Upright, bushy, evergreen shrub with small-toothed red leaves that are reddish purple beneath. Cup-shaped, yellowish green bracts with red glands bloom throughout the year. Sometimes referred to as Synadenium grantii var. rubrum, or Synadenium compactum var. rubrum.

Symplocos tinctoria is a semi-evergreen shrub or small tree, with a tendency to sucker. Found in woods and swamps from Delaware to Louisiana. Foliage is glossy, dark green, persisting into spring. Small, yellow, fragrant flowers are borne in clusters from […]

This is a vigorous, rhizomatous, spreading perennial with upright stems and coarse, bristly, grayish-green, basal leaves, with irregular, creamy-white margins. Bears forked cymes of small, light purplish-pink flowers, which open from pinkish-purple buds, beginning in late spring. Comfrey contains protein […]

This is a vigorous, rhizomatous, spreading perennial with coarse, hairy, dark green leaves, up to 10 inches long. Bears forked, drooping cymes of small, deep red flowers throuhout summer. Plant 2 to 3 feet apart in rich soil. Comfrey contains […]

Hidcote Pink is a vigorous, rhizomatous, spreading perennial with upright stems and coarse, hairy, dark green leaves, up to 10 inches long. Bears forked cymes of light pink or white flowers in spring. Plant 2 to 3 feet apart in […]

Vigorous, clumping perennial with upright stems and coarse, hairy, dark green leaves up to 10 inches long. Bears forked cymes of violet, pink or yellow flowers. Plant 2 to 3 feet apart in rich soil. Comfrey contains protein and an […]

Vigorous, rhizomatous, clumping perennial with rosettes of coarse, hairy, medium green leaves up to 10 inches long. Bears forked cymes of drooping, bright blue flowers throughout summer. Plant 2 to 3 feet apart in rich soil. Comfrey contains protein and […]

Upright perennial with hairy, lance-shaped, toothed leaves with winged stalks. Bell-shaped, pendent panicles of violet-blue flowers bloom continually through summer.

Short-lived perennial with oval to lance-shaped, toothed, basal leaves with winged stalks on upright stems. Racemes of pendent, tubular, hairy, white or cream flowers bloom from early to late summer.

Deciduous shrub that will form a thicket if not cut back regularly. Leaves are borne from upright, arching shoots and are oval and dark green. Racemes of bell-shaped, pink flowers bloom in summer followed by white fruit. Also referred to […]