All selections of Helleborus x hybridus have identical growing conditions and maintenance needs
first saw this solidago on a flashlight walk one evening after giving a garden talk
thick-leaf fern forming an 18" tall x 30" wide deer-resistant perennial and you've got an acanthus
FYI: Bob Olson of Minnesota is the past president of the American Hosta Society
the clumps are topped with 2' tall scapes of lavender and white striped flowers
Cynara cardunculus Variegated Foliage Plants All selections of Helleborus xThe famed cardoon, aka Cynara cardunculus, makes a dramatic winter evergreen statement in the sunny perennial border with its 3 4' long, arching, ghost like, jagged, soft grey foliage. Once the 4' wide drought loving clumps are established, they are topped with 6' tall stalks of blue violet, thistle like flowers in late summer. After flowering, cardoons die to the ground for a month long rest before re sprouting. For a striking, bold textured accent