Spigelia marilandica, Indian pink or woodland pinkroot, is irresistible to hummingbirds and is a long-flowering native perennial perfectly at home in the shade garden. You don’t see…
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Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’, scarlet bee balm, rivals cardinal flower as one of the truest and deepest red flowers of summer. Difficult to photograph accurately,…
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Finally, I took a good photograph of blue false indigo by taking a picture of a bee for my children.
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Georgia rockcress is rare and endangered, with less than an estimated 5,000 plants in existence. The known plants are spread among 28 surveyed sites, nine…
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Rattlesnake master (Eryngium yuccifolium) is a native perennial with the coolest name in gardening. As the name implies, rattlesnake master is a tough customer, at…
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Tulip poplar is one of the finest native trees in North America. Native to vast tracts of eastern North America, Liriodendron tulipifera is the largest growing…
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Named after the city of Athens, Georgia, this yellow-flowered sweetshrub is a rare beauty.
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Gomphrena pulchella ‘Fireworks’ is a tough and elegant annual for the summer garden. The first time I saw Gomphrena ‘Fireworks’ I thought it was Verbena bonariensis.…
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Rosa palustris, swamp rose, is a species rose native to the eastern United States. It is called swamp rose with good reason. Rosa palustris likes boggy, wet areas.
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Wild bergamot, Monarda fistulosa, is an ecologically important native perennial. Native to large swaths of the United States, Canada, and Mexico, wild bergamot has soft lavender…
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Before covering butterfly weed, Asclepias tuberosa, I pass on the best butterfly weed tip I know: it emerges late in spring. It is by far…
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