Plant Profile: Allegheny Spurge (Pachysandra procumbens)
Karen This native of eastern United States is a slow growing herbaceous perennial that forms attractive clumps that are evergreen in zones 7 and warmer. It is amember of the box…
Plant Profile: Redflower False Yucca (Hesperaloe parviflora)
A native of Texas and northern Mexico, this evergreen perennial is also called, coral yucca, samandoque, and yellow yucca. It is not a yucca but related to them and to…
Plant Profile: Indian Pipe (Monotropa uniflora)
Also known as corpse plant and ghost plant, Indian pipe is a herbaceous perennial native to various areas in Asia, South America, and North America, but rarely seen. Unlike most…
Birds in the Garden: Plants That Attract the Woodpecker Family (Picidae)
Most woodpeckers feel at home in trees where they build cavity nests and find food. Their favorite food is insects but they also like fruits and nuts. With a shade…
Plant Profile: Green Bullrush (Scirpus atrovirens)
This herbaceous perennial is native to North America where it is found in wet lands such as marshes, low meadows, pond and stream edges, and drainage ditches. In spite of…
Plant Profile: Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)
Swamp sunflower, also know as narrowleaf sunflower, is a herbaceous perennial native to eastern United States from the mid-Atlantic to Florida, west to Texas where it grows in wet areas…
Plant Profile: Monkey Flower (Mimulus ringens)
Also called Allegheny monkey flower or square-stemmed monkey flower, this herbaceous perennial is native to North America where it grows in wet soils such as wet meadows, swamps, stream and…
Plant Profile: Swamp Goldenrod (Solidago patula)
Swamp goldenrod, also known as rough leaf goldenrod, is a herbaceous perennial native to eastern United States where it grows in wet lands such as swamps, bogs, and shores of…
Plant Profile: Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)
Blue vervain, also known as marsh vervain, is a clump forming herbaceous perennial native to most of the United States where it grows in moist soils such as wet meadows,…
Plant Combination: Upright Goldenrod (Solidago rigida) and Japanese Anemone (Anemone hypehensis) ‘Hadspen Abundance’
Just when the garden looks like it is winding down in autumn goldenrod and Japanese anemone come into bloom adding bright color with their winning combination of gold and pink.…