Acanthus Summer Beauty Endangered Plants Starting for us in early

Starting for us in early May

basal green leaves in October

is a textural garden highlight alongside bolder foliage like hosta

and surrounding Chinese provinces

Pyrrosia polydactyla doesn't run

Acanthus Summer Beauty Endangered Plants Starting for us in earlyWe feel this import by the late Oregon plantsman Chet Tompkins from a gardener in China is one of the finest acanthus on the market. Where Acanthus mollis fails miserably, Acanthus 'Summer Beauty', a hybrid (probably Acanthus mollis x Acanthus hungaricus), grows well in our hot summers. The 4 6' wide clump of giant, glossy, dark green foliage is more cutleaf than typical Acanthus mollis. In June (NC), the tropical looking, deer resistant clumps are