Plants That Start with "Z"

A rare gem of the Southeastern coastal plain, chosen for the bluest foliage of the tribe. Zenobia pulverulenta 'Woodlanders Blue' is a semi-evergreen shrub of the heath family, native to the pocosins and pine savannas of the coastal Carolinas, and grown above all for striking powder-blue, glaucous foliage and hanging clusters of white, bell-shaped flowers in early summer. Woodlanders selected and introduced this exceptionally blue form, which has since won wider recognition.

Hardiness

Zones 5–9

Light

Full Sun / Part Shade

Height

2–4 ft.

Spread

3–4 ft.

Bloom

White

Plant type

Shrub

A native lily that answers the rain. Zephyranthes atamasco, the atamasco lily or rain lily, is a bulbous perennial of the amaryllis family, native to moist woods and meadows of the Southeastern United States. The name atamasco comes from the Powhatan people of the Virginia tidewater, an old word carried into botany, and the plant has also long been called Easter lily for the season of bloom.

Hardiness

Zones 6–9

Light

Full Sun / Part Shade

Height

6–12 in.

Spread

6–12 in.

Bloom

White

Plant type

Perennial