Lavatera Flowers: How To Grow From Seed
I love Lavatera flowers, and as I walked around my gardens this week, I noticed that the various kinds of Lavatera that I have are stunning. Origins It seems that…
The Best Guide For Growing Lavender Successfully
Today, I'd like to discuss growing lavender and its most precious and demanded varieties for the U.S. garden and backyards. I love the smell of Lavender, and this may be…
The Best Guide to Growing Scarlet Beebalm (Monarda didyma L.)
Monarda didyma is a plant aka beebalm, bergamot, or sometimes Oswego tea. Here is the best guide for growing Scarlet Beebalm in your garden... Guide to Growing Scarlet Beebalm Monarda…
How to Plant Coreopsis or Butter Daisies
We have to start somewhere else, when we intend to talk about (Coreopsis auriculata Charlize - Butter Daisies - calliopsis and tickseed)... Here is how to plant Coreopsis, AKA, Butter Daisies. Lewis Carroll,…
Alcea Hollyhock Growing Guide And Varieties
I really like hollyhocks, and this past week, I was out in the old herb garden this week wandering around, trying to decide what to do with the fence around…
Growing Great Peonies in Your Garden
One of the loveliest early summer blooms in my garden is the peonies. This is a historically rich and easy-to-grow plant, one that deserves a home in every modern garden.…
Purple Coneflower: Growing Conditions and Use
Purple Coneflower, AKA Echinacea purpurea, is one of the most delicate perennial flowers for late summer and early autumn. It belongs to the Compositae family, which is simply a botanist's…
Poisonous Aconitum: Growing Monkshood Plant From Seeds
Wolfbane or Monkshood is more properly known as (Aconitum Gapellus) and is a delightful and easily grown replacement for the tall spikes of delphinium. If you've ever seen this plant,…
Ornamental Onions: 5 Alliums You Can Grow in Your Garden
If you think onions are only good for cooking, think again. There is a whole group of plants called ornamental onions or alliums that are related to onions but produce…
How to Grow Ajuga Reptans (Bugleweed)
Ajuga (genus Ajuga, Lycopus virginicus), AKA Ajuga Reptans, Blue Bugle, Bugleherb, Bugleweed, Bugle Weed, Carpet Bugle, is one of the most common perennial ground covers, and with good reason. It is a hardy plant –…