Barberry Shrub (Berberis) - Beautiful four-season plants with fragrant flowers, bright foliage and deer resistant thorny stems.
Bee Balm - See Monarda.
Bleeding Heart (Dicentra) - The bleeding heart is a long-time beloved plant in heirloom gardens.
Caladium - Caladiums are one of the most popular foliage plants for adding color to shade gardens.
Calendula - Long-prized for herb gardens and flower gardens alike, the pot marigold has many uses.
Camillia Shrub - More than beautiful winter flowers and evergreen foliage the camellia has a lot to offer gardeners.
Cardinal Climber Vine - See Ipomoea Vines
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia) - Learn the uses, care and varieties of perennial lobelia in the garden. Cardinal flowers are a popular choice for many gardeners; find out why.
Coneflowers - See Echinacea
Cosmos - Bright and colorful blooms that last for weeks make Cosmos a popular plant choice for gardeners.
Crocus Bulbs - Harbingers of spring, and shining gems of color in the autumn, crocus bulbs are popular for small garden spaces.
Dicentra - See Bleeding Heart.
Easter Lily - We often see these white, trumpet-like flowers adorning churches Easter Holiday, but Easter Lilies are actually fantastic plants to add to your garden.
Echinacea Plants (Coneflowers) - Purple coneflowers or Echinaceas are fabulous perennial plants for use in a wide variety of gardening landscapes.
Firethorn (Pyracantha) - Beautiful evergreen shrub that is often trained up a wall or fence because of the attractive foliage, fragrant white flowers and colorful winter berries.
Foxglove (Digitalis) - The foxglove is a stately plant that has been featured in gardens for centuries. This growing guide will help you care for, maintain and select the best foxglove.
Geranium (Cranesbill) - Hardy, garden geraniums provide weeks of flowers in the perennial border.
Goldenrod (Solidago) - Goldenrod is often thought to provoke allergies, but native solidago pollen does not bother allergies at all.
Hellebores or Lenton Roses - The so-called Christmas roses and Lenten roses, are hellebores. The Hellebore is a great plant with a lot to offer gardeners at a time when not much else is going on.
Hollyhock (Alcea) - A strong accent plant reminiscent of heirloom gardens and cottage borders, Hollyhocks are a charming addition to any garden space.
Hostas - Hostas are popular shade perennials because of their lovely form, foliage and colors.
Hydrangea Shrubs - A favorite garden shrub for generations, the Hydrangea evokes charm and grace with its large flower clusters and long season of bloom.
Ipomoea Vines - This family of annual vines has been charming gardeners for centuries as a staple of cottage and heirloom gardens. Fragrant and colorful flowers abound.
Iris - Whatever landscape a gardener has to work with, there is sure to be an iris he can grow to enjoy months of colorful flowers and attractive foliage.
Lathyrus odoratus - See Sweet Peas
Lavender Herb Plants - An in-depth profile of a favorite herb plant that is truly prized in the garden landscape.
Lilac (Syringa) - Lilacs are the perennial harbingers of spring, and a favorite deciuous shrub to include in fragrance garden, heirloom cottage gardens and more.
Lily - See Easter Lily
Monarda (Bee Balm) - Monarda didyma is highly attractive to hummingbirds, honeybees and butterflies, as well as providing weeks of colorful blooms each summer and early fall.
Morning Glory Vines - See Ipomoea Vines
Penstemon - A native flowering plant that tolerates drought and attracts hummingbirds.
Polemonium - Shade loving plants with attractive foliage the Polemonium are becoming more and more popular. One glance will tell you why!
Primrose (Primula) - Bright splashes of bold color in the spring, folk-lore and fairy rings. Primroses are popular plants and the stuff of legends from Shakespearian days. Grow them yourself!
Purple Coneflowers - See Echinacea
Rosemary - Rosemary is a popular garden perennial useful in herb, fragrance and container gardens.
Roses:
- Alba Roses - Alba roses are one of the Old Garden Rose classes and are characterized by their white, or nearly white flowers. But that's not all these lovely rose bushes offer...
- Ayrshire Roses - Ayrshire roses have been used for hundreds of years in a variety of ways in gardens. Find out why, and how to care for your own piece of Old World charm!
- Bourbon Roses - Bourbon roses were the first of the Old Garden Roses to have a repeating bloom period. These antique roses range in color and form but were very popular and fragrant...
- Centifolia Roses - Highly fragrant, gently nodding flowers - these are the "roses with a hundred petals".
- English Roses - Hybrids of Old Garden Roses and modern hybrid teas and floribundas.
Snapdragons - Snapdragons are charming long-time favorites when it comes to flowering garden play-things.
Solidago - See Goldenrod.
Spider Flowers (Cleome) - Spider flowers are fast growing annual plants that are tall and long-legged. Cleome plants are great for the back of borders.
Sweet Autumn Clematis Vine - Sweet autumn clematis is a deciduous perennial vine that takes center stage in the garden every fall with showers of white fragrant flowers.
Sweet Peas - Charming climbing vines that have been used in cottage flower gardens for centuries.
Sweet Potato Vines - See Ipomoea Vines
Thyme Herb Plants - Thyme, an ancient herb plant long known to gardeners, can be added to every garden space. A charming ground cover, often evergreen and a great landscape addition.
Verbena - Charming container plants that butterflies, and gardeners love!
Viola - Cool season flowers, these miniature pansy like blooms are a perennial favorite - see how to grow 'Heartsease' or 'Johnny Jump-Ups' in the landscape.
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