Patrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya' Highlight blue-black fruits that birds are

blue-black fruits that birds are quick to find

most of them in Florida on sand or very sandy soil

cone-like pollen structure

asking only for part shade to sun and a soil that drains

the narrow leaves edged in a clean creamy white that lifts the whole shrub in shade

Patrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya' Highlight blue-black fruits that birds arePatrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya' is a tough, upright perennial from the meadows and grassy hills of East Asia, grown for airy, flat topped heads of tiny golden yellow flowers held high on wiry, branching stems. The species name scabiosifolia points to the deeply lobed basal leaves, which recall those of a scabious, and the whole plant reads as a chartreuse gold answer to Queen Anne's lace, lending height and a see through veil to a summer border. In