Fountain Grass, ah! Chances are you’ve come across the lovely Pennisetum alopecuroides if you’ve ever appreciated a garden where gentle, arching leaves sways in the breeze, crowned with delicate, bottlebrush-like plumes. It’s one of those plants that adds texture, movement, and year-round appeal to the garden. From the fresh green growth of spring to the golden hues and constant seed …
Welcome, fellow gardeners! Look no further than Miscanthus sinensis ‘Gracillimus,’ maybe better known by its evocative popular name, Maiden Grass, if you’re looking for a plant that embodies elegance, movement, and year-round fascination. With its fine-textured, arching leaf that provides a delicate, fountain-like effect, dancing with even the smallest wind, this popular ornamental grass enthralls. Marked with a clear silvery …
Often known as Hummingbird Mint, Agastache ‘Blue Boa’ is a gorgeous perennial prized for its vivid, violet-blue flower spikes and ability to draw pollinators including hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. A hybrid with outstanding showiness, long bloom time, and rather low maintenance needs is this flowering plant. This guide guarantees that you have all the knowledge you need to properly grow …
Echinacea purpurea “Sundown” Coneflower is a magnificent perennial flowering plant with vivid, sunset-hued blooms and strong character. Gardeners and landscapers love this cultivar, which is part of the Big SkyTM line for its strong color, lengthy flowering period, and capacity to draw pollinators. This book guarantees you all the knowledge you need to effectively grow this lovely coneflower by including …
Commonly known as Torch Lily or Red Hot poker, the vivid and striking perennial Kniphofia “Flamenco Mix” gives any garden a fiery touch. It’s a real showstopper with its unusual, bottle-brush-like flowers, which feature a gradient of yellow to orange to red. Gardeners especially like this flowering plant for its striking look and relative simplicity of maintenance. This guide guarantees …
Commonly known as Culver’s Root, Veronicastrum virginicum ‘Album,’ is a striking addition to any garden with its graceful white flower spires and stateful presence. Attracting pollinators and both admiration and architectural interest, this tall, herbaceous perennial flowering plant offers a bit of wild beauty. From care and propagation to design applications and troubleshooting common problems, this guide offers thorough, professional-backed …
Often known as Montbretia ‘John Boots,’ Crocosmia ‘John Boots’ is a fascinating perennial with elegant, arching foliage and vivid, warm-toned flowers. Gardeners trying to add a little flaming elegance to their landscapes love this cultivar because of its rather small scale and rich, golden-bronze blossoms. This flowering plant has quite low maintenance. From its fundamental care and propagation methods to …
Commonly known as Montbretia, Crocosmia “George Davison” is a fascinating blooming plant appreciated for its graceful, arching stems and vivid, golden-yellow blossoms. With its nectar-rich blossoms, this perennial gives any garden some late-summer and early-fall beauty that draws hummingbirds and butterflies. From care and propagation to design applications and problem-solving, this thorough book offers all you need to know about …
Rudbeckia hirta, commonly known as Black-eyed Susan, “Prairie Sun” is a gorgeous flowering plant that brightens any garden. Gardeners and pollinators both love it for its vivid, golden-yellow petals with a clear central cone. From basic care and propagation methods to inspirational design applications and efficient problem-solving strategies, this thorough guide offers all you need to know about effectively growing …
Often just known as Mount Everest Ornamental Onion, Allium ‘Mount Everest’ is a really magnificent bulbous perennial. On top of tall, strong stems, its immaculate white, globe-shaped flower heads produce an amazing show in the late spring and early summer garden. This is a flowering plant—more especially, a bulb with a dramatic, architectural impact. Covering all from planting and care …
Intro Allium ‘Gladiator’, sometimes known as Gladiator Ornamental Onion, is a stunning addition to any garden. This plant boasts hundreds of tiny, star-shaped, violet-purple florets packed within its striking, globe-shaped blossom head. In borders and mixed plantings, its amazing scale and architectural form become the focal point. This is a flowering plant, more precisely a bulbous perennial. From planting and …
Pennisetum setaceum, commonly known as Fountain Grass, is a beautiful ornamental grass prized for its graceful, arching form and feathery, bottlebrush-like flower plumes. Gardeners looking to add movement and texture to their landscapes often choose it because of its sophisticated look and rather low maintenance. It’s a flowering plant. From knowledge of its basic needs to propagation of new plants …
Quercus rotundifolia, commonly known as Evergreen Oak, Balearic Oak, or Corsican Oak, is a captivating evergreen tree that hails from the Mediterranean region, particularly the Balearic Islands and Corsica. This oak species is characterized by its rounded canopy, glossy green leaves, and charming yellow-green catkin flowers that grace its branches in the spring. Plant Care: Sunlight: Balearic Oak thrives in …
Urtica dioica, commonly known as Common Nettle or Stinging Nettle, is a versatile herbaceous perennial that can be found in various parts of the world, including Europe, Asia, and North America. Despite its infamous stinging hairs, this plant holds remarkable value in both culinary and medicinal applications. Plant Care: Sunlight: Common Nettle prefers partial shade to full sun, making it …
Dactylis glomerata, commonly known as Cocksfoot Grass, is a cool-season perennial grass that adds both visual appeal and functional benefits to various landscapes. With its robust growth and adaptability, this grass species is often used for erosion control, pasture management, and ornamental purposes. Plant Care Sunlight Cocksfoot Grass thrives in full sun to light shade. It can tolerate some shade, …