Growing phlox in pots for the primary season summer border is growing a three-season garden backbone plant. This is the kind of plant that flowers for a long time, is…

Lysimachia plant (Centunculus L) is one of those plants that will almost survive – indeed thrive – in any garden situation. Put this plant in a damp garden, and it will…

As a gardener and garden writer, I sometimes have a problem with familiar names like butterfly iris. Now before you go accusing me of being elitist – let me give…

Irises are one of the most beautiful and versatile flowers you can grow in your garden. They come in a dazzling array of colors, shapes, and sizes, and they can…

Do you remember stories from your parents that started that way? You know the ones I mean. In the old days, we had to walk to school. Usually through blinding…

California poppy (Eschscholzia californica) is a small-flowering native North American plant. Found throughout the western US, it is an attractive small poppy-like flower. Having said that, it can become very…

Buddleja, Buddleja, or butterfly bush, is one of the most fragrant garden plants (and indeed, seeing it full of butterflies is a great gardening experience). Growing Butterfly Bush This Chinese…

Asters or Michaelmas Daisies are the mainstay perennials of the sunny fall border. I can't imagine designing a fall garden without this spectacular plant. Michaelmas refers to the time of flowering. How…

Anemone; this is a rather broad family of plants, and they come in several classifications from the very tender to the quite hardy. The “bulb” kinds have been dealt with…