Plant Profile: Vibrant Dome Aster (Aster novae-angliae ‘Vibrant Dome’)
Karen If you like ‘Purple Dome’ aster try ‘Vibrant Dome’ aster, a sport of ‘Purple Dome”. At 19” tall it is a great plant for the middle of border with its…
Plant Profile: ‘Rozanne’ Cranebill (Geranium ‘Rozanne’)
With its long bloom time and heat tolerance, ‘Rozanne’ is one of the best cranesbill for the middle of the border, Its violet-blue flowers with their white centers appear in…
Plant Profile: Lance-leaved Coreopsis (Coreopsis lanceolata)
Lance-leaved coreopsis is one of those great plants that looks good in the border as well as in a meadow. It is long blooming and tough and spreads into vigorous…
Plant Profile: ‘Thundercloud’ Sedum
Sedums tend to be easy to grow, good looking plants that are attractive all season and ‘Thundercloud’ is no exception. It forms a compact mound of blue-green scalloped leaves early…
Plant Profile: Broad leaved Shooting Star (Dodecatheon hendersonii)
Growing from a tuft of basal leaves, a slender shoot bears clusters of nodding magenta flowers with reflexed petals around a dark column of stamens and style. A native of…
Plant Profile: ‘Read Head’ Fountain Grass (Pennisetum alopecuroides ‘Red Head’)
The large plumes of ‘Red Head’ fountain grass are 8-10” long and 3” wide. Pink when they first appear, the plumes mature to smoky purple. They appear in mid- to…
Plant Profile: ‘Pink Chablis’ Spotted Deadnettle (Lamium maculatum ‘Pink Chablis”)
‘Pink Chablis’ spotted deadnettle makes a pleasant ground cover for a shady spot with its white variegated leaves and pink flowers. Its long blooming season from late spring to mid-summer…
Plant Profile: Volcano Phlox ‘Ruby’ (Phlox paniculata)
Garden phlox is a staple of many perennial gardens and this one is a great cultivar to grow. Like most phlox in the Volcano series it is shorter, denser, bears…
Plant Profile: ‘Snowflake’Catmint (Nepeta mussinii)
‘Snowflake’ is the white form of the traditional catmint that makes a great edging plant as it spills over the garden bed. Small white flowers are held in loose spikes…
Plant Profile: Fremont’s Leather Flower (Clematis fremontii)
This small non-climbing shrubby clematis has a long season of interesting beginning with attractive green leathery foliage in spring. In late spring nodding bell-shaped purple to white flowers appear singly…