Growing Goldenrod – Fall’s Golden Wands According to Aesop’s Fables, “a man is known by the company he keeps.” While there may be...
Growing Chrysanthemums Are you familiar with those huge, larger-than-life chrysanthemums your grandmother or grandfather...
Flowers for the Dog Days of Summer In late July through August, my garden runs on its own like a family of ten kids. I’ll give the...
Winter White Flowers for the Garden Winter and white flowered plants go well together. Even in the snow these plants will dazzle and...
Fill in Those Holes in the Garden We all have them: holes that exist in our perennial borders. I’m not talking about the holes...
Fragrant Flowers for Every Season Gardening is so many things but mainly it is a glorious employment of the senses. Sight, taste...
Fragrance and Flowers in Winter The dream of most Zone 7 gardeners is to have flowers in the garden for twelve months of the year...
Grow Russian Sage Gardeners have long loved Russian sage (Perovskia atriplicifolia) for its airy texture and love of...
The Wondrous Daylily It always happens: In winter after a few warm days, the daylilies begin to wake up from their ...
Fascinated by Foxglove The foxglove, under such guises as lady’s fingers, dead men’s bellows, granny bonnets...
The Importance of Groundcovers When I was a landscape design student in Sweden, I remember the reaction my classmates had during...
Growing Clematis We’ve all seen the large-flowered clematis varieties on mailboxes or lampposts. Their lush...
Grow Allium Ornamental alliums are on the rise and popping up in magazines, on Pinterest boards, and in gardens...
Bulbous Beauties Fall is the time to be buying and planting spring, summer and fall flowering bulbs. Bulbs...
Perennial Sunflowers When most people think of sunflowers, they probably conjure up the annual plant with its dinner...