… SUGARTINA® summersweet is a cultivar of a deciduous shrub that is native to the eastern US. Its common name is derived from the prolific fragrant white flowers … conditions including shade, damp soils and clay. Summersweet flowers on new wood, so prune in late winter. It is a versatile plant being suitable for borders, screens or as a specimen …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… A smart gardener's secret ingredient at the holidays Vegetables fall in and out of favor over time. Fifty years ago, iceberg was often the only lettuce found at … cocktails to chocolates. It's been awhile since parsnips have enjoyed that kind of popularity. In this month's Smart Gardener , we shine the spotlight on this old-fashioned but tasty vegetable … smooth, hefty versions were bred and popularized. Parsnips from the past 'Hollow Crown' is a venerable variety, known before 1825, that's still available today. (Heirloom seed companies …
Type: Plant Info
… In general, gardeners are game folks—always ready to grow a new seed, experiment with an unusual plant variety, or to give a fresh cutting a try. What's often called a lily pad is actually a floating leaf: Nymphaea 'Arc-en-Ciel' is sometimes grown specifically for its … gardening ventures that can give pause to even experienced midwestern gardeners. This month in Smart Gardener, we dive into one of them: the watery world of waterlilies. Nymphaea is the …
Type: Plant Info
… Maple-leaf bugbane is an upright perennial that grows to a maximum height of 4 feet. It requires full sun to partial … and moist soil conditions. From late spring to early fall it produces white flowers. The plant is most useful in a border. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Cutleaf Goatsbeard is a daintier version of the parent plant. Growing only to 2-3' tall and 1.5-2' wide. It is ideal for the smaller garden, It produces Ivory-white flowers that bloom on fern-like deep-green fern-like foliage in July and August. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… False goatsbeard is a refined, fine-textured perennial that produces airy plumes of tiny flowers in nid-summer. They prefer partial shade and even moisture. "Rose-pink" is not a true cultivar name, but a description of the color of this planting, which arrived …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Partridge pea is an upright native annual with pinnately compound leaves and large showy yellow flowers marked with red. It reaches 1 to 3 feet tall and thrives in full sun. Seedpods are eaten by birds and deer, and the plant is attractive to butterflies. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… a height of 2 feet. It has pale pink blooms that attract butterflies from May to August. It is a specimen in a border or a ground cover and is also attractive to birds. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… to October it produces showy lilac-purple blooms that attract birds and butterflies. It is a specimen in a hedge or a border and is resistant to deer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… lavender petals surround the golden disk flowers on this sunflower relative that thrives in sunny positions with well drained soils. Form of the mature plant is mounded and it is covered with flowers throughout much of the summer. …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
