Sempervivum Beta Chocolate Garden dark olive-green leaves that are

dark olive-green leaves that are much darker and narrower

Hosta 'Gemstone' makes a vigorous-growing but small

Dick and Rene subsequently named the iris after NC's Vein Mountain

Cora Stubbs peony makes a 32" tall

with a pronounced central stripe

Sempervivum Beta Chocolate Garden dark olive-green leaves that areSempervivum 'Beta' from the late renowned German plant breeder Georg Arends (1863 1952), has been a star in our rock garden, forming a 2' wide patch in 3 years. It's amazing vigor and tolerance of our humid heat and summer rains has been nothing short of phenomenal. Each 2. 5" wide x 2" tall rosette is carmine red with each leaf ending in a contrasting olive band.