Five Flowering Perennials for Coastal Gardens
Karen Coastal gardens present plants with two major problems: wind and salt spray. The wind not only dries out the plant but also dries the soil. In addition it can shred…
Plant Combination: Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) and Russian Sage (Pervoskia atriplicifolia)
This long lasting combination begins in summer when purple coneflower opens its daisy-like pink flowers. A short time later Russian sage’s gray stems produce small light blue flowers producing a…
Plant Combination: Cool Trio for the Mid-Summer Garden
When the sun shines hot and temperatures rise in mid-summer, it seems as though the garden is full of hot colors, red, orange, and yellow. Beautiful as they are, those…
Name This Plant Game: Summer Blooming Perennials 2
Chuck This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…
Plant Profile: Russian Sage (Pervoskia atriplicifolia)
When the tall, powder blue spikes of Pervoskia come into my garden I know that the garden is complete. This beautiful back of the border plant is a must for…