Salvia jamensis Rose Bicolor PP 33084 Chocolate Garden this fast-growing but compact opuntia

this fast-growing but compact opuntia makes a 3' tall x 6' wide deer-resistant mound (in 5 years) of 6" grey-green spineless pads

it has proven amazingly easy to cultivate

Geranium maculatum 'Gettin' High' emerges in early spring

All summer the clumps are topped with the typical orange and yellow flowers of its hummingbird-approved parent

Salvia jamensis Rose Bicolor PP 33084 Chocolate Garden this fast-growing but compact opuntia(aka: Salvia 'Balmirrobi') Salvia 'Rose Bicolor' has been a truly outstanding introduction from the breeders at Ball Horticulture. This amazing hybrid of Salvia microphylla x greggii, forms a 2' tall x 3' wide woody clump of small, fragrant foliage, smothered with flowers, starting in late April (NC). The bicolor flowers are have rosy upper half with a large light yellow lip below. While flowering slows in the heat of summer, it picks up the pace