Titanotrichum oldhamii Ampelaster The tidy-minded gardener can cut

The tidy-minded gardener can cut it to ground as soon as he feels a need to do so once it is done blooming

arching scapes of hummingbird-acclaimed pale lavender flowers in midsummer

that he named Hydrangea 'Summer Frost'

Yokoi's (Mr

Titanotrichum oldhamii Ampelaster The tidy-minded gardener can cutTitanotrichum oldhamii is an amazingly hardy African violet relative, originally shared in 2002 by our friend, Georgia gardener Ozzie Johnson. After growing this Asian gesneriad in the garden, it was great to finally see it growing wild in Taiwan in 2008, where it clung to nearly vertical rock cliffs. The fuzzy basal leaves make a nice small clump to 12" wide which, in September and October, is topped with 1' spikes of dramatic, golden yellow bells