Beschorneria septentrionalis Fairey Christmas Chrysogonum This slow but easy-to-grow hosta

This slow but easy-to-grow hosta is topped with nice stalks of white flowers that attract hummingbirds in early summer

Thanks to plantsman Jim Waddick for sharing this gem

it prefers rather dry soils

Firecracker vine emerges in very late spring and is an elegant twining vine with tiny leaves climbing skyward on anyone or anything nearby

it will begin to show signs of aging and leaf degradation

Beschorneria septentrionalis Fairey Christmas Chrysogonum This slow but easy-to-grow hostaBeschorneria septentrionalis, discovered in 1987, is a little known North American native agave relative, that hails from the scrubby mountainside shade in Tamaulipas, Mexico. Resembling a cross of an agave with a hosta, Beschorneria septentrionalis forms clumps of large evergreen, non spiny rosettes to 18" tall x 4' wide. After becoming well established, Beschorneria septentrionalis will produce 5' tall, glossy red flower spikes, adorned with lovely