Plant Profile: Winter Heather (Erica carnea)
Karen Winter heather is a low growing compact evergreen shrub that gets up to 12” tall and up to 24” wide so makes a very good ground cover. It grows slowly…
Plant Profile: Creeping Jenny (Lysamachia nummularia ‘Aurea’)
This fast growing groundcover can quickly spread all over the garden and even into the lawn. It is not to everyone’s liking but I find it very attractive and useful…
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: American Bittersweet (Celastrus scandens)
A fall visit to our nursery in New Jersey is always a treat, offering an opportunity to collect an abundance of greens, cones, twigs, and other items for the holidays.…
Plant Profile: Turf Lily (Lirope muscari)
This evergreen herbaceous perennial is native to China,Korea,and Japan where it grows as an understory plant in shady forests. It is a member of the asparagus family, Asparagaceae, that also…
Plant Profile: Pigsqueak (Bergenia cordifolia)
Native to Russia, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the Saxifragaceae family that also includes foam flower, coral bells, and astilbe. The plants form a rosette of shiny, heart-shaped…
Six Special Plants with Chartreuse Foliage
Chartreuse has always been one of my favorite colors when selecting plants. Most of those that sport chartreuse do so with their foliage so I have many of them, less…
Plant Profile: Japanese Forest Grass (Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ )
Native to Japan, this delicate perennial is a member of the grass family, Poaceae, that also includes corn, rice, and bamboo. It forms loose cascading mounds of gold variegated leaves…
Plant Profile: Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum)
My spring shade garden would not be complete with out sweet woodruff growing as a ground cover here and there with abandon. It has small very white flowers on apple…
Plant Profile: Bugleweed (Ajuga pyramidalis ‘Metallica Crispa’ )
Cultural requirements and uses of Ajuga pyramamalis "Metalica Crispa" are given.