Pontederia cordata var lancifolia Franklin Pennisetum upright shrubby plant

upright shrubby plant

This 1' tall x 3' wide (in ground maturity) oddity boasts a wide purple stripe down the middle of each olive green leaf

(aka Hosta 1995-044) This 2010 Plant Delights Nursery introduction originated as a 1995 cross of Hosta 'Fragrant Blue' x Hosta 'Halcyon

The orange-red flowers (orange in the cultivar 'Pumpkin') are produced all summer into fall

exceptional

Pontederia cordata var lancifolia Franklin Pennisetum upright shrubby plantPontederia cordata var. lancifolia is a Southeast US coastal plain native, hailing from Virginia to East Texas. Pontederia 'Franklin' is a 2024 Plant Delights JLBG introduction of a Vic Lambou collection from Franklin County, in the Florida panhandle. Pontederia 'Franklin' forms an offsetting patch to 3' tall x 4' wide in five years. The upright stalks end in a much more narrow leaf than Pontederia cordata var. cordata, although the spike of lavender