Skip to content

KarensGardenTips.com

Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden.

KarensGardenTips.com

Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden.

  • Home
  • About
  • Garden Resources
  • Plant Profiles: How To Grow
  • Recipes
  • Garden Books
  • Weeds
  • Glossary
  • Botanical Name Index
  • Help
    • Home
    • herbaceous perennial
    • Page 14
Children

Plants for a Plant Zoo: Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana aka Cochlearia armoraci)

Karen April 19, 2022 0 Comments

If you like the wild ponies of Assateague you will enjoy growing horseradish! It doesn’t know its place and insists on moving about expanding its territory year after year. The…

Children

Plants for a Plants for a Plant Zoo: Chameleon Plant ‘Chameleon’ aka Variegata, Tricolor, ‘Court Jester” (Houttuynia cordata)

Karen April 5, 2022 0 Comments

Don’t bother with the species if you want a chameleon plant in your garden as it is dull by comparison to the variegated cultivar ‘Chameleon’ aka Variegata, Tricolor, or ‘Court…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Deer Fern (Blechnum spicant aka Struthiopteris spicant )

Karen March 30, 2022 0 Comments

This evergreen perennial fern is native to Europe, northern Asia, Japan and western North America from southern Alaska to the central California coast, mostly west of the Cascades. It belongs…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Antelope-Horns Milkweed (Asclepius asperula)

Karen March 16, 2022 0 Comments

Also known as spider milkweed, this clump-forming herbaceous perennials is native to southwestern US and northern Mexico, and belongs to the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes bluestar, periwinkle, and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Genus: Erigeron (Feabane) for the Garden

Karen March 10, 2022 0 Comments

Erigeron is a genus of approximately 150 species in the aster family, Asteraceae. It includes annuals, biennials, and perennials and most are native to North America. Although the genus includes…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Toad Lily (Tricyrtis hirta)

Karen March 7, 2022 0 Comments

Native to moist shady sites in central and southern Japan, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the the lily family, Liliaceae, that also includes tulips, dog tooth violet, and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

Karen February 28, 2022 0 Comments

Also known as swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, foetid pothos and polecat weed, this herbaceous perennial is native to wetlands and moist slopes of eastern North America. It is a member…

Children

Plants for a Plant Zoo: Cardinal Flower (Lobelia cardinalis)

Karen February 22, 2022 0 Comments

The bright red flowers of this North American herbaceous perennial will light up dark, moist areas of the garden for 4-6 weeks from late summer into fall . The plants…

Garden History

Plants of the Bible: Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacornus)

Karen February 4, 2022 0 Comments

Also called water flag, this herbaceous perennial is a beardless rhizomatous iris native to the wetlands of Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa where it forms large colonies. It is…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris aka Onoclea struthiopteris)

Karen January 26, 2022 0 Comments

Native to eastern North America, Europe, and eastern Asia, this clump-forming, deciduous fern is a member of the Onocleaceae, a small plant family of ferns distinguished by having two kinds…

Posts pagination

1 … 13 14 15 … 59

« Previous Page — Next Page »

Karen’s Seasonal Tip

Karen’s Archive Tip

Categories

Karen’s Book Reviews

Karen’s Archive Plant

Keywords (Tags)

Bible garden bird garden border butterfly garden children's literature container garden container gardening cottage garden culinary herb deciduous shrub Deciduous tree dried arrangement educational game evergreen shrub Evergreen tree Floristry fragrance garden fresh arrangement ground cover hedge Helen S. Wright herbaceous perennial Herb garden invasive plant meadow garden medicinal herb native plant native plant garden plant identification poisonous plant pollinator garden recipes rock garden Rose Garden shade garden Vegetable Garden vegetable gardening water garden weed weed control wildflower wildflower garden wildlife garden woodland garden xeriscape

Recent Posts

  • Book Review: Killer Plants
  • Wildflowers: Liatris Native to the Southeast
  • Plant Profile: Carmel Daisy (Scabiosa prolifera)
  • Plants for a Mary Garden: Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)
  • Plant Profile: Common Daisy (Bellis perennis)
  • Book Review: Epic Salads
  • Wildflowers: Liatris Native to New England
  • Plant Profile: Cream Scabiosa (Scabiosa ochroleuca)
  • Plants for a Mary Garden: Carnation (Dianthus carophyllus) Mary’s Love of God
  • Plant Profile: Caucasian Pincushion Flower(Scabiosa caucasica)

Archives

You Missed

Garden Books

Book Review: Killer Plants

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Liatris Native to the Southeast

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Carmel Daisy (Scabiosa prolifera)

Garden History

Plants for a Mary Garden: Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)

KarensGardenTips.com

Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden.

Copyright © All rights reserved | Blogus by Themeansar.