Stanleya pinnata Southern Africa Do not disturb the roots

Do not disturb the roots when planting matilija poppy

and Manfreda maculosa

We have grown Primula japonica for over a decade along the edge of our woodland stream among pitcher plants

If grown in full sun

Sam Caldwell's selection

Stanleya pinnata Southern Africa Do not disturb the rootsDesert Prince's Plume is a splendid North American native woody perennial, found in high elevation (3,000' 9,000') desert climates from North Dakota south to California. Stanleya pinnata, named after British naturalist, Lord Edward Stanley of the Linnean Society, is a member of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae. In the garden, it forms a clump of narrow, dissected glaucous foliage, topped in spring with 3 5' spires of butterfly attracting, cleome like,