Acanthus Summer Beauty Amaryllids forms a patch (3' wide

forms a patch (3' wide in 3 years in rich soil) of narrow tufts of evergreen grass-like foliage

lovely pink

its size makes it a great textural background for other plant which emerge later

Our first plant came from Elizabeth Lawrence's old Raleigh garden after the home had been used as a fraternity house for 30 years

Acanthus Summer Beauty Amaryllids forms a patch (3' wideWe 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