Photo by Tony Avent
Few plants garner my attention in the perennial garden more than Dicliptera
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I spoke with Tony Avent at Plant Delights Nursery in Raleigh, N.C., who said, “We’ve grown and sold
Jeff McMillian from Almost Eden Plants in Merryville, La., echoed Avent’s fondness
“We’ve grown Dicliptera
Dicliptera
Why grow Dicliptera suberecta ?
- Beautiful flowers that bloom from July-October.
- It’s pollinator and hummingbird friendly.
- It’s drought tolerant.
- It propagates easily from cuttings.
- It has soft, tantalizing blue-gray foliage. You’ll want to touch it!
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