Betony, Stachys officinalis, is in the same genus as the well-known garden perennial lamb’s ears, Stachys byzantina. It is easy to grow, winter hardy zones…
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Excellent plants for gardening beginners (and experts).
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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Lamprocapnos spectabilis Alba, white bleeding heart, is similar to the pink-flowered version of bleeding heart we are all so familiar with. White bleeding heart is…
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Southern shield fern, Thelypteris kunthii or Dryopteris normalis, is an adaptable and easy to grow deciduous native fern. An excellent fern for beginning gardeners, southern…
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Linum perenne, perennial flax, is a long-flowering garden perennial that is easy to grow and blooms from spring into early summer. The clear light blue…
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Small’s ragwort, Packera anonyma, is native to the eastern United States and wonderful in the meadow garden. Small’s ragwort can be found as far north as New…
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The yellow torch lily Minister Verschuur, Kniphofia uvaria, is a cultivar of red hot poker, beloved for the Dr. Seuss-like flowers that shoot up from…
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Peony ‘Bowl of Beauty’ (Paeonia lactiflora ‘Bowl of Beauty’) is an old garden favorite, introduced in 1949. Light fuschia-pink petals surround creamy white staminoides. ‘Bowl of…
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I was seventeen the first time the fragrance of Calycanthus floridus hit me, standing in the Georgia woods. I’m glad this memory is written down somewhere,…
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Knock Out roses are ridiculously disease resistant. Knock Out roses are also easy to grow, cold hardy to zone 4, remontant, and have nice flowers.…
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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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