Fargesia rufa Bog Garden Plants (syn: Salvia leucantha All Purple)

(syn: Salvia leucantha All Purple) This is the same wonderful late summer- and fall-blooming salvia as Salvia leucantha

which can be kept above freezing

flanked with white chevrons

If you'd like to maximize the size

Fargesia rufa Bog Garden Plants (syn: Salvia leucantha All Purple)(aka: Fargesia 'Green Panda', Fargesia sp. 'Rufa') Fargesia rufa is a recently introduced species from the mountains of western Sichuan, China. Fargesia rufa is a pachymorph, which means it couldn't run even if it was being chased down the mountain by a pack of starving pandas. This short, deer resistant clumping bamboo makes an elegant, 6' tall, upright fountain with stems arching outwards to 8'. In addition to the wonderful form, the culm sheaths