annual plants (including tender perennials)
Collection by Ilana Grubin
helping me to study for my herbaceous plants class
Mexican petunia - FineGardening
This three-foot-tall evergreen shrub bears many tubular, blue or purple, petunia-like flowers on dark stems over a long period.
070906-8697
Images of 070906-8697, by Forest and Kim Starr.
Persian shield - FineGardening
A soft-stemmed shrub grown for its extraordinary foliage, Persian shield has thick, quilted purple leaves to 6 inches long splashed with iridescent pewter or silver.
Floridata
A Floridata plant profile of species Ruellia brittoniana, commonly called Mexican petunia
Plants & Flowers » Phormium tenax
Phormium tenax
Verbena bonariensis - Plant Finder
Strobilanthes dyerianus - Plant Finder
Verbena bonariensis
A Floridata plant profile of species Verbena bonariensis, commonly called purpletop verbena, purpletop vervain, South American verbena, tall verbena
Floridata
Photos and profile of the annual commonly called mealycup sage, blue sage, from the Floridata Plant Encyclopedia.
Hayefield
Is it possible for any gardener to have just one favorite plant? For most of us, I imagine, it’s tough to get closer than a top 5 or top 10. But if you asked me that question at this time of year a…
Florez Nursery
Tithonia "Fiesta del Sol" planted with dark purple Salvia splendens This is the first time I have grown the dwarf form of this Mexican sunflower. I have it planted in a large shallow bowl combined with purple Salvia and some 'spillover' succulents around the edge.The succulents have been somewhat hidden by the Tithonia leaves. The pumpkin orange flowers stand above the coarsely hairy leaves on compact 25cm plants and are easy to snip off when spent, ensuring a continuous long flowering…