If you want to grow a beautiful delphinium flower, let me suggest you stick to a few basic techniques. Basic techniques for growing Delphinium The first is to give this…

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…

Belamcanda, (Blackberry Lily, Belamcanda chinensis Iris Domestica, Leopard Lily, Leopard Flower) is one of the plants the botanists have been renaming. The plant was previously named Pardancanda but is better known by…

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…

Plectranthus is an old-world genus with around 350 species that primarily live in the southern hemisphere's warm tropical and subtropical regions. Its distribution stretches from Sub-Saharan Africa to Australia and…

The common name for Aquilegia is Columbine, and this comes from the Latin meaning “dove.” The next time you see an aquilegia flower, turn it upside down and see if…

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…

Alchemilla Mollis or Lady's Mantle is one of the green flowers (or, more appropriately, chartreuse) that I have to reserve judgment on when it comes to being a favorite plant.…

I'm in love with perennial geraniums. And as with all love affairs, I just can't get enough of my beloved. Yeah, I know - none of you are falling for…

Yarrow is one of the easiest plants to grow in the full sun garden. It is an excellent plant for that hot, dry, sunny spot where few other plants will…