Crinum Merry Me variabile bulbispermum Cypella Salvia penstemonoides is a super

Salvia penstemonoides is a super rare native perennial sage from the Edwards Plateau in central Texas

The back of each olive-green colocasia-like leaf is beautifully patterned with dark purple blotches

is actually from Sichuan

the 2' tall x 3' wide clumps are topped with sweetly fragrant

coral-peach flowers

Crinum Merry Me variabile bulbispermum Cypella Salvia penstemonoides is a superCrinum 'Merry Me' is a Plant Delights selection from a cross of Crinum bulbispermum x Crinum variable from Indiana's Jim Shields. Crinum 'Merry Me' makes a compact clump of glaucous blue, deeply channeled foliage, topped, starting in early July with 3' tall spikes, topped with clusters of 11 15 outward facing, widely flared, tubular light pink flowers that are heavily striped burgundy. As the flowers become pendant, they also intensify in burgundy