Acanthus Summer Beauty Endangered Plants but is also incredibly drought

but is also incredibly drought tolerant

Sabal x texensis

but it grows in full sun and is native to all but 8 states of the continental United States

and surrounding Chinese provinces

Starting for us in early May

Acanthus Summer Beauty Endangered Plants but is also incredibly droughtWe feel this import by the late Oregon plantsman Chet Tompkins from a gardener in China is one of the finest acanthus on the market. Where Acanthus mollis fails miserably, Acanthus 'Summer Beauty', a hybrid (probably Acanthus mollis x Acanthus hungaricus), grows well in our hot summers. The 4 6' wide clump of giant, glossy, dark green foliage is more cutleaf than typical Acanthus mollis. In June (NC), the tropical looking, deer resistant clumps are