Caesalpinia gilliesii Salt Tolerant Seaside Plants making 6-12" wide mounds

making 6-12" wide mounds

Our plants are from a Darrell Probst collection above the snowline at 5

a truly wonderful and easy-to-grow plant

picture an anorexic run over by a yellow Volkswagen

Polystichum acrostichoides is a wonderful

Caesalpinia gilliesii Salt Tolerant Seaside Plants making 6-12" wide mounds(aka: Erythrostemon gilliesii) We have grown this South American native for decades, during which time it survived 0 degrees F with only a little tip burn. Even more impressive is that it has survived Zone 6 temperatures when kept dry in winter at the Denver Botanic Gardens. Caesalpinia gilliesii has woody stems adorned toward the top with lacy, grey green, mimosa like leaves. Topping each stem, starting in June (NC), are stunningly indescribable