Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Mariesii Variegata’ is a lacecap hydrangea noted for variegated leaves which are creamy white on the edges with lighter shades of green on…
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Iris ‘Gerald Darby’ is my favorite iris and I’ve only seen it flower for one season. It is new in our garden and it is…
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Little Honey oakleaf hydrangea is unexpectedly great. I had seen photographs in catalogs for years and had reservations. So often mutations and sports of plants…
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Hydrangea macrophylla ‘Twist-n-Shout is a lacecap variety. Lacecaps are some of the true aristocrats of the hydrangea world, graceful yet not as overwrought as some…
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Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’, scarlet bee balm, rivals cardinal flower as one of the truest and deepest red flowers of summer. Difficult to photograph accurately,…
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Cephalanthus occidentalis, common buttonbush, is wild and wonderful. Buttonbush has unique one-inch diameter white spherical flowers that give the appearance of a pin cushion. Cephalanthus…
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Bleeding heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis) is an easy to grow perennial that has been grown in American gardens for decades. It is not hard to see…
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Clematis viorna, leather flower or vasevine, is a vine native to the Southeastern United States.
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Hydrangea ‘Fuji Waterfall’ bears pristine white flowers in early summer. It is also called ‘Sumida No Hanabi’, which means ‘fireworks over Sumida river’.
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Blackberry lily is also called leopard lily. It’s because of the spots on the flowers. Iris domestica is easy to grow in full sun. Like…
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Scotch thistle, like foxglove, is a biennial. The rosette is formed the first year, and it flowers during the second growing season. It dies after flowering.…
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