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Buy Straight Talk® Privet online. Straight Talk® Privet is a fantastic substitute for Sky Pencil Holly for colder climates. It will have similar shape, but be able to tolerate much colder temperatures, making it an ideal privacy shrub. It also has minimal seed production after five years in plant trials. It is deciduous. Found by Mike Jeronimus of Green Acres Nursery in Golden, Colorado.

Meet Isla Gold Tansy, the golden rebel of the garden border. This cheerful perennial brings bold texture and luminous color with finely-cut, fern-like foliage that emerges chartreuse and matures to a rich, golden hue. Imagine a ground-hugging blaze of gold that persists through summer heat, adding energy and movement to your planting design—like sunshine on a stem.

Though part of a famously weedy species, Isla Gold Tansy is the well-behaved cousin, restrained in height and less aggressive than its wilder relatives. In summer, small button-like yellow flowers hover over the glowing foliage like a floral crown. Some gardeners prefer to snip off the blooms to keep the focus on the foliage show, but others welcome them as quirky, daisy-free pollinator magnets. Either way, it's a plant with style and edge.

This cultivar loves sun but appreciates a little afternoon shade in hot climates. It's equally at home in poor soils or rich ones, and thrives in cottage gardens, wild borders, and naturalized pollinator patches. Whether you're a texture fanatic, a foliage-lover, or just want to shake up your perennial palette—Isla Gold Tansy makes your garden glow.