Tecomaria capensis Agave From the Mexican state of

From the Mexican state of Tamaulipas comes this really cool and far-out bear grass (a little Deadhead gardener lingo)

Typically shasta daisies don't fare well in our hot humid summer

Agave 'Miniskirt' is a 2017 Plant Delights Nursery introduction that we discovered at PDN in 2013 as a dwarf mutation in a batch of Agave lophantha 'Splendida'

and pink flower heads that are produced nonstop until frost

Tecomaria capensis Agave From the Mexican state of(aka: Tecoma capensis) Tecomaria capensis hails from the South African Cape (east and west) into Natal, but according to all the books, should not be winter hardy for us. Thank goodness we keep our plants illiterate. Despite being a giant clambering evergreen shrub in warmer climates, where it remains woody, Tecomaria capensis is a well behaved, very drought tolerant deciduous perennial for us, surviving our single digit winter temperatures for at