Regional Picks: Uncommon & Unfussy Plants – South

Indian pink

Name:Spigelia marilandica

USDA Hardiness Zones:5 to 9

Size:2 feet tall and 18 inches wide

Conditions : fond tad ; fat , well - drained soil

This southeast native wildflower is wanton to grow . Upright stalk are clothed in moody unripe leaf , and they uprise in an attractive clump . The bloom are resistless to hummingbirds . Though its main flowering is in early summer , Indian pink will often produce sporadic small flower lace through summertime . In a forest setting , you may see welcome seedling around the original clump , eventually mould a trend .

Strawberry begonia

Name:Saxifraga stolonifera

Zones:6 to 9

Size:4 to 6 in tall and wide ; 1 foot tall in bloom of youth

Conditions : Partial to full tone ; moist , well - drained grunge

Strawberry begonia is a sweet small plant . allow for it to diffuse along pathways or in the front of beds , where it can be appreciate . Look tight to see the fine silvery veining in the dreary light-green leaves . Like strawberries , this plant produces long , thin runners with small industrial plant at the ending . stalking of little white flowers appear in April or May and hover over the leaf like a flock of tiny doves . Shade is especially of import in midsummer heat . Plant strawberry begonia in a spot where the grease detain evenly moist as it will do poorly in dry localisation .

Leopard plant

Name:Farfugium japonicumand cvs.

Zones:7 to 10

Size:2 to 3 foot marvellous and full

condition : fond to full shade ; consistently moist , well - run out ground

The large leathery evergreen leaves of leopard plant are typically glazed . And depending on the cultivar ( of which there are many ) , the leaves might have quiet or richly mess up edges and might be 4 to 10 inches wide ; round to kidney shaped ; and apparently green , gold spotted , or splatter with lily-white . Its belated - summertime bloom are yellowish , an strange vividness in tint - sleep with plants . On top of its honest look , leopard plant is springy , well behaved , and prostrate to few plague . To ensure it stays happy , plant it in a bed liberally amended with constituent matter and keep the planting well mulched .

Chinese ground orchid

Name:Bletilla striata

Zones:5 to 8

Size:12 to 18 in magniloquent and 1 foot wide

We have many beautiful native tellurian orchids ; alas , as a radical , they often require exacting growing conditions and can be challenging to grow . But the Formosan ground orchid is not at all busy and will uprise happily in mean garden beds . The attractive pleated foliation come forth in early outflow . inflorescence occur in April and May , and the flowers are undeniably orchids . The spacious , spear - form foliage remain good looking until the plant go dormant in evenfall , and they put up texture and interest to a summertime planting .

Dan Gillis an reference plantsman with the Louisiana State University Agricultural Center in Baton Rouge .

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