Growing Zone 9

Flower heads the size of a softball, hundreds of them, every April.Viburnum macrocephalum is the one people stop the car for. In early spring it covers itself in 6-8 inch globes that open lime-green and age to pure white, held on arching branches that...

The trailing white spiller that softens the edge of every good mixed container.Bacopa (Sutera) makes a curtain of fine stems studded with small five-petalled flowers, usually white, sometimes lavender or pink. It is the plant designers reach for to spill over the rim of...

Iridescent purple foliage with a metallic sheen you have to see in person to believe.Strobilanthes dyerianus, Persian Shield, is grown entirely for its leaves - lance-shaped, silver-purple, and lit from within by a genuine metallic shimmer that changes as you move around it. Indoors...

An evergreen trailing groundcover that holds a slope and keeps its leaves all winter.Vinca minor, common periwinkle, is the groundcover you plant where you are tired of fighting. Glossy dark evergreen leaves on trailing stems that root as they run, with small violet-blue flowers...

Sky-blue phlox-like clusters on a loose shrub that flowers through the hottest stretch of the year.Plumbago auriculata, Cape leadwort, is one of the few true blues that holds up to Alabama heat. It grows as a sprawling, semi-woody shrub with slender arching stems that...

Fragrant cool-season colour for the months when the bed would otherwise be bare.Erysimum blooms in the cool shoulder seasons - autumn into winter here, then again hard in early spring - with dense heads of sweetly scented flowers over grey-green foliage. In zone 8a...

A fine-textured mound that flowers nonstop through the worst of a Southern summer.Cuphea hyssopifolia, Mexican Heather, is one of the few plants that genuinely does not care how hot it gets. Tiny glossy leaves form a neat rounded mound studded with small purple or...

Chartreuse trails that spill out of a container and root wherever they land.Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' is the golden spiller you see cascading over the edge of every good mixed planter, and it works just as hard as a groundcover in a damp, part-shaded spot....

Silver-marked foliage that lights up a shady bed all winter.Lamium maculatum is grown for its leaves first - silver centres edged in green that brighten deep shade from a distance - with pink or white flowers as a bonus in spring. It spreads politely...

An evergreen groundcover that carpets shade where grass gives up.Ajuga reptans spreads by runners into a low mat of glossy, often bronze-purple foliage, then sends up short spikes of blue flowers in spring. It holds its leaves through an Alabama winter, takes foot traffic...

Cool-season colour that blooms when everything else in the bed has quit.Nemesia is the annual that earns its keep in an Alabama fall and again in early spring - dense heads of small snapdragon-like flowers on a compact mound, many of them lightly scented....

The evergreen screen the Southeast plants instead of Leyland cypress.Cryptomeria japonica 'Yoshino' is a fast, soft-needled evergreen conifer that forms a dense pyramid without the canker and bagworm problems that shorten Leyland cypress in Alabama. Blue-green through summer, taking a bronze cast in hard...

A Southeast native evergreen that holds its leaves and its berries straight through winter.Yaupon Holly (Ilex vomitoria) is one of the toughest evergreens native to the Southeast - glossy small leaves, dense branching, and scarlet berries on female plants that persist into spring. It...

Larkspur sends up elegant spires of blue, pink, and white blooms - an airy, cottage-garden classic that's superb for cutting and drying.Larkspur bring vivid, long-lasting color to gardens and arrangements, grown with care at our Lineville, Alabama farm. They're pollinator-friendly and a cheerful addition...

Our fresh cilantro (slow bolt) is bright and fresh, a slow-bolt variety bred to last longer, grown at our Lineville, Alabama farm and cut fresh.Fresh cilantro is an aromatic culinary herb, far more flavorful picked fresh than dried from a jar. It's easy to...

Ornamental Millet adds bold, upright drama with dark purple foliage and thick, bottlebrush seed spikes that birds love.Ornamental Millet is nursery-grown by Wade Greens in Lineville, Alabama, cared for by hand and shipped healthy and ready to thrive. Offered in 4" and 6" pots,...

Our fresh parsley is fresh and clean with tender flat leaves, grown at our Lineville, Alabama farm and cut fresh.Fresh parsley is an aromatic culinary herb, far more flavorful picked fresh than dried from a jar. It's easy to grow on a sunny sill...

Zinnias bloom in a riot of hot colors all summer, thrive in heat, attract butterflies, and just keep coming the more you cut.Zinnias bring vivid, long-lasting color to gardens and arrangements, grown with care at our Lineville, Alabama farm. They're pollinator-friendly and a cheerful...

A showy pairing of ornamental kale and cabbage delivers ruffled rosettes of purple, pink, and cream that pop in cool-weather displays.Fresh kale is a hardy, nutrient-dense green great for salads, chips, and sautes. We grow ours without synthetic pesticides in Lineville, Alabama and pick...

Clover-like button blooms that laugh at heat and dry into everlasting color.Gomphrena carries round, papery blooms in magenta, purple, and white from summer well into fall, and dries perfectly for wreaths and arrangements. Offered in 4" Pot and 6-Pack, shipped well-rooted from our Lineville,...