Plant Profile: Winged Everlasting (Ammobium alatum)
Karen Native to eastern Australia, this tender perennial (often grown as an annual) is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisies, sunflowers and lettuce. It self seeds…
Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Trumpet Gentian (Gentiana acaulis)
This evergreen herbaceous perennial is native to the mountains of southern and central Europe where it can grow in full sun but have cool roots. This is a very demanding…
Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Gas Plant (Dictamnus albus)
Also called dittany and burning bush, gas plant is a herbaceous perennial with a woody base and is native to southwestern Europe and Asia where it lives in forests edges,…
Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Spotted Laurel (Acuba japonica)
Spotted laurel is a broad leaf evergreen shrub native to China, Japan and Korea where it grows in moist forest soils. Its variegated forms are very useful in both the…
Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Giant Sea Holly (Eryngium giganteum)
Giant sea holly is a short lived herbaceous perennial often considered a biennial, and is native to the Caucasus and Iran. The first year it produces a basal rosette of…
Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Red Barrenwort (Epidmedium x rubrum)
Also called bishop’s hat, red barrenwort an herbaceous rhizomaceous perennial and a member of the barberry family (Berberidaceae). It is a hybrid between E. alpinum and E. grandiflorum and is…
Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Love-Lies-Bleeding (Amaranthus caudatus)
Also known as tassel flower, this annual is native to India, Africa, and Peru, and a member of the Amaranth family (Amaranthaceae), a diverse family that also includes beets, spinach,…
Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Norway Maple (Acer platanoides)
Norway maple is a large deciduous tree native to central and eastern Europe, and Asia but grown widely as a shade tree in parts of the US. The small yellow-green…
Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Bloody Cranesbill (Geranium sanguineum)
Bloody cranesbill is an herbaceous perennial native t Europe and temperate Asia where it grows in grasslands, open woodlands, sand dunes, and rocky slopes. Thick rhizomes form mounts of shallowly…
Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Rosa ‘Blanc Double de Coubert’
This rugosa rose is hardy, healthy and vigorous, and blooms almost continuously. Its pure white flowers have ten to twenty petals and are 3.5 inches across. They have a strong…