Botanical name: Dianthus plumarius ‘Rose de Mai’
Common name: “Garden Pinks”
Size: 1-1.5′ x 1-1.5′
Light: Full sun
Bloom: Apr-May
Evergreen, grassy plants with silvery, gray-green foliage perfume the garden in late-spring and early-summer when pink, semi-double, fringed, Carnation-like flowers open at the ends of narrow, leafy stems.
Ruellia brittoniana 'Southern Star Series' - "Mexican Petunia"
Small, trumpet-shaped blooms open for an extended period of time beginning in late-spring produced by neat, low-growing mounds of elongated, clean-green, lance-shaped foliage. The flowers of individual plants may be white, candy-pink, or blue-violet. Once established, this Ruellia is drought-, heat-, and humidity-tolerant. They make attractive container or hanging basket plants, as well.
