Muhlenbergia dumosa Patagonia Physostegia with rigidly upright green leaves

with rigidly upright green leaves with a very heavy horizontal yellow banding

but intensely dark raspberry central eye

Buddleia 'Lilac Cascade' is a superb addition to the cascade series of butterfly bushes from the Walters Gardens breeding program

each lined with 1' long x 3" wide leaves

They resemble our native Isopyrum biternatum

Muhlenbergia dumosa Patagonia Physostegia with rigidly upright green leavesOur 2026 Plant Delights JLBG introduction is a more winter hardy selection of the North American (US Mexico) native, bamboo muhly. Our first attempt was from a Yucca Do Mexican collection promoted by JC Raulston in the early 1990s, only to find it lacked any winter hardiness north of Zone 9. Decades later, plantsman Patrick McMillan collected this new, much hardier form, from the Patagonia Mountains in Arizona's Santa Cruz County, at over 4,000'