Eupatorium greggii Caucasus Mountains the old seed stalks turn

the old seed stalks turn upward

the kind someone would need if they tried to harvest the roots of my plant

Farfugium japonicum var

that tops out in late spring with 4' tall spikes of pendent orange red flowers

the weeping branch tips of Lespedeza 'White Fountain' are clothed in sprays of white pea-like flowers

Eupatorium greggii Caucasus Mountains the old seed stalks turn(aka: Conoclinium greggii) Eupatorium greggii is an amazing, heat loving Southwest US native (Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) that should be grown in every garden from Zone 7 south and in containers from Zone 7 north. Resembling a rhizomatous perennial ageratum, Eupatorium greggii begins to flower in July and continues into December. The 2' tall, spreading patch (3' wide in 3 years) of cut leaf light green foliage is literally smothered in fall with