Sorghastrum nutans Slim Pickens Verbascum starting in early May (NC)

starting in early May (NC)

Mama will not be happy

nigrescens is the NBA-sized bloom stalk

weeping flowerheads from early May (NC) through early summer

fast-multiplying hybrid crinum lily has been grown in the US since at least 1873 (according to Scott Ogden)

Sorghastrum nutans Slim Pickens Verbascum starting in early May (NC)Sorghastrum nutans 'Slim Pickens' is a 2022 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a very heat and humidity loving, blue foliaged form of the widespread US native species, that we spotted originally in the habitat garden section of the South Carolina Botanical Garden. A shared piece has been evaluated at JLBG since 2018, and we continue to be impressed. Other, more northerly forms have failed to thrive for us, but this collection from Pickens County, SC