Silphium albiflorum Sarcococca 7-way branched spikes of fragrant

7-way branched spikes of fragrant yellow flowers

Larry Mellichamp hybrid of Sarracenia alabamensis and Sarracenia psittacina

the foliage emerges in mid-October and grows through the winter

a hummingbird fiesta

the clumps are topped with 20" tall scapes (quite often branched) of lavender flowers

Silphium albiflorum Sarcococca 7-way branched spikes of fragrantDid someone mention a white flowering silphium? This odd duck in an otherwise yellow flowered genus is an endemic to calcareous (pH ~6. 8) gravely prairie soils in a couple dozen central Texas counties. The basal fuzzy green rickrack patterned leaves, which always align in a North South orientation, resemble a really funky head of stringy green hair topped by 2 3' tall flower spikes in late spring, each ending in clusters of large white asters, and