Baptisia australis, also called false indigo or false blue indigo, is a native of North America and a great garden perennial…
Cold climate gardeners are always looking for something exotic to grow and there are few plants that beat the dark red-leafed…
Are you interested in an easy to grow exotic orchid for your garden? Roscoea cautleyoides isn’t a real orchid but the…
I have grown Alyssoides utriculata for a number of years and I never see it mentioned in discussions. It really does deserve…
Salvia sclarea has been in my garden for over 12 years and it is always a pleasure to see it. It is very fragrant, and makes…
Who wouldn’t want a green dragon in the garden? The problem is that some green dragons are native to North America…
Mertensia virginica is a delightful spring ephemeral with soft blue flowers. Easily grown in shade or part shade, and…
The first time I saw Acanthus hungaricus, the Hungarian Bear’s Breeches, in flower I was mesmerized. This is such a…
The trillium is one of the main harbingers of spring, at least here in Ontario. It is not the earliest ephemeral to flower…