Plants

Ajuga reptans 'Pink Lightning' [sold as Pink Lightning Carpet Bugle]

[Pink Lightning Carpet Bugle]

Ajuga reptans 'Silver Variegated' [sold as Silver Variegated Carpet bugle]

[Silver Variegated Carpet Bugle]

Calamintha nepeta 'Montrose White'

[Montrose White Calamint]

Easily grown in slightly acidic, dry to medium moisture, well drained soils in full sun. It does however tolerate drought although it prefers evenly moist soils. After the plant has flowered cut back the plants to remove unsightly foliage and/or to simply prevent any unwanted self-seeding.

Caryopteris × clandonensis

[Bluebeard]

Is often killed to ground in winter, returning to flower in the same year. Functions much like an herbaceous perennial, primarily for flowering interest, blooming on new growth. This hybrid is much hardier than C. incana and much more showy than C. mongholica. Prefers full sun but tolerates partial shade. Attractive plant to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Occasionally kills out completely at the northern edge of its useful range, with tops regularly killed back to…

Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Blue Mist'

[Blue Mist Bluebeard]

This cultivar blooms in clusters during late summer with vibrant blue flowers. Is often killed to ground in winter, returning to flower in the same year. Functions much like an herbaceous perennial, primarily for flowering interest, blooming on new growth. This hybrid is much hardier than C. incana and much more showy than C. mongholica. Attractive to bees, butterflies, and hummingbirds. Occasionally kills out completely at the northern edge of its useful range, with tops…

Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Dark Knight'

[Dark Knight Bluebeard]

Caryopteris × clandonensis 'Longwood Blue'

[Longwood Blue Bluebeard]

Clerodendrum trichotomum

[Harlequin Glorybower]

The Harlequin Glorybower is generally grown as a suckering shrub, but is sometimes trained into tree form. The interesting flowers and fruits of this plant are truly unique and quite attractive, however once the flowering and fruiting are complete for the year, the plant can be quite unkempt, leggy, and coarse. If grown in a USDA hardiness zone less than 7, Clerodendrum trichotomum will die back; in cooler climates it is generally treated as an…

Lamium maculatum 'Chequers' [sold as Chequers Dead Nettle]

[Chequers Dead Nettle]

Lamium maculatum 'Pink Pewter' [sold as Pink Pewter Dead Nettle]

[Pink Pewter Dead Nettle]