Asclepias viridis Clinopodium 500' in the mountains near

500' in the mountains near Barberton in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa

especially when used to contrast bolder

Lapeirousia laxa) Freesia laxa 'Joan Evans' is a delightful color variant of the typically scarlet-red South African false freesia

which means it couldn't run even if it was being chased down the mountain by a pack of starving pandas

Agave 'Starshine' is truly stunning as a container plant in cold winter climates

Asclepias viridis Clinopodium 500' in the mountains nearAsclepias viridis is a US prairie native (Ohio south to Florida and west to Texas), that makes a superb garden perennial. For us, green antelope horn milkweed forms a 2' tall x 2' wide clumping specimen with thick outward leaning stalks. The terminal flower heads start for us in early May with a cluster of green buds that open to reveal green petals that hold the symmetrically arranged purple stamens. Asclepias viridis is very similar to Asclepias