Yellow Lamium

Last year I got tired of replacing the annuals, usually salvia, that I put in the cement planters on my front steps.

 I decided to use yellow lamium, which is a very sturdy perennial vine and a passalong plant. It did great through most of the summer,even after it quit blooming.  The foliage looks great.

This spring it is really flourishing and looks better than the salvia ever did.

 The best thing about it is the absence of work and expense. Pink lamium is also pretty, but a bit more fragile than the yellow.