Acanthus Summer Beauty Amaryllids This good grower is one

This good grower is one of the best cream-edged sieboldianas with very dark green

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rounded gold foliage and a wide

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forms a patch (3' wide in 3 years in rich soil) of narrow tufts of evergreen grass-like foliage

Acanthus Summer Beauty Amaryllids This good grower is oneWe feel this import by the late Oregon plantsman Chet Tompkins from a gardener in China is one of the finest acanthus on the market. Where Acanthus mollis fails miserably, Acanthus 'Summer Beauty', a hybrid (probably Acanthus mollis x Acanthus hungaricus), grows well in our hot summers. The 4 6' wide clump of giant, glossy, dark green foliage is more cutleaf than typical Acanthus mollis. In June (NC), the tropical looking, deer resistant clumps are