In 1976 he spent months in libraries in search of a hardy flower that hadn't reached its potential.

Cultivated beds of colorful flowers, hardy enough to withstand the worst of Texas summer, brightened the path in every direction.

The peony is a hardy flower.

Little hardy flowers, Like to children poor, Playing in their sturdy health By their mother's door.

There was some grass on this side of the lighthouse, tough and as wild as the few hardy flowers that were scattered through it.

No leaves, but hardy blue flowers peeked from the wind-crannies beneath every limb.

Topics will include evergreens, hardy flowers and trees and shrubs.

'Salem' - pale blue flowers, cold hardy similar to 'Arp'

Or plant the seedlings of these hardy flowers now.

The hardiest flowers remained, adding a spicy scent so different from the heavy fragrances of summer.