Eupatorium greggii Shortia Each black-green

Each black-green

The common name of uniformed petticoat male fern creates interesting images of a "fern in drag"

each topped with up to a dozen deliciously fragrant

the flowering stalk bearing two long

sieboldii) makes a nice small mound to 15" wide

Eupatorium greggii Shortia Each black-green(aka: Conoclinium greggii) Eupatorium greggii is an amazing, heat loving Southwest US native (Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas) that should be grown in every garden from Zone 7 south and in containers from Zone 7 north. Resembling a rhizomatous perennial ageratum, Eupatorium greggii begins to flower in July and continues into December. The 2' tall, spreading patch (3' wide in 3 years) of cut leaf light green foliage is literally smothered in fall with