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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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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Joe Pye weed, native to the eastern United States and Canada, is one of the great herbaceous perennials of late summer and early fall. It…
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Golden columbine gets bigger and bushier than the more graceful and delicate American columbine (Aquilegia canadensis). Like American columbine, it is a herbaceous perennial native to…
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Yellow false indigo Carolina Moonlight’s flowers are as close to the color of butter as I have seen. Of course, there are also those pea-like…
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Coreopsis auriculata Nana has the common name ‘ear-leaved tickseed’, but I sometimes refer to it as Coreopsis Nana and leave it at that. What I…
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Native to South America, tropical milkweed has showy scarlet and yellow flowers. Asclepias curassavica is longer flowering than the much beloved native Asclepias tuberosa (butterfly weed).
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White wood sorrel, Oxalis crassipes alba, is a garden favorite in the South, flowering from March through September. White wood sorrel is a low-growing perennial…
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Native to wide parts of the eastern and midwestern United States & found in moist environments, blackhaw viburnum (Viburnum prunifolium) is drought tolerant. Blackhaw viburnum…
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Garlic chives, a bulb, is a fantastic perennial in the landscape. Garlic chives blooms late summer into early fall, with gorgeous white flowers rising a…
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