Plant of the Week

Name: Angelonia
Latin Name: Angelonia angustifolia
Origin: Mexico and the West Indies

Angelonia is a perennial flower that is hardy only to zone 8 or so, which means that most of us treat it as an annual. The flowers are sometimes called "snapdragon-like," probably because they are arranged on vertical stems like snapdragon, and the individual florets are somewhat similar to the open-type snapdragons.

Angelonia bloom more or less continuously throughout the summer (although I suspect they would take a few weeks off here during the worst of the heat). They are various shades of pink, white, purple/lavendar/blue.