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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Many perennials do not flower for more than a couple of weeks. Included in this section are perennials that will flower in your garden for a longer period (6 weeks or more).
Virginia spiderwort, Tradescantia virginiana, is a perennial native to the deciduous forests of the eastern United States. It is easy to grow. Tradescantia is not overly…
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Ryan Gainey at some point shared a most excellent Chrysanthemum with Goodness Grows, and it was named in his honor: Ryan’s Daisy. Ryan’s daisy is a…
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One of the all time greats for the shade garden (can tolerate sun with good moisture), Aquilegia canadensis (American columbine, a.k.a. wild columbine, Canadian columbine, Eastern red columbine) appears in spring
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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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Introduced in 1995, and often sold to gardeners as an annual, black-eyed Susan ‘Indian Summer’ is a short-lived perennial. Short-lived perennial is the catch-all term…
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A scrappy and scruffy native perennial for the wildflower garden, Ratibida columnifera is reliable, easy to grow, and heat-loving. Most commonly known as Mexican hat…
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The flowers of native perennial Parthenium integrifolium (wild quinine, American feverfew) look like miniature cauliflower, or perhaps cotton. Perfect in a cottage, meadow, or prairie…
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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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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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European columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris) is also known as common columbine, European crowfoot, and granny’s bonnet. If you are searching for a columbine native to the…
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