Blue Fortune Agastache, or anise hyssop, is causing quite a stir in our garden. We have dozens -- some partnered with TigerEye Gold rudbeckia, others with the scarlet milkweed -- but believe me when I say 3- to 4-foot-tall incredible spikes of ...
Stokes' asters have always been among my favorite native perennials though I have typically only grown them in small drifts of five to seven plants. Now at the Columbus Botanical Garden I've got more than a hundred. They are an absolute knockout, ...
If you want to add some unbeatable texture to your garden this year then you must try King Tut papyrus. It has been around for a-half-dozen years now and is still one that customers will fight over at the local garden center. One of the reasons ...
If you remember old-fashioned roses growing off your grandmother's front porch and long for that beauty at your home, consider the heirloom chestnut rose. Antique roses are those grown prior to 1867 -- the date of the first hybrid-tea and of ...
While the warm growing season has struggled to get established, the Pink Fountain gaura has been blooming with aplomb. The plant is so beautiful, it commands attention.
Botanically speaking it is known as Gaura lindheimeri and is in the family ...
If you find yourself looking for some exotic, colorful plants for the summer shade garden, look no further than the Brazilian plume flower. It is so wonderful that it was once known botanically as Jacobinia magnifica.
Magnificent it still is ...