Houstonia procumbens White Clay Summer Flowering Plants The tall manfreda-like flower spikes

The tall manfreda-like flower spikes usually occur in September/October

eucharidifolia prefers light shade

topped with short stalks of red berries in winter

that we saw on our 2005 trek near Naude's Neck in the Drakensberg Mountains

producing a delicately lacy appearance

Houstonia procumbens White Clay Summer Flowering Plants The tall manfreda-like flower spikesDiscovered in 1902 in Charleston, South Carolina, and hailing from the southeastern US, (southeastern South Carolina west to eastern Louisiana), roundleaf bluets live their lives in virtual anonymity. Houstonia procumbens is a southern coastal denizen, a cousin to the better known bluets, that grows as a 1" tall groundcover in slightly moist sandy open pinelands and sunny roadside banks. Houstonia procumbens patches are adorned with small white