Dicliptera suberecta Propagate and foliage that brightens even

and foliage that brightens even a shady border

Give this holly full sun for the tightest growth

at a pond or stream edge

but this hybrid is perhaps the easiest to grow in southern gardens

and 'Maryland Beauty'

Dicliptera suberecta Propagate and foliage that brightens evenDicliptera suberecta is a member of the acanthus family, Acanthaceae, and hails from the grasslands of Uruguay and Argentina, a heritage that shows in a love of heat, sun, and lean soil. Gardeners know the plant by two names that between them tell the whole story: Uruguayan firecracker plant, for the volley of tubular blooms, and hummingbird plant, for the traffic those blooms draw. The foliage charms first. Soft, velvety, and washed a cool bluish