Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Salvia argentea

Family: Lamiaceae

(B) to 3′.  Silver Sage.  Southern Europe, Portugal to Bulgaria.  This biennial or short-lived perennial is grown mostly for its two to three-foot wide silver basal rosettes of woolly, wrinkled foliage in its first year.  However, the two to three foot tall spikes of tubular, hooded, white flowers are attractive too, but the main appeal are the rosettes.  May self-sow gently.  Excellent for gravel gardens and drought-resistant plantings.  Blooms spring to summer.  Full sun.  Average, well-drained soil.  4 & T3

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Salpiglossis sinuata Mix

Family: Solanaceae

(A) to 3′. Painted Tongue. South America. This Petunia-esque beauty has four-inch, pale green, elliptic to lanceolate leaves, with a wavy, lobed or toothed margin.  The funnel-shaped flowers are five-lobed, each lobe with a notched apex.  They are velvety in texture, in colours of purple, red, orange and bronze, with contrasting darker veins.  Popular for bedding, cut-flowers, and containers. Blooms early summer. Prefers cool weather so best to sow early indoors, or direct sow when the soil is warm.  Sun to part shade. Moist, fertile, well-drained soil.  4 & T3, cover and keep dark

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Michauxia tchihatchewii

Family: Campanulaceae

(B) to 4′.  Catherine Wheel Flower. Turkey.  In its second year, from low rosettes, this interesting bell-flower relative produces four-foot bristly stems with hanging, inflated buds.  Candelabras of unique, white, nodding flowers with reflexed petals and prominent, protruding pistils follow.  Sure to grab every visitors’ attention.  Blooms mid-summer.  Full sun.  Moist, well-drained soil.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Cyclanthera pedata var. edulis

Family: Cucurbitaceae

(A) vine to 12′.  Peruvian Cucumber or Slipper Gourd.  Native to Central and South America.  This attractive annual vine has small, greenish white flowers borne in racemes and climbs quite rapidly by means of long, tightly coiled tendrils.  The large, lime green, pedately lobed leaves add great textural interest.  The six-inch long, green fruits are puffy, partially hollow with a thin, white, fleshy layer containing black seeds. The fruits are eaten after removing the seeds and stuffing them with rice or meat.  Young shoots and leaves can also be eaten as greens.  The species has long been cultivated in Asia, where fruits are eaten raw as a substitute for cucumber.  Our original seeds were collected by the Cabot’s on a trip to Nepal…very special.  Sun.  3 & T3

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Moluccella laevis

Family: Lamiaceae

(A) to 3′.  Bells of Ireland.  Leaves deeply crenate.  Terminal spikes composed of axillary whorls of light green calyces with white, reticulate veins.  Inside, the flowers are hooded, small, white or pinkish-mauve.  Fragrant.  Long-lasting, great cut flower.  Sun.  PC-2 weeks, 3 & T1

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Dianthus japonicus

Family: Caryophyllaceae

(B/P) to 2′.  Hama-nadeshiko, Japanese Dianthus.  Japan and East Asia.  From lush rosettes of thick, glossy, narrowly ovate basal leaves emerge leafy stalks topped with dense clusters of vivid rosy-purple, five-petalled, toothed blooms.  Extremely floriferous the second year from seed and may be somewhat biennial.  Persistent winter foliage develops attractive, rich burgundy overtones.  Not your typical “Pink.”  Blooms midsummer till fall.  Well-drained soil.  Sun.  4 & T2

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Agastache aurantiaca

Family: Lamiaceae

(A/TP) to 2.5’.  Orange Hummingbird Mint.  South US, Mexico.  Bright orange, tubular, lipped flowers in spikes provide a sizzling blaze of colour from mid-to-late summer. Aromatic silver-grey foliage too.  A hummingbird favourite.  Marvellous filler in our Peach Bed.  3 & T2

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Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Mirabilis jalapa Mix

Family: Nyctaginaceae

(TP) to 2.5′.  A delightful mix of the four colours of Mirabilis jalapa offered – Crimson, Pale Pink, White and Yellow.  You cannot go wrong!  Sun/partial shade.  4 & T3

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Mirabilis jalapa Salmon

Family: (Nyctaginaceae)

(A/TP) to 3′.  Four o’Clock, Marvel of Peru.  A lovely selection that is perfect in our Peach Bed of the Flower Garden.  Bright green foliage and delightful salmon flowers with a pink centre.  Sun/partial shade.  4 & T3

Scientific Name (Genus/Species): Salvia sclarea

Family: (Lamiaceae)

(B) to 3′.  Clary Sage.  Europe to C Asia.  First year rosettes are comprised of substantial, grey-green, rough-textured, ovate to oblong leaves to nine inches.  The following summer brings many upright, pink-tinged flower stems clothed with large, showy, white tinged-rosy-purple bracts which hold the small, blue and white hooded flowers.  Self-sows to keep an ongoing biennial balance with simultaneous first year rosettes and flowering plants.  A very architectural, aromatic and showy plant that needs little care.  Full sun, average garden soil.  4 & T2