Sorghastrum nutans Slim Pickens Black Foliage Plants with cinnamon flower stalks ending

with cinnamon flower stalks ending in pendent flowers

along comes Hosta 'Barbara Ann'

Hosta 'Angel Falls' forms a 16" tall x 38" wide medium-sized clump of large leaves which produce a gently cascading effect

This is a fascinating little plant

Sorghastrum nutans Slim Pickens Black Foliage Plants with cinnamon flower stalks endingSorghastrum nutans 'Slim Pickens' is a 2022 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a very heat and humidity loving, blue foliaged form of the widespread US native species, that we spotted originally in the habitat garden section of the South Carolina Botanical Garden. A shared piece has been evaluated at JLBG since 2018, and we continue to be impressed. Other, more northerly forms have failed to thrive for us, but this collection from Pickens County, SC