Specialty Gardening: Cottage Garden in Southern California?, 0 by jkom51

jkom51 wrote:
Another foliage plant I like to use are erysimums. Although rated for 'full sun', they actually do quite well in bright shade and will even flower reasonably well. I have a green-leafed variety that blooms orange, and this variegated variety which blooms purple. I use them like small groundcover plants because they sprawl towards the light. Erysimums are short-lived, but can usually be found at a good big box garden center. I like variegated plants because they really brighten up a shade bed.