Salvia Mes Azur PP 21097 Endangered Plants These Helleborus x hybridus seedlings

These Helleborus x hybridus seedlings from the amazing Walters Gardens breeding program were hand-selected after flowering for their lovely double yellow flowers

twisting stalk

red stalk of Podophyllum 'Spotty Dotty' is topped with two 18" wide tropical-looking leaves

but well-drained soils grow the best specimens

hardy here for 15+ years

Salvia Mes Azur PP 21097 Endangered Plants These Helleborus x hybridus seedlingsWe've spent decades looking for the best purple flowered Salvia greggii form, and we stopped looking after finding Salvia 'Mes Azur'. Thanks to Ralph Perkins of Syngenta for creating this amazing shrubby sage! Salvia 'Mes Azur' is a hybrid between Salvia greggii, Salvia microphylla, and probably Salvia lycioides. Starting for us in mid April, the 2' tall x 5' wide woody stemmed clump of Salvia 'Mes Azur' is smothered in a mass of thousands of purple