Patrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya' Highlight The glory is the seed

The glory is the seed heads: flat

most of them in Florida on sand or very sandy soil

blue-black fruits that birds are quick to find

year-round cover

asking only for part shade to sun and a soil that drains

Patrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya' Highlight The glory is the seedPatrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya' is a tough, upright perennial from the meadows and grassy hills of East Asia, grown for airy, flat topped heads of tiny golden yellow flowers held high on wiry, branching stems. The species name scabiosifolia points to the deeply lobed basal leaves, which recall those of a scabious, and the whole plant reads as a chartreuse gold answer to Queen Anne's lace, lending height and a see through veil to a summer border. In