Patrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya' Highlight more refined look than the

more refined look than the broad-leaved aucubas

year-round cover

most of them in Florida on sand or very sandy soil

The glory is the seed heads: flat

Patrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya' Highlight more refined look than thePatrinia 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