Sorry, sorry, for being so late. TPP was too busy hanging out with a group of native plant enthusiasts to do a FFF. More on the field trips later. TPP cannot remember where he saw this plant for sale, but it is rather unusual, and never having seen it in the field, it still seemed like a good idea to plant a couple last year and see what happens. As you may remember, our yard has lots of shade, and supposedly this species hands some shade, and happily it survived our nasty winter and began flowering in late May. This is Spigelia marilandica, Indian Pink, and it is a member of the Logania family, not one you are probably familiar with. But in flower it sure is cute. It seems to do better in light shade, next will be to see how much is spreads. It is a native species, just not around here.
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