Brad E. Davis & David Nichols ~ Plants in Design: A Guide to Designing with Southern Landscape Plants Edition:Hardcover Tall vertical flower spikes with

Tall vertical flower spikes with densely packed deep purple flowers top the foliage in from late spring to midsummer

(2) Photoset by Penn State Flower Trials

Chamaecyparis obtusa Verdoni kz2

IMAGES: Meredith Leigh Collins

Zinnia angustifolia Profusion Orange

Brad E. Davis & David Nichols ~ Plants in Design: A Guide to Designing with Southern Landscape Plants Edition:Hardcover Tall vertical flower spikes withPlants in Design emerged from Brad E. Daviss and David Nicholss love for plants and well designed landscapes and a previous frustration with landscape design guidebooks. While most landscape and garden design resources focus either on design principles or on plant materials, the unique strategy of Plants in Design provides a palette of options organized by mature size and scale, covering many genres of plants from grasses to herbaceous perennials,