A remarkable foliage plant with a soft and alluring look, ‘Longwood Silver’ is equally suited to the border or a container, quickly developing felted silvery leaves that become greenish gray and more textured as they mature. Thick, fuzzy purple-hued stems seem to glow and match the color of the branching lilac-hued flower spikes.
Blooms August–October
Size: 2' 0" high x 3' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 8.
Plectranthus ‘Mona Lavender’ (P-2333)
Each $11.00
The floriferous result of a South African 1990s breeding program at Kirstenbosch Botanical Garden, this tender perennial emphasizes lovely, 6 inch tall, dark-stemmed spires graced with tubular, two-lipped and freckled lilac-colored flowers aloft a dashing dense energetic mound. Shiny ovate dark green foliage shows off textural veins, notched edges and stunning eggplant-hued flip sides, while the months-long floral hoopla nourishes bees, butterflies and hummingbirds. Parented by Plectranthus saccatus and Plectranthus hillardiae, ‘Mona Lavender’ can festoon containers, patio plantings, hanging baskets and indoor windowsills, where she relishes cold weather protection, morning sun, afternoon dappled light plus free-draining nooks. (PP#13,858)
Blooms September–April
Size: 12" – 2' 0" high x 12" – 2' 0" wide.
Zone 9b/10.
Plectranthus ‘Zulu Wonder’ (P-1732)
Each $11.00
With decoratively toothed margins and prominent veins, thick rounded green foliage flaunts sumptuous dark reddish purple flipsides, while the same rich hue suffuses the succulent stems, long leaf petioles and midribs. The stunning foliar contrast is reason enough to plant this south African beauty, but the delightful late season showing of speckled dark lilac flowers on long spires makes it indispensable.
Blooms August–October.
Size: 10" high x 18" – 2' 0" wide.
Hardy to zone 9.
