Dahlia Yellow Hammer Butia The vigorous 23" tall

The vigorous 23" tall

(aka: Lycopodioides braunii) Selaginella braunii isn't a fern or an arborvitae

In the early 1990s we made several wide

so thick you can't see the foliage

The resulting evergreen selection (only to 28 degrees F) is a dynamite lily-of-the-Nile with the typical strap-like foliage to 24" tall

Dahlia Yellow Hammer Butia The vigorous 23" tallI remember exactly where I was when my Dahlia 'Yellow Hammer' first flowered we tend to do that with really important events. Yes, I was standing in my garden looking at my Dahlia 'Yellow Hammer'. It was indeed a memorable sight, the dark black of the night, I mean of the foliage and the stunning single flower, opening a butterscotch yellow (RHS 163A) did someone mention scotch? Sorry, butterscotch yellow with orange streaks that might be the scotch