Patrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya' Highlight more refined look than the

more refined look than the broad-leaved aucubas

A plant of wet places in the wild

The glory is the seed heads: flat

the narrow leaves edged in a clean creamy white that lifts the whole shrub in shade

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Patrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya' Highlight more refined look than thePatrinia scabiosifolia 'Nagoya' is a tough, upright perennial from the meadows and grassy hills of East Asia, grown for airy, flat topped heads of tiny golden yellow flowers held high on wiry, branching stems. The species name scabiosifolia points to the deeply lobed basal leaves, which recall those of a scabious, and the whole plant reads as a chartreuse gold answer to Queen Anne's lace, lending height and a see through veil to a summer border. In