Plant Profile: ‘Goodness Grows’ Speedwell (Veronica ‘Goodness Grows’)
Karen 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…
Plant Profile: Vibrant Dome Aster (Aster novae-angliae ‘Vibrant Dome’)
If you like ‘Purple Dome’ aster try ‘Vibrant Dome’ aster, a sport of ‘Purple Dome”. At 19” tall it is a great plant for the middle of border with its…
Plant Profile: ‘Rozanne’ Cranebill (Geranium ‘Rozanne’)
With its long bloom time and heat tolerance, ‘Rozanne’ is one of the best cranesbill for the middle of the border, Its violet-blue flowers with their white centers appear in…
Plant Profile: Blackfoot Daisy (Melampodium leucanthum)
Heat and drought tolerant, this native of the southern Great Plains to Arizona and northern New Mexico makes an excellent plant for rock gardens or border plant in desert gardens…