Plant Profile: Fairy Foxglove (Erinus alpinus)
Karen Native to Cenral and Southern Europe, this semi-evergreen perennial is also known as alpine balsam, starflower, and liver balsam. It is a member of the plantain family, Plantaginaceae, that also…
Plant Profile: Wavy Alocasia (Alocasia micholitziana)
Native to the Phillippines, this tender herbaceous perennial is a member of the arum family (Arceae) that also includes jack in the pulpit, skunk cabbage, caladium, and peace lily. Like…
Plant Profile: Rose ‘Frederic Mistral’
‘Frederic Mistral’ Also known as ‘The Children’s Rose’, this Hybrid Tea has an old fashioned cup-shaped flower and a mass of dusty rose pink petals that are slightly darker on…
Plant Profile: Chenille Plant (Acalypha hispida)
Also known as the Philippines Medusa, red hot cat’s tail, bristly copperleaf, monkey tail, and fox tail this tropical broadleaf evergreen shrub is native to New Guinea, Malaysia but is…
Plant Profile: Mountain Avens (Dryas octopetala)
Also known as eightpetal mountain-avens, creeping oak, white dryas, or white dryad, this prostate evergreen subshrub is a circumpolar species found in the arctic tundra of northern Eurasia and North…
Plant Profile: Copper Alocasia (Alocasia cuprea)
Native to the Borneo and Malaya, this tender herbaceous perennial is a member of the arum family (Arceae) that also includes jack in the pulpit, skunk cabbage, caladium, and peace…
Plant Profile: Large-leaved Lupine (Lupinus polyphyllus)
Also called many-leaved lupine, blue-pod lupine, marsh lupine, and Washington lupine, this herbaceous perennial is native to western North America from southern Alaska and British Columbia east to Quebec and…
Plant Profile: Golden Bell Clematis (Clematis tangutica)
Also called orange-peel clematis, Russian virgin’s bower, and tube-flowered clematis, this herbaceous climbing vine is native to forests, open areas, and riparian area in central to northwestern China. It is…
Plant Profile: Lavender Cotton (Santolina chamaecyparissus aka S. incana)
This semi-woody sub-shrub up to 2′ tall is native to the western and central Mediterranean area and is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae that also includes daisy, yarrow,…
Plant Profile: Corsican Sandwort (Arenaria balearica)
This creeping evergreen perennial is native to the Balearic Islands, Corsica, Sardinia and mainland Italy and is a member of the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, that also includes, pinks, baby’s breath,…