Spigelia marilandica, Indian pink or woodland pinkroot, is irresistible to hummingbirds and is a long-flowering native perennial perfectly at home in the shade garden. You don’t see…
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Georgia rockcress is rare and endangered, with less than an estimated 5,000 plants in existence. The known plants are spread among 28 surveyed sites, nine…
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Named after the city of Athens, Georgia, this yellow-flowered sweetshrub is a rare beauty.
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Himalayan cobra lily, Arisaema consanguineum, is mysterious, brooding, lovely. It’s tall, Himalayan cobra lily, sending up leaf stalks up to six feet tall they say. I’ve only…
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Spigelia ‘Ragin Cajun’, a sport of indian pink, Spigelia marilandica, may be the rarest of the plants I’ve written about.
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Camassia leichtlinii ‘Sacajawea’, variegated camas, is native to the western United States and British Columbia. Camassia leichtlinii is found in persistently wet areas in the…
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Sarracenia leucophylla, white-topped pitcher plant, is a beautiful and valuable native perennial found in the lower parts of the southern United States. Sarracenia leucophylla is…
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Rarely seen in the landscape, Atamasco lily, Zephyranthes atamasca, is a native perennial also known as rain lily. Not to be confused with another non-native perennial…
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Bigleaf magnolia, Magnolia macrophylla, has the largest flowers and leaves of any native plant in North America. If you live in the southeastern United States,…
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Native to the swampier places of the eastern United States, Magnolia virginiana
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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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