Another plant that I have struggled with for a while that is FINALLY succeeding (mostly because I started these basically outside where they were going to stay indefinitely, which I should have done the first try…): Lotus tetragonolobus!
Frequently called the Winged Pea or Asparagus Pea, this Mediterranean native is a low-growing shrubby herb that produced brilliantly scarlet blooms and, like most legumes, helps fix soil nitrogen and so is often grown ornamentally alongside other plants (mine are currently in a squash pot). They are also edible however, the very young four-winged seed pods supposedly tasting like asparagus and used raw or cooked like other peas.

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