Hibiscus Pink Teacups Dianthus Musa velutina was our first

Musa velutina was our first introduction to hardy bananas and is still a favorite in our summer garden

At our Spring Open Nursery and Garden Days

this selection of our native Canna glauca was passed around California until spotted by plantsman Herb Kelly who named and introduced it to commerce

you'll enjoy the delicious early winter-ripening fruits

Dry to average moisture soils work great

Hibiscus Pink Teacups Dianthus Musa velutina was our firstHibiscus 'Pink Teacups', a 2019 Plant Delights JLBG introduction is one of those lovely surprises that becomes a game changing perennial. In 2014, we visited plantsman Rick Lewandowski at Shangri La Botanical Gardens in southeast Texas. Rick was kind enough to share seed from a patch of dormant hibiscus, whose foliage appeared to be a hybrid swarm of Hibiscus coccineus and Hibiscus laevis. The gem of the resultant seed crop was an 8' tall specimen