Plant Profile: Volcano Phlox ‘Ruby’ (Phlox paniculata)
Karen Garden phlox is a staple of many perennial gardens and this one is a great cultivar to grow. Like most phlox in the Volcano series it is shorter, denser, bears…
Plant Profile: ‘Snowflake’Catmint (Nepeta mussinii)
‘Snowflake’ is the white form of the traditional catmint that makes a great edging plant as it spills over the garden bed. Small white flowers are held in loose spikes…
Plant Profile: Fremont’s Leather Flower (Clematis fremontii)
This small non-climbing shrubby clematis has a long season of interesting beginning with attractive green leathery foliage in spring. In late spring nodding bell-shaped purple to white flowers appear singly…
Plant Profile: Cowslip (Primula veris)
Clusters of bright yellow flowers wave on downy upright stems above bright green leaves in spring. The flowers are funnel shaped and may be single or double. They have red…
Plant Profile: Nodding Wild Onion (Allium cernuum)
There are many different kinds of onion cultivated as garden plants but the nodding wild onion has a special charm all of its own. In summer a cluster of white…
Plant Profile: ‘Coconut Punch’ Dianthus
Full, double, clove-scented, deep red and white flowers bloom on compact mounds of grey-green foliage in early summer and may continue sporadically until fall when another flush occurs. This cultivar…
Plant Profile: Heartleaf Alexander (Zizia aptera)
This short-lived perennial is a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae, that also includes parsley, celery, and poison hemlock. It is a native of moist to seasonable wet meadows and…
Plant Profile: ‘Heaven Scent’ Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium reptans x Polemonium yezoense)
Jacob’s ladder is a favorite for woodland gardens because of its deer resistance, disease resistance, shade tolerance, and its lovely clusters of blue flowers in late spring. In addition, “Heaven…
Plant Profile: ‘Burning Hearts’ Bleeding Heart (Dicentra exima)
Bleeding hearts are always welcome in a shade garden and this one is especially desirable. With its deep rose flowers trimmed with white and its soft blue-gray foliage it adds…
Five Favorite Pink Heirloom Peonies over 100 Years Old
As long time favorite plants, herbaceous peonies bring fragrance and soft color to the spring garden, and then provide attractive foliage until fall. Traditionally, peony flowers have been white, pink…