Best Flowering Brambles (Rubus spp) for the Garden
Karen Brambles may not be at the top of your list of favorite garden shrubs but many are ornamental and deserve a place in the garden. The most common Rubus species…
Plant Combination: Spotted Deadnettle ( Lamium ‘White Nancy’ ) and Bugleweed (Ajuga reptans)’Purple Brocade’
Perfect for a shady spot, Lamium ‘White Nancy’ and ajuga ‘Purple Brocade’ will do well in both dry or moist conditions. Both have pretty flowers in late spring to early…
Best Climbing Roses with Strong Fragrance
Climbing roses can produce a huge visual display in the garden and some are also fragrant so can add to the sensory experience. The ratings of the American Roses Society…
Spring Blooming Perennials with Blue Flowers for the Front of the Border
Introduce an element of calmness and serenity by including plants with blue flowers. The color blue is known to lower the pulse rate and body temperature, reduce stress, and create…
Clerodenrums for the Garden
Clerodendrums are shrubs, lianas, and small trees growing three to thirty nice feet high/long and native to subtropical and tropical regions in Africa and southern Asia. They belong to the…
Flowering Shrubs for High Altitude Gardens
The short growing season and cold temperatures of the mountains offer challenges to flowering shrubs as they must grow and produce flowers and seeds in a short time as well…
Plant Combination: Sneezewort (Helenium hybrid) ‘Coppelia’ and Menzies’ Burnet (Sanguisorba menziesii)
Enliven the mid-border of the late summer garden with this perennial combination of sneezewort ‘Coppelia’ and Menzies’ burnet. The show begins in mid summer when the burnet begins to bloom…
Five Fabulous White Rambling Roses for the Garden
Rambling roses are not the same as climbing roses, although both kinds of roses will climb. Rambling roses have small flowers and usually flower only once where as climbing roses…
Perennial of the year (2013) : Variegagated Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum odoratum Variegatum)
Native to Europe and Asia, variegated Solomon’s seal is an herbaceous perennial in the asparagus family (Asparagaceae) that also includes hosta, yucca, and hyacinths. The pendulous flowers are carried on…
Tiarella for the Garden
Tiarellas, commonly called foamflowers, are popular perennials for shade gardens. . There are about six species five of which are native to North America and one to Asia. The plants…