Lion’s Tail Continued from page 10 Group lion’s tail with other large members of the sage family. Yellow flowering Jerusalem sage, Phlomis fruticosa, with its light gray foliage makes fine contrast, as do the drooping blooms of Mexican bush sage, Salvia leucantha. At the end of each growing season, trim off all the old seed heads. By this time, the birds will have taken the seed or it’s dispersed to selfsow volunteers next year. If it’s happy, you may have lots of these little fellows to transplant around your garden for even hotter zone color. As these fast growing sub-shrubs or perennials age they may lose vigor. A careful pruning back at winter’s end stimulates a smaller,
less rangy fellow for the growing season. If you cut the seed heads late, you get to make wreaths and dried winter bouquets from these attractive remnants. Shaping renews the foliage and twigs for much more vigorous stems and plentiful blooms. Lion’s tail is exceptional for larger suburban yards. In hot climates they thrive on east- and south-facing exposures. Use them as fast screens, as wildlife lures and as fillers in new landscapes that need a quick color fix. Then relax and enjoy the yard guilt-free as your lions draw hummingbirds, butterflies and beneficial insects to feed and pollinate all summer long.
Lions are large shrubs that make great drought-resistant color at focal points in the garden.
Seed pods that follow flower whorls are attractive to finches and many other small songbirds.
Flower spikes of wild dagga are segmented by whorls of bright orange flowers pollinated by African sunbirds.
Maureen Gilmer is an author, horticulturist and landscape designer. Learn more at www.MoPlants.com. Email her at mogilmer@yahoo.com. ©2018 Tribune Content Agency, LLC Distributed by Tribune Content Agency, LLC.
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