Plant Profile: Western Blue Flax (Linum lewisii)
Karen This short-lived long blooming herbaceous perennial is native to western North America where it is found on ridges and dry slopes as well as in mountain meadows and grasslands. It…
Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Mrs. B. R. Cant’
The cupped flowers are borne on long stems singly or in small clusters and come in generous flushes throughout the growing season beginning in late spring and ending with the…
Plant Profile: Allegheny Spurge (Pachysandra procumbens)
This native of eastern United States is a slow growing herbaceous perennial that forms attractive clumps that are evergreen in zones 7 and warmer. It is amember of the box…
Plant Profile: Castor Bean (Ricinus communis)
Castor bean is native to Africa, Middle East and India but has naturalized all over the world in subtropical and tropical areas where it can be found in disturbed areas…
Plant Profile: Redflower False Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora)
A native of Texas and northern Mexico, this evergreen perennial is also called, coral yucca, samandoque, and yellow yucca. It is not a yucca but related to them and to…
Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Cramoisi superieur’
One of the first China roses bred in Europe, ‘Cramoisi superieur’ has cherry-red to crimson flowers that are cupped and borne singly or in loose clusters. The petals are paler…
Plant Profile: Fraser Fir (Abies fraseri)
Valued for its use as a Christmas tree, Fraser fir is native to a small region in the southern Appalachians. North Carolina produces most of the Fraser firs used as…
Plant Profile: Rose: ‘The Pilgrim’
For a huge production of flowers you can’t go wrong with ‘The Pilgrim’! When in bloom the bush is covered with large, flat to cup-shaped flowers produced singly or in…
Plant Profile: Silver Spike Grass (Achnatherum calamagrostis)
This cool weather grass is a native of the mountains of southern Europe where it is found in forest openings. In addition to cool temperatures it likes low humidity. It…
Plant Profile: California Nutmeg (Torreya californica)
Indemic to forested areas of California, California nutmeg is not related to the spice nutmeg, Myristica fragrans. It is similar, however, to some of the plum yews and podocarps in…