Spring Blooming Perennials for High Altitude Gardens
Karen Plants that grow at high altitudes in the mountainous areas of the United States face challenges that plants at low elevations do not. One of the most significant is the…
Ajugas for the Garden
Ajugas, also known as bugleweeds, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, are low growing, creeing or clump forming members of the mint family, Lamiaceae. Although there are about forty species…
Heirloom Japanese Anemones
The common name, Japanese anemone, is used to refer to more than one kind of anemones but all of these plants have similar flowers that appear in late summer or…
Best Blue Ornamental Grasses for the Garden
Blue is a very valuable color in the garden both complementing and blending colors together. The glaucous blue foliage of grasses can add special shades of blue as well as…
Selecting Low Maintenance Perennials
Everyone would like to have a lush garden without doing any work but, let’s face it, that is not going to happen unless you have a gardener. By selecting plants…
Five Favorite Pink Heirloom Peonies over 100 Years Old
As long time favorite plants, herbaceous peonies bring fragrance and soft color to the spring garden, and then provide attractive foliage until fall. Traditionally, peony flowers have been white, pink…
Five Favorite White Heirloom Peonies over One hundred Years Old
Peonies have been garden favorites for many years. They originated in China about three thousand years ago when they were valued for their medicinal attributes. After they were introduced into…
Herbaceous Perennials with Purple Foliage
Plants with purple foliage are a great plus to the garden. Even after their flowers fade, their foliage goes on to provide color all season long. And the color purple…
Ten Easy Care Perennials that Tolerant Air Pollution
The problem of air pollution is getting better as more people begin to understand the negative impact on their lives but not all areas have clean air. Unfortunately there are…
Five Favorite Mocha Colored Perennials
Have you ever thought of growing mocha colored plants? Yes, they are brown. Yes, they will look like dead plants to some people but they are very unique and when…