Silphium perfoliatum Brookgreen Gardens and expect heat

and expect heat

The name is a small joke and a tribute at once: the little

an ornamental-edible border

Fruit set is light

or a wildlife planting where birds work the winter berries

Silphium perfoliatum Brookgreen Gardens and expect heatCup plant is a giant of the summer prairie, a statuesque perennial that rises on stout, square stems to eight feet or more and lifts a crown of bright yellow, daisy like flowers above the border. The name comes from a quirk of the foliage: the large, coarse leaves are perfoliate, joined in pairs around the stem to form a shallow cup that catches and holds rainwater. Silphium perfoliatum belongs to the sunflower tribe of the aster family, Asteraceae,