Cynara cardunculus Variegated Foliage Plants 5" long x 3" wide

5" long x 3" wide

thick-leaf fern forming an 18" tall x 30" wide deer-resistant perennial and you've got an acanthus

FYI: Bob Olson of Minnesota is the past president of the American Hosta Society

angustifolia) Here is a rare opportunity to obtain the dwarf narrow-leaf form of the wonderful winter-flowering Algerian iris

who kept it in a 1-gallon pot for 20 years

Cynara cardunculus Variegated Foliage Plants 5" long x 3" wideThe famed cardoon, aka Cynara cardunculus, makes a dramatic winter evergreen statement in the sunny perennial border with its 3 4' long, arching, ghost like, jagged, soft grey foliage. Once the 4' wide drought loving clumps are established, they are topped with 6' tall stalks of blue violet, thistle like flowers in late summer. After flowering, cardoons die to the ground for a month long rest before re sprouting. For a striking, bold textured accent