Meadow Garden: Medium-Height, Native, Flowering Perennials for Moderate to Dry Soil in Full Sun
Karen Meyers The following list of plants are 12-30″ tall and do well in average to lean soil. Most are native to the central part of the US and can grow in…
Plants for a Plant Zoo: Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
Karen How about a plant that is a magnet for butterflies? Try butterfly weed, a clump-forming herbaceous perennial with outstanding bright orange to yellow orange flowers that appear from late spring…
Plant Combination: Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa) and Threadleaf Coreopsis (Coreopsis verticiliata)’ Zagreb’
Heat up a sunny border in mid-summer with this sizzling combination of yellow and orange. The coreopsis is a golden yellow that seems to shine with inner warmth. The butterfly…
Asclepias for the Garden
Asclepias is a genus of herbaceous perennials and belongs to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes bluestar, periwinkle, and oleander. Many species are native to the North America and…
Plants That Attract Beneficial Insects: Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)
This clump-forming, long-lived, herbaceous perennial is native to eastern North America where it tends to grow on dry soil in full sun . It is a member of the dogbane…
Drought Tolerant Native Plants: Herbaceous Perennials
All plants need some water during the growing season but some need a lot less than others. If you have an area in the garden that dries out quickly and…