Plant Profile: Rose ‘Rose de Rescht’
Karen Spherical buds open to crimson flowers with tightly packed neatly arranged petals, and sometimes a button eye. The flowers are in clusters of three to seven and are carried on…
Plant Profile: Century Plant (Agave americana)
This native of Mexico, and southeastern United States is a tender evergreen perennial or shrub. Large sword-like leaves form a basal rosette to six feet tall. The leaves are gray…
Plant Profile: African Lily (Agapanthus praecox subsp. orientalis)
A native of South Africa, Agapanthus praecox has naturalized in Australia, Britain, New Zealand, Mexico and elsewhere, and is considered a weed in some parts of Australia. It freely hybridizes…
Plant Profile: Large Purple Aeonium (Aeonium arboreum) ‘Zwartkop’
This tender succulent subshrub is a native of Gran Canaria Island in the Canary Islands of the Atlantic Ocean. Also known as ‘Schwartzkopf’ and ‘Schwarzkopf’ meaning “black head’, it can…
Plant Profile: Actinidia kolomikta
This twining climber is native to eastern Asia and is grown for both its variegated leaves and its small fruits. The leaves emerge with a tint of purple and then…
Plant Profile: Chinese Gooseberry aka kiwi (Actinidia chinensis)
Closely related to camellias, Chinese gooseberry is a fine garden plant with its fragrant flowers and edible fruit. Although also known as kiwi, however, A. chinensis is not the same…
Plant Profile: Climbing Monkshood (Aconitum hemslehannum)
The slender stems of this climbing monkshood look especially well scrambling over medium sized shrubs. Indigo-violet flowers are produced in pendulous clusters with about seven flowers per cluster. Each flower…
Plant Profile: Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum var. heptalobum)
There are many beautiful Japanese maples and this is one of them. With its elegant form and superb autumn coloration it is a fine choice for a courtyard, cottage garden,…
Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Old Blush’
‘Old Blush’ is a memorable rose as it was the source of the gene for continuous bloom in modern roses. Grown in China for at least 1,000 years, it was…
Plant Profile: Snakebark Maple (Acer capillipes)
This small tree is native to Japan where it grows in the mountains along stream banks. The leaves unfurl red in the spring and change to mid green before changing…