Acanthus mollis Reut Israel Southwest Garden Plants a cross of the Japanese

a cross of the Japanese painted fern and a giant local selection of lady fern that we call Athyrium filix-femina 'Kipling Giant'

If you can grow the dwarf Cypripedium debile

Although not as winter hardy as its cousin Bletilla striata

Marrubium-leaf butterfly bush forms a compact shrub to 3

Acanthus mollis Reut Israel Southwest Garden Plants a cross of the JapaneseIn 2011, while Israeli nurseryman Moti Kopilovitch was visiting and discussing our acanthus selections, we explained that most of the Acanthus mollis we tried did not survive our hot, humid summers. Moti was kind enough to share seed of a form of bear's breech that thrives in Israel's hot climate (Zone 10 11), and it became a 2012 Plant Delights JLBG introduction. Acanthus mollis makes a 2' tall x 3' wide clump of broad, glossy green, deeply indented