Common name: Pink Jasmine
Botanical name: Jasminum polyanthum

This fast-growing evergreen vine features clusters of fragrant white flowers almost all year in cool climates. It does best when grown in sun to part shade.

Common name: Cape Rush
Botanical name: Chondropetalum tectorum

Chondropetalum tectorum has 2-3' tall stems that shoot out in all directions from the roots. Each stem has papery bracts connected to the ends that turn from tan to dark brown, then fall off. Chondropetalum can grow in marshes, in the ground with regular watering, or in drought conditions. It tolerates full sun and shade and can be grown close to the ocean.

Common name: Passion Fruit
Botanical name: Passiflora edulis

The Passion Fruit Vine is famous for producing the edible "passion fruit". A purplish, egg-shaped fruit with a leathery hide reveals inside, a pudding-like mass, with edible seeds. It can be scooped out or sucked out of the halved fruit. This vine is often invasive, easily growing 20' per year. It should be planted next to a chain link fence or in a container with a trellis, as it can be trained. Leaves are dark green and evergreen. Flowers are fragrant and multi-colored and layered, blooming in spring, followed by the fruit. This vine does best in full sun in frost-free areas that are not extremely hot in summer. It needs well draining, rich, sandy, loamy soil.

Common name: Dwarf Plumbago
Botanical name: Ceratostigma plumbaginoides

Intense blue flowers adorn the glossy green leaves of this plant in summer. This mat-forming ground cover, 12"-18" tall and wide, does well in full or part sun, needing regular watering and more during hot summer spells. Dark green leaves turn reddish in fall. This plant spreads by rhizomes. This plant does best in well draining soil but will tolerate clay soil.