Skullcap has intensely violet colored blossoms which will color up the landscape from early summer on into the fall. It thrives in the hot arid conditions of our Southwest gardens and will form a neat and tidy mound. Adding to its appeal is the fact that it is not on the menu…
Height: 4 – 5 feet Width: 3 – 5 feet Bloom color: Copper Brown to Tan Flowering season: Late Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 5 Cold hardiness: -10° F
Height: 2 – 3 feet Width: 2 – 4 feet Bloom color: White Flowering season: Spring, Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 7 Cold hardiness: 10° F
Variegated society garlic is a grassy, clumping groundcover that grows to about a foot tall. Lilac-purple flower clusters top tall stems that stand anywhere from a few inches to a foot above the plant throughout the warm months, especially in spring and summer. Creamy white stripes line the edges of each strappy, blue-green leaf, giving…
Height: 2 – 3 feet Width: 2 – 3 feet (more if moisture is available) Bloom color: Green-Brown Flowering season: Summer USDA minimum zone: 9 Cold hardiness: 20° F
This Civano Nursery selection was chosen for its tidy growth habit, generous flower production and exceptional heat resistance. Sundrops are fancied for their large, buttercup-shaped flowers that open with a creamy-yellow color and fade to orange and then pink before finishing completely within 24 hours. Blooming lasts from spring through summer, making Tucson Sun one…
Height: 6 – 12 inches Width: 1 – 2 feet Bloom color: White Flowering season: Spring, Summer USDA minimum zone: 6 Cold hardiness: 0° F
Height: 2 – 3 inches Width: 1 – 2 feet Bloom color: Purple-Pink Flowering season: Summer, Fall USDA minimum zone: 6 Cold hardiness: -10° F
Sun Drops is a delightful little groundcover that finds a comfortable home in containers, garden borders, on slopes and in perennial beds or cactus gardens across the southwest. Compared to other varieties of Calylophus, this one has darker green, narrower leaves and tends to bloom longer into the summer. Sunny-yellow flowers open in the mornings…