Crinum buphanoides SI forms Northern Africa This magnificent and heretofore impossible

This magnificent and heretofore impossible breeding breakthrough comes from Kentucky's plant breeding phenomenon

but overlooked

Pardancanda 'Sangria' is an introduction from the breeding program of the late Harlan Hamernik of Bluebird Nursery that is a fantastic new addition to the summer flower border

Salvia chamaedryoides distinguishes itself from its other cousins discussed here in that its foliage is silvery-grey instead of green and its flowers are cobalt blue

Here in the lower Piedmont of NC

Crinum buphanoides SI forms Northern Africa This magnificent and heretofore impossibleCrinum buphanoides (looks like a boophone not related to a cell phone) comes from the northern regions of South Africa where it can be found growing in areas that are swampy during the summer months and dry in the winter. The large rosettes of fleshy glaucous leaves are often heavily rippled a reason to grow the plant even if it didn't flower. In summer, the huge flower spikes are adorned with up to 50 white, sweetly fragrant, star shaped flowers,