Many gardeners know the orange flowers of the California poppy, one of the great native plants of North America. The white California poppy is identical with the exception of the color of its blooms.
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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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Pure white flowers are a premium in the garden. Long-flowering, easy to grow perennials are especially beloved by me, as are greyhounds btw. White columbine…
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I waited an entire year to photograph foxglove Emerson (Digitalis purpurea ‘Emerson’). I’ve grown foxglove Emerson for some time but never photographed it well. Foxglove…
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Etoile de Lyon is a tea rose of exquisite color, a large and healthy rose whose light golden blooms come in a series of flushes…
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Stella de Oro daylily was ubiquitous in American gardens for a decade or so. It has a beautiful flower and maybe it is time for…
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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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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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Oakleaf hydrangea is a wonderful native plant with four-season interest that is beautiful in the garden. An epic plant.
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Black-eyed Susan ‘Goldsturm’ was discovered in Czechoslovakia in 1937 by Heinrich Hagemann, who was employed by the legendary plantsman Karl Foerster. World War II delayed the debut…
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