• Appearance: A compact but potentially leggy shrub with dull, narrow grey-green leaves.
• Blooms: Pea-like, magenta-purple flowers featuring a lacy, whitish-purple crest.
• Size: Typically grows quickly to 3 to 5 feet tall and 4 to 6 feet wide
• Hardiness: Hardy down to roughly \(18^{\circ}\text{F}\) to \(20^{\circ}\text{F}\). Thrives in USDA Zones 9–11.
• Sunlight: Full sun to partial shade.
• Water & Soil: Requires moderate to regular watering when establishing. Prefers well-drained soils and tolerates a wide variety of types, but avoids heavy, waterlogged clay.
• Bloom Time: Blooms nearly year-round in coastal/frost-free climates, and from mid-summer through fall in slightly cooler regions

Polygala dalmaisiana