Rare and unusual perennial plants for the Mediterranean climate.


 

Plants

 


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Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Dame Vanessa'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

12-24" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

bright yellow flowers

Zone

8-11

Description, Notes

heat tolerant, perfect for hanging baskets

Photo

link

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Kristen's Pink'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

12-16" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

3", bell shaped, touch of salmon to soft rose flowers

Zone

9-11

Description, Notes

heat tolerant, heavy bloomers, perfect container plant for summer

Photo

n/a

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon megapotamicum ‘Paisley’

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

3-5’ tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

pendant apricot blooms with dark sepals throughout the year, spotted foliage lights up any shady area, vining shrub which appreciates light support

Zone

8 and higher

Description, Notes

 

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Nabob'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

4' X 8' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

well covered by large, dark leaves, exceptionally large, maroon flowers

Zone

7-11

Description, Notes

most sought after hybrids

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon pictum 'Thompsonii'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen shrub

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

6-8' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

red-orange fragrant flowers

Zone

9-11

Description, Notes

blooms all year

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Pink Parasol'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

to 4' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

dark, satiny leaves & widely spreading blossoms verging on mauve

Zone

 

Description, Notes

 

Photo

n/a

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Souvenir de Bonn'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

6-8' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

distinctive, large green leaves edged in a mottled creamy white

Zone

hardy to 25° F

Description, Notes

 

Photo

link

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Victor Reiter'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

8' tall or more

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

large, broad deep green leaves, huge, salmon colored flowers

Zone

 

Description, Notes

sturdy, upright

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon vitifolium

Common Name:

Grape Leaf Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

fast growing, upright, deciduous

Perennial or Annual

perennial, shrub

Shade or Sun

full sun to partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

15’ X 8’

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

soft grey hairy leaves, saucer shaped white to purple-blue flowers in early summer

Zone

8-9

Description, Notes

moderate water

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'Voodoo'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

24-36" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

large, upright blood-red flowers

Zone

7-11

Description, Notes

easy-to-grow variety

Photo

link

Scientific Name:

Abutilon 'White Parasol'

Common Name:

Flowering Maple

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

8' tall or more

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

stort, sturdy stems, large fuzzy leaves, and large white blossoms, sometimes tinged with pink

Zone

 

Description, Notes

companion to 'Pink Parasol'

Photo

n/a

 

Scientific Name:

Achillea sibirica var. camtschatica ‘Love Parade’

Common Name:

Yarrow

Deciduous or Evergreen

hardy, evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun to partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

24" X 12-24”

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

soft pink flowers in a large umbel, attractive lanceolate foliage

Zone

6-11

Description, Notes

good cut flower

Photo

link

 
 

Scientific Name:

Aeonium arboreum

Common Name:

 

Deciduous or Evergreen

erect, succulent

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade preferred, full sun near the coast

Height x Width
& How Stands

6’ X 6’

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

bears pyramidal panicles to 12”(30cm) of bright yellow flowers from late spring thru summer

Zone

frost sensitive

Description, Notes

 

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Aeonium arboreum ‘Zwartkop’

Common Name:

Deciduous or Evergreen

erect, succulent

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade preferred, full sun near the coast

Height x Width
& How Stands

3’ X 3’

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

bears pyramidal panicles to 12”(30cm) of bright yellow flowers from late spring thru summer, dark, almost purple-black leaves

Zone

more cold tolerant than other varieties

Description, Notes

winter grower

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Agapanthus africanus 'Peter Pan'

Common Name:

Dwarf Lily of the Nile

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun to partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

8-12" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

light blue flowers with 1-1.5' flower stalk

Zone

zone 7-9

Description, Notes

good background plants or edging, excellent tub and container specimens and can be used in cut flower arrangements

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Agastache 'Red Fortune'

Common Name:

 

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

2-3' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

almost continuous deep rose blooms

Zone

zone 7-11

Description, Notes

foliage with strong peppermint scent

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Agastache rupestris 'Sunset Hyssop'

Common Name:

 

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

24-36" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

beautiful orange blooms

Zone

zone 4

Description, Notes

rootbeer, minty scented foliage, very drought tolerant

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Agastache X 'Black Adder'

Common Name:

 

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

30-36" tall, spreads to 24-36"

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

numerous bottlebrush flowers of vivid blue from mid summer to frost

Zone

hardy!

Description, Notes

 

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Agave sp. (Cabrillo)

Common Name:

 

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

to 10' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

 

Zone

 

Description, Notes

 

Photo

n/a

 

Scientific Name:

Agave sp. (common blue form)

Common Name:

Century Plant

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

to 20' tall with flower

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

 

Zone

 

Description, Notes

 

Photo

n/a

 

Scientific Name:

Ajuga reptans

Common Name:

Carpet Bugle

Deciduous or Evergreen

creeping, evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial sun to shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

6”X 24-36”

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

dark blue spikes of flowers from spring to early summer, fall flowers in some areas

Zone

zone 3-9

Description, Notes

 

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Alocasia gageana 'California Shield'

Common Name:

 

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun to shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

to 3' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

suckering growth habit, deep green, scalloped leaves grow one foot across

Zone

zone 9-10

Description, Notes

 

Photo

n/a

 

Scientific Name:

Alyogyne huegelii

Common Name:

Blue Hibiscus

Deciduous or Evergreen

erect, evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial shrub

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

3-6’ X 3-6’

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

funnel shaped, satiny, lilac, mauve, or purple flowers to 4”(10cm) across are produced throughout the year

Zone

zone 10-11

Description, Notes

likes a warm, dry position, fast grower

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Anigozanthos 'Dwarf Pink Joey'

Common Name:

Dwarf Pink Kangaroo Paw

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

to 2' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

from late spring until fall emerge the pink flowers on 2 to 4 foot tall stems covered with downy pink colored hairs

Zone

hardy to 25° F

Description, Notes

very nice cut flower variety and attractive to hummingbirds

Photo

link

 
 

Scientific Name:

Anigozanthos mixed

Common Name:

Kangaroo Paw

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

 

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

dense clumps of iris-like leaves, stems are densely coated with decorative red fur, blossoms red & bright green

Zone

 

Description, Notes

keep dry in winter to avoid fungus rots

Photo

n/a

 
 

Scientific Name:

Anigozanthos 'Phar Lap'

Common Name:

Kangaroo Paws

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

1-2' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

bright green flowers with irridescent blue hairs

Zone

zone 9-11

Description, Notes

named after the famous race horse of Australia

Photo

n/a

 

Scientific Name:

Anigozanthos 'Royal Cheer'

Common Name:

Kangaroo Paws

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

to 3' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

bright green flowers

Zone

hardy to zone 9

Description, Notes

blooms persist for several months, and are good as cut flowers

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Anisodontea 'Tara's Pink'

Common Name:

 

Deciduous or Evergreen

subshrub

Perennial or Annual

 

Shade or Sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

to 4' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

Hibiscus family, plentiful flowers thru summer

Zone

 

Description, Notes

 

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Aquilegia Alpina

Common Name:

 

Deciduous or Evergreen

 

Perennial or Annual

 

Shade or Sun

sun to partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

 

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

Blue flowering Columbine

Zone

 

Description, Notes

 

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Aquilegia caerulea hybrids

Common Name:

Rocky Mountain Columbine

Deciduous or Evergreen

winter deciduous

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial sun to shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

18-24" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

long-spurred flowers of lavender-blue and white

Zone

 

Description, Notes

one of the classic columbines

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Aquilegia vulgaris 'William Guiness'

Common Name:

 

Deciduous or Evergreen

winter deciduous

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun to full shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

18-24" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

purple-brown flowers

Zone

zone 4-7

Description, Notes

attractive to bees, butterflies & birds

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Armeria maritima 'Splendens'

Common Name:

Sea Pink

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

to 1' tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

8-12" flowering stems

Zone

 

Description, Notes

 

Photo

link

 
 

Scientific Name:

Asarina x wislizensis 'Red Dragon'

Common Name:

 

Deciduous or Evergreen

deciduous if not protected

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

6' tall vines

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

red snap-dragon like 2-3" long flowers, very showy and interesting, large flowers

Zone

zone 9-11, protect from heavy frost

Description, Notes

fast growing multi-stemmed vine with attractive heart-shaped leaves

Photo

n/a

 

Scientific Name:

Asclepias tuberosa

Common Name:

Butterfly Flower

Deciduous or Evergreen

 

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

full sun

Height x Width
& How Stands

to 24" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

brilliant orange flowers

Zone

zone 4-8

Description, Notes

dried flowers can be used for arrangements

Photo

link

 

Scientific Name:

Astilbe chinensis ‘Pumila’

Common Name:

Deciduous or Evergreen

evergreen

Perennial or Annual

perennial

Shade or Sun

partial shade

Height x Width
& How Stands

to 24" tall

Flower Color
& Bloom Time

lilac pink flower clusters which rise to 12-15” tall

Zone

 

Description, Notes

water loving, hardy, dwarf variety perfect for the shade border

Photo

link

Please note that the photo links listed above all lead to Google
Image Search results pages. Not all the photos on those
pages are of the particular plant in question.



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