Plant Profile: Ornamental Rhubarb (Rheum palmatum ‘Atrosanguineum’)
Karen This giant of plants is not for a small garden but where there is space and suitable light and moisture it is magnificent! Sure, it is similar to common garden…
Plant Profile: Dichondra ‘Silver Falls’ (Dichondra argentea ‘Silver Falls’)
Few container plants look good by the end of the summer especially when you live where high heat and humidity are the rule, but dichondra ‘Silver Falls’ is one that…
Plant Profile: Golden Marguerite (Anthemis tinctoria )
A staple in English borders, golden marguerite is a workhorse as well as a bright star. In spring the finely divided, toothed leaves emerge from the soil with their downy…
Plant Profile: Radish ‘French Breakfast’ (Raphanus sativus ‘French Breakfast’)
First introduced in the late 1800s, ‘French breakfast’ radish is considered an heirloom radish and is still popular and available in seed stores and from catalogs. The main attraction is…
Plant Profile: Beebalm ‘Petite Wonder’ (Monarda didyma ‘Petite wonder’)
One of the workhorses of my garden is the diminutive beebalm ‘Petite wonder’. My five plants occupy a sunny moist (but well drained) spot in a border and have bloomed…
Plant Profile: Cabbage ‘Savoy Express’ hybrid (Brassica oleracea var. capitata ‘Savoy Express’ hybrid)
Cabbage is a cool weather crop so the number of days to harvest can be a very important factor in determining what variety of cabbage to grow. The “Express” in…
Plant Profile: Rose ‘Therese Bugnet’ (Rosa x rugosa‘Therese Bugnet’)
I am always on the lookout for roses that don’t need to be sprayed so I was instantly drawn to ‘Therese Bugnet’. Disease resistance is only one of this rose’s…
Plant Profile: Tomato ‘Cherokee Purple’ (Solanum lycopersicum ‘Cherokee Purple’)
The story goes that the Cherokee Indians gave ‘Cherokee Purple’ to a man in Tennessee in the late 1800s. If this is true, the tomato is an heirloom variety. Unfortunately,…
Plant Profile: Mexican Sunflower ‘Fiesta Del Sol’ (Tithonia rotundifolia ‘Fiesta del Sol’)
‘Fiesta del Sol’ is the first truly dwarf Mexican sunflower topping out at 2½’ instead of 5-6’ like other varieties. The plants thrive in heat and humidity, are drought tolerant,…
Plant Profile: ‘Bell Boy’ Hybrid Sweet Pepper (Capsicum annuum ‘Bell Boy’ hybrid)
If you enjoy both green and red sweet peppers, consider ‘Bell Boy’. Its thick walled, four lobed, blocky fruits can be used when green or left to turn bright red.…