… continuously from mid-June to the first hard frost. Dark green, almost black leaves provide for a dramatic effect in the landscape when flowers are present. It requires full to partial sun …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… Argentina Skies' anise-scented sage ( Salvia guaranitica 'Argentina Skies') is noted for the sky-blue flowers produced atop this 5-foot, nonhardy perennial. Like other salvias, this …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… of lavender-blue flowers from June through September. Grow it with silver or white plants for a stunning effect in the perennial border. Archived Copy: This content was captured before …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… perennial. Pollinators love the honey scented nectar ensuring a continuing attraction for insects and hummingbirds in the garden. Plant Verbena in full sun, average soils, and after …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… or even frilly in appearance. This fern grows to about 3 feet tall and wide. This plant is best suited to moist shady areas as either an understory plant or a bedding plant and also makes …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… be an elegantly textured addition to the shade garden in the South. In the Chicago area it is best grown in a greenhouse. Archived Copy: This content was captured before February 2022, and is …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… other landscape plants with finer foliage. This is a relatively low maintenance tree and is best pruned in late winter, once the threat of extreme cold has passed. It has no significant …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… inedible berries up to 5/8 inch in diameter, which are attractive to birds. The plant grows best in full to part shade and moist soil where it is short-lived, but aggressive; it can become …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… from late summer through fall on a perennial that tops out at 32 inches in height. It is best grown in shade to partial shade with room to spread over time. This cultivar is among the …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
… very small yellow flowers appear. They can go unnoticed, but they are very fragrant. They do best with a thin (1- to 2-inch) layer of mulch due to their shallow root systems. This cultivar …
Type: Garden Guide Plant
