SEPTEMBER is soft and billowy. Breezy days are filled with sunshine and because the light is changing, the garden seems a bit subdued in anticipation of autumn’s palette of gold, maroon, dusty ...

Dicliptera can be hard to find at nurseries, but Dave’s Garden lists it as available through mail order. Dicliptera’s leaves are grayer than Zauschneria’s , plumper and downright velvety.

Two new species, Dicliptera knappii from Guyana and D. granvillei from French Guiana, are described, illustrated, and compared with their closest relatives. Journal Information Since 1931, Brittonia, ...