Finally, I took a good photograph of blue false indigo by taking a picture of a bee for my children.
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Plants that can tolerate drier areas in the garden. Excellent in xeric gardens.
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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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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Lamb’s ears, Stachys byzantina, is a perennial herb that is an excellent choice for children’s or sensory gardens. Be forewarned, it will not tolerate over-watering…
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Hemerocallis fulva, tawny or orange daylily, has been planted in American gardens forever it seems. As you drive rural roads during early summer, the flashes…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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