Plant Profile: Rose ‘Great Maiden’s Blush’
Karen Also known as ‘Cuisse de Nymphe Emue’, this old alba rose has pale pink petals that fade to white on the edges. The cupped flowers are borne singly or in…
Plant Profile: Twinleaf (Jeffersonia diphylla)
A native of North America, twinleaf is found in damp woods on limestone soil from Ontario, Canada, south to Georgia and Alabama, and northwest to Iowa and Minnesota. It is…
Plant Profile: Sneezewort (Achillea ptarmica)
A native of Europe and western Asia, sneezewort is a rhizomaceous perennial that spreads and naturalizes if the soil is good. It is a membet of the aster family, Asteraceae,…
Plant Profile: Skunkleaf Polemonium (Polemonium pulcherrimum )
This clump forming perennial is native to western North American from Alaska to California and into Arizona and New Mexico where it grows in dry rocky areas of mountains from…
Plant Profile: Rosa ‘ Jacques Cartier’ (Rosa ‘Marchesa Boccella’)
With exceptional hardiness, this rose is also healthy and especially beautiful. The clear pink flowers are quartered and have an abundance of petals clustered around a green eye. They are…
Plant Profile: Chinese Lantern Lily (Sandersonia aurantiaca)
This tender perennial is native to South Africa and Swaziland where it used to be common in grasslands and forest margins but is now rare. It is now grown commercially…
Plant Profile: European Beach Grass (Ammophilia arenaria)
Introduced into the United States for dune stabilization, this coarse warm-season grass has become established throughout the Gulf and West Coast and in California it is considered a noxious weed.…
Plant Profile: Hardy Fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica)
Also known as garden fuchsia and hummingbird fuchsia, this deciduous sub-shrub is native to temperate areas of southern Chile and Argentina where it grows in scrublands, and forest clearings and…
Plant Profile: Mexican Petunia (Ruellia brittoniana)
This tender perennial is a native of Mexico, South America and the Caribbean but grows vigorously in southeastern United States and has become invasive in Florida where it is especially…
Plant Profile: Yellow Foxtail Grass ( Alopecurus pratensis var. aureus)
This cool-season grass is native to Eurasia where it inhabits meadows and woodlands. It slowly spreads to form a low growing mat of light yellow leaves with bright yellow-green stripes…