Digitalis obscura Muhlenbergia evergreen to 15 degrees F

evergreen to 15 degrees F

lily-like flowers

Curcuma longa 'Snowdrift' is late to emerge

Edgeworthia chrysantha 'Snow Cream' is a triploid form that is much more winter hardy (below 0 degrees F) than the older diploid form which used to be sold as Edgeworthia papyrifera

In the 1900s

Digitalis obscura Muhlenbergia evergreen to 15 degrees FTo borrow the famed Monty Python line, "And now for something completely different." Willow leaf foxglove is a shrubby woody species from the Iberian peninsula (Spain Portugal) which looks exactly like a penstemon. Digitalis obscura had me completely fooled when I first saw it back in the early 2000s, growing in rock gardens throughout Denver, Colorado. The narrow, linear evergreen leaves, which turn purple in winter) clothe the upright woody stalks