Lysimachia congestiflora Persian Chocolate Bolivia adorned with plumeria-like leaves

adorned with plumeria-like leaves

Verbena 'Decked Out'

but eventually (in your grandkids lifetime) makes a stunning 30' tall tree with costapalmate green leaves and a contrasting dark brown trunk

and once these are gone it will take years before we have enough to offer them again

and other similarly-colored spring bloomers

Lysimachia congestiflora Persian Chocolate Bolivia adorned with plumeria-like leavesThis amazing moneywort is a 2004 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a Darrell Probst discovery. This semi evergreen groundcover makes a nicely spreading mass of small purple foliage. For us, it makes a 3' wide mat in one season but doesn't show tendencies to eat plants that it surrounds. In late spring, the purple foliage is topped by hundreds of golden bells a really amazing sight. We've had great luck using Lysimachia 'Persian Chocolate' to cover