Dig in with native plants for your region! These keystone species offer maximum benefits for pollinators & wildlife. Whether you’re gardening, planting wildflowers, or growing in containers, you can create...

Be a trendsetter! Replace your lawn or expand your garden with beautiful easy-to-grow groundcovers. Planting a tapestry lawn will add lush color and curb appeal to your yard. These low-maintenance...

Understanding the life cycle of the plants in your garden is an important step to gardening success - because not all plants are the same! First, most plants are annual...

Astilbe - Astilbe Bearded Iris - Iris germanica Black Cohosh - Actea Racemosa Bleeding Heart - Dicentra spectabilis Bloodroot - Sanguinaria canadensis Blue Cardinal Flower - Lobelia siphilitica Bugbane - Actea simplex Dahlia - Dahlia Daylily - Hemerocallis Dutchman's Breeches - Dicentra cucullaria Dwarf Blazing Star - Liatris microcephala Dwarf Crested Iris - Iris...

By Dr. Leonard Perry, former Horticulture Professor at the University of Vermont. Profuse blooms, often in shades of yellow, through a long period in mid-summer make coreopsis a great native...

By Ellen Ecker Ogden. Viola is a member of the largest genus of the Violet (Violaceae) family, which includes between 550- 600 species. While the term “pansy” often covers the...

By Marianne Willburn, gardening expert, landscape designer and writer. Gardeners in California and Florida certainly have the edge when it comes to cultivating thriving clumps of African lily (also well-known...

By Kate Copsey. Phlox is a large group of plants that includes native plants, annual plants and perennials, as well as both upright and creeping forms. The upright form has...

By Marianne Willburn, gardening expert, landscape designer and writer. Beautiful, long-lasting flowers, tough evergreen foliage, strong deer-resistance and a survivor’s zest for life – the Lenten rose is truly a...

By Judith Irven, gardening expert, landscape designer and writer. Bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), a member of the Poppy family, is a true American native, growing naturally in deciduous forests across the...

By Marianne Willburn, gardening expert, landscape designer and writer. It’s a delight to watch people discovering a Columbine flower for the first time. The delicate, outer-worldly quality of the bi-colored,...

By Charlie Nardozzi. There are more than 30 species of aromatic perennials in the Agastache group (also known as Anise Hyssop).In cold areas, they’re grown as annuals. Some are native...