Kale

Sun. Kale is a cool-season leafy green vegetable with high nutritional value. It’s considered much closer to the original wild form of cabbage, but unlike domesticated cabbage, kale’s leaves don’t […]

Globe Amaranth

Full sun; a drought-tolerant annual that with showy bracts in a variety of colors including white, purple, pink and red (the flowers themselves are inconspicuous.) Easily grown from seed planted […]

Cowpen Daisy

Sun. A fairly large herbaceous perennial with grey-green toothed leaves and cheerful yellow flowers throughout the warm season. The flowers can be distinguished from similar daisy and sunflower species by […]

Coleus

Sun or shade; annual. Grown for vivid foliage, generally in shades of pink, purple, green, and maroon. The small purple blooms are not showy. Coleus are most useful for quickly […]

Chisme

Chisme (Spanish for gossip) spreads like gossip from seed, though easily removed. The low growing annual fills in nicely around other larger plants and displays attractive fuchsia flowers in the […]

Zinnia ‘Profusion’

Profusion is a warm-season zinnia cultivar with daisy-like flowers in yellow, orange, pink and white. It’s typically used for spots of color among other perennials. Compared to most zinnias, Profusion […]

Zinnia

Full hot sun; an annual with dahlia-like flowers in shades of yellow, orange, pink and white especially in early summer. Mildew affects many zinnias; ‘Dreamland’ is considered somewhat resistant, but […]

Annual Winecups

Sun or partial shade. Semi-evergreen perennial or groundcover, with deeply lobed leaves and 5-petaled purple chalice flowers in spring and early summer. Prefers well-drained sandy or rocky soils; can be […]

Vinca ‘Cora’

Full sun; annual, with prolific summer blooms in shades of pink, rose and white about the size of a quarter. Best planted in early summer so as not to prolong […]

Summer Snapdragon

Partial shade or bright shade. A warm-season perennial in Zones 8-11 with narrow pointed leaves and 8-inch flower spikes in shades of pink and lavender. Short stature makes angelonia a […]