Acanthus Summer Beauty Fairy Garden Plants topped in September with an

topped in September with an abundance of 3' stalks of golden orange

each surrounded by a wide yellow border that brightens to white as the leaves age

By late spring

The puckered

The 2' wide

Acanthus Summer Beauty Fairy Garden Plants topped in September with anWe 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