Plant Profile: ‘Knucklehead’ Hybrid Pumpkin ( Cucurbita pepo ‘Knucklehead)
Karen Whether you want to carve a Halloween jack-o’-lantern or just use this pumpkin untouched you will have a goulish monster to put out on your porch or doorstep. Covered with…
Plant Profile: Edmee Gold Boxleaf Honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida ‘Briloni’)
The name “honeysuckle” probably conjures up visions either of humming-bird magnets or invasive pests and this honeysuckle is neither. Edmee gold boxleaf honeysuckle is grown primarily for its beautiful chartreuse…
Plant Profile: Ornamental Oregano ‘Rotkugel’ (Origanum x ‘Rotkugel’)
The name “oregano” may conjure up visions of pizza or Greek salad but after you grow this ornamental form you will find a whole new place in your life for…
Plant Profile: ‘Goodness Grows’ Speedwell (Veronica ‘Goodness Grows’)
Blue spikes in the garden are always welcome and ‘Goodness Grows’ is one of the best. The deep blue flowers clothe erect stems to form a bushy clump about 12”…
Plant Profile: ‘Ogon’ Dwarf Sweet Flag (Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’)
The cascading clumps of dwarf sweet flag make a graceful addition to a border and are especially useful where moist or wet soil prevails. Dwarf sweet flag likes boggy to…
Plant Profile: Siberian Graybeard (Spodiopogon sibiricus)
Also known as frost grass, Siberian graybeard is an attractive clump forming grass that looks something like bamboo. The bright green leaves often turn red or burgundy in the fall.…
Plant Profile: Parry’s Agave (Agave parryi)
Also known as mescal agave, this species is a native of Arizona and New Mexico and is more cold hardy than other agaves. It has silver-green heavily toothed leaves that…
Plant Profile: ‘Low Down’ Willow-Leaved Sunflower (Helianthus salicifolius ‘Low Down’)
If you love sunflowers but find you can’t accommodate them because of their great height, this is a sunflower to consider. A perennial, it forms a compact clump of foliage…
Plant Profile: Dandelion (Taraxacum officinale)
To most gardeners dandelions are pesky weeds but to herbalists they are valuable plants. As early as the tenth-century, Arabian physicians mentioned the plant and by the sixteenth century British…
Plant Profile: ‘Loraine Sunshine’ Oxeye (Heliopsis ‘Loraine Sunshine’)
This is one of those “WOW” plants mainly because of its unique and striking foliage. The coarse leaves are greenish white with green veins and add as much to the…