Dig into the joy of a life outdoors
Find peace and purpose by reconnecting with nature, creativity and the joy of making things in your own patch of paradise.
Discover extraordinary, unusual, and beautiful plants from around the world — each with growing and care tips to help you cultivate these weird and wonderful species in your own space.
Chamaerops humilis var. argentea
Blue Mediterranean fan palm
A slow-growing, clumping fan palm with stiff, silvery-blue leaves - the Atlas Mountains form of the…
- Full sun
- 1.5–2.5 m (5–8 ft)
- H3 · Zone 9
Stipa gigantea
Golden oats
A dramatic evergreen grass sending up see-through stems of shimmering, golden, oat-like flowers to 2m.
- Full sun
- 1.5–2.5 m (5–8 ft)
- H4 · Zone 8
Phymosia umbellata ‘Blood of Pan’
Mexican bush mallow ‘Blood of Pan’
A dark-flowered Mexican mallow shrub with soft, grey-green lobed leaves and deep blood-red funnel flowers.
- Full sun
- 2–4 m (7–13 ft)
- H3 · Zone 9
Yucca rostrata
Beaked yucca
A sculptural, trunk-forming yucca with a perfect sphere of fine, silver-blue leaves.
- Full sun
- 2.5–4 m (8–13 ft)
- H5 · Zone 7
Salvia leucantha
Mexican bush sage
A late-flowering, shrubby sage with soft grey-green leaves and arching spikes of velvety purple and white…
- Full sun
- 0.6–1.2 m (2–4 ft)
- H2 · Zone 10
Wollemia nobilis
Wollemi pine
A living fossil conifer with bubbly bark, flat, dark green leaves and bright lime-green new growth.
- Full sun, Partial shade
- 12–2 m (39–66 ft)
- H4 · Zone 8
