Leonotis leonurus Fred Meyer this is a beautiful and

this is a beautiful and historically beloved garden shrub

Native to the moist woods and pond margins of the eastern United States

Sharp drainage is everything

an intriguing narrow-leaf aucuba awaiting a final verdict

Leonotis leonurus Fred Meyer this is a beautiful andFew late summer plants command a border like Leonotis leonurus, the lion's ear of the South African veld. Tall square stems, the signature of the mint family, Lamiaceae, rise five feet and more before breaking into tier upon tier of burnt orange flowers, each whorl circling the stem like a ruff. The velvety, curved tubes are the source of both common names, lion's ear and lion's tail, and the botany agrees: Leonotis comes from the Greek for lion's