Crinum buphanoides SI forms Northern Africa Salvia chamaedryoides distinguishes itself from

Salvia chamaedryoides distinguishes itself from its other cousins discussed here in that its foliage is silvery-grey instead of green and its flowers are cobalt blue

each accented by a wide creamy margin that ends in a wavelike swirl at the edges

Dryopteris 'Linearis Polydactyla' is an old English selection of Dryopteris filix-mas

Here in the lower Piedmont of NC

Most folks wouldn't recognize it as a butterfly bush

Crinum buphanoides SI forms Northern Africa Salvia chamaedryoides distinguishes itself fromCrinum buphanoides (looks like a boophone not related to a cell phone) comes from the northern regions of South Africa where it can be found growing in areas that are swampy during the summer months and dry in the winter. The large rosettes of fleshy glaucous leaves are often heavily rippled a reason to grow the plant even if it didn't flower. In summer, the huge flower spikes are adorned with up to 50 white, sweetly fragrant, star shaped flowers,