Peltandra virginica Purplicious Teucrium The 20" tall flower spikes

The 20" tall flower spikes emerge for us in mid-August

The 6' tall stalks of glaucous leaves are topped

Not many hostas catch my eye like the first time I saw H

we think this is actually better

Peltandra virginica Purplicious Teucrium The 20" tall flower spikesPeltandra 'Purplicious', a 2023 Plant Delights JLBG introduction, is one of the most amazing native plant selections we've ever grown. NC plantsman naturalist Jesse Perry was botanizing near his Raleigh, NC home, when he spotted and subsequently rescued a dark purple stemmed form of our native (Canada south to Texas) aquatic aroid, Peltandra virginica, growing in the midst of a typical green stemmed patch. From a deciduous underground rhizome the 2'