Asclepias viridis Clinopodium Lapeirousia laxa) Freesia laxa 'Joan

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

a truly splendid specimen for a moist-to-wet site in part-to-full sun

especially when used to contrast bolder

Thanks to the late bulb guru

Asclepias viridis Clinopodium Lapeirousia laxa) Freesia laxa 'JoanAsclepias 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