Lepechinia hastata Caesalpinia Athyrium 'Lady in Red' prefers

Athyrium 'Lady in Red' prefers moist organic soils

Unlike most other elephant ears

while clumps average 6' wide for good gardeners and may reach more than 9'

Rohdea japonica 'Herbie' is also one of the fastest-multiplying rohdeas that we have grown

Lepechinia hastata Caesalpinia Athyrium 'Lady in Red' prefersIf it looks like a salvia, flowers like a salvia, and even smells like a salvia it must be Lepechinia hastata. This salvia relative is native to Baja California, Mexico but is amazingly winter hardy in NC. The large, deliciously scented, spade like, felty green leaves adorn the stalk that grows upright. In late summer it tops out at 4'+ with see through flower spikes, composed of red lavender lipstick like flowers a hummingbird treat. Lepechinia