Plant Profile: Long Bracted Wild Indigo (Baptisia bracteata)
Karen Long bracted wild indigo is a long lived herbaceous perennial and a member of the pea family, Fabaceae, that also includes mimosa, lupine and black locust. It is native to…
Plant Profile: Yellow Wild Indigo (Baptisia sphaerocarpa)
Yellow wild indigo is a herbaceous perennial native to south-central US from Missouri south to Alabama, and west to Louisiana, Oklahoma and Texas where it grows in prairies, meadows and…
Plant Profile: Largeflower Valerian (Valeriana pauciflora)
This herbaceous perennial is native to Eastern US from Pennsylvania west to Illinois and south to include Maryland, Tennessee and West Virginia, Kentucky and Alabama where it grows in moist…
Plant Combination: Salvia ‘May Night’ and Daylily ‘Stella D’Oro’
Enjoy a stunning gold and violet blue combination over a long bloom season in a sunny border. Daylily ‘Stella D’Oro’ provides an attractive fountain like mound of long green leaves…
Plant Profile: Hoary Blackfoot (Melampodium cinereum)
Hoary blackfoot is a herbaceous perennial or subshrub native to Texas. Arkansas, and Colorado where it grows in open sites on sand, gravel, loam, or clay limstone soils. It is…
Plant Profile: Oxeye Daisey (Leucanthemum vulgare aka Chrysanthemum leucanthemum)
Oxeye daisy is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial and belongs to the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes sunflowers, yarrow, and lettuce. It is native to Europe and Asia but was…
Plant Profile: Carolina Phlox (Phlox carolina)
Also known as thick-leaf phlox, this herbaceous perennial is native to southeastern US from North Carolina and Kentucky, south to Florida and Mississippi where it grows in woodland edges and…
Plant Profile: Smooth Phlox (Phlox glaberrima)
This herbaceous perennial, also called marsh phlox, is a member of the Polemoniaceae family that also include Jacob’s ladder. It is native to midwesternand southeastern US from Maryland to Wisconsin,…
Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Crown Vetch (Securigera varia aka Coronilla varia)
Also called purple vetch, this herbaceous perennial is native to Europe, southwest Asia, and northern Africa but was introduced to North America in the 1950s and was used as a…
Plant Profile: India Physic (Porteranthus trifoliatus aka Gillenia trifoliata)
Also called fawn’s breath, bowman’s root and American ipecac, this clump-forming herbaceous perennial is a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes apple, lady’s mantle, and pyracantha. It…