One of the standout plants in our shade garden, ęPainterĘs PaletteĘ features dazzling splashes of color on each leaf, with dark and light green, yellow, white and rosy pink punctuated by darker red midribs and stalks. A magnificent and sophisticated choice that brings any shaded spot to light.
Scottish selection of this garden stalwart, among the finest perennials available for late summer blossom, bears brick-red flowers performing nonstop from July to October, in densely packed 4ö spikes atop 2 foot stems. Easy to grow in full sun and average to moist soil.
(? Tovara virginica) An indispensable, long lived and robust clumping species of bronze-green leaves with a purple-brown chevron stamped on each, looking quite unblemished at summer's end. Wiry red rat-tail flowers in late summer. An effective foliage plant that thrives in sun or shade in any soil, meriting more attention than it currently receives. 24"