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Groundcovers for Shade: Siberian Bugloss (Brunnera macrophylla)

Karen September 4, 2025 0 Comments

With delicate sprays of dainty flowers and handsome foliage, this rhizomatous, herbaceous perennial brightens up the garden from spring until fall. The forget-me-not-like flowers with true` blue petals surrounding a…

Garden History

Plants for a Mary Garden: Wood Anemone (Anemone nemerosa) “Candlemas Caps”

Karen Meyers June 17, 2025 0 Comments

The name “Candlemas Caps” reflects both the timing of the wood anemone’s blooming and the of the shape of the flowers. The term “caps” probably refers to the shape of…

Recipes

Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Daisy Wine

Karen February 20, 2020 0 Comments

The name daisy probably originally referred to the English daisy Bellis perennis, a low growing herbaceous perennial native to Europe and Asia that was a favorite of English poets from…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Dwarf Mountain Fleabane (Erigeron compositus)

Karen September 18, 2019 0 Comments

Also known as cutleaf daisy and trifid mountain fleabane, this herbaceous rhizomatous perennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, sunflower and lettuce. It is…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Lobed Tickseed (Coreopsis auriculata)

Karen April 3, 2019 0 Comments

Also called mouse-ear tickseed, this bushy herbaceous perennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes sunflower, daisy, and lettuce. It is native to southeastern and east-central…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile:  Common Monkshood (Aconitum napellus)

Karen September 10, 2018 0 Comments

Also called wolfsbane and helmet flower, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes columbine, hellebore, and delphinium. It is native and endemic to…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant profile: Spotted Bellflower (Campanula punctata)

Karen June 1, 2016 0 Comments

Spotted bellflower is a herbaceous perennial native to Japan and Siberia where it grows in lowlands on disturbed soil such as roadsides and fields. The light green leaves are triangular…

Plant Combinations

Plant Combination Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ and Purple Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia capillaris)

Karen September 10, 2015 0 Comments

These two perennials provide long season interest in the border. Sedum ‘Autumn Joy’ emerges from the ground in blue-green mounds. As summer approaches it produces masses of tiny green buds…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: ‘Red Racer’ (Helleborus ‘Red Racer’)

Karen February 11, 2013 0 Comments

Hellebores are the one of the earliest flowers in spring to bloom and begin the gardening season. Most have white, lime-green, or pink to purple flowers, so ‘Red Racer’ is…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Corn Plant ( Dracaena fragrans)

Karen January 30, 2013 0 Comments

A member of the Agave family, corn plant is native to tropical Africa where it is used as fence posts. The plant has rough-textured multiple stems that grow up to…

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