by Ilona Erwin | about the flowers, Summer
Golden Glow of Late Summer Daisies The season of late summer into fall is one when most perennials and annual flowers look a bit raggedy. Not these late bloomers! The blooming times lap over in a number of the most garden worthy daisies, and that is true of these... 
by Ilona Erwin | about the flowers, Garden perennials, Summer
Summer is the heyday of daisy flowers. There is such a wide array that not all the possibilities can be covered in a simple post. Favorites must be chosen. The Daisy family of flowers is one of the largest. Asteraceae or Compositae is named for the feature of their... 
by Ilona Erwin | about the flowers, Featured Articles, Spring
Some of my flower favorites are ephemeral plants -fleeting flowers which grace a garden and then disappear into the ground, waiting until the next year. Oriental poppies, Bleeding Hearts, Virginia Bluebells, Wildflowers of all sorts are among the numbers of perennials... 
by Ilona Erwin | about the flowers, Garden perennials, Summer
Most of the garden phlox are Phlox paniculata, although P. carolina ‘Miss Lingard’ is a good perennial for part-sun areas. These flowers are a stalwart in my estimation. I mean, by that, that this plant has good presence with showy bloom which dominate... 
by Ilona Erwin | Plant Guide, roses, Summer
Roses that have perfume, re-bloom, and withstand winters are top of the list for good garden roses. This heirloom rose, ‘Zephirine Drouhin’Â has those qualities in spades. Flowers in clear cherry pink exude a raspberry scent. History of Zephirine Drouhin... 
by Ilona Erwin | Butterfly Garden, Plant Guide, Plants
Once, Asclepsias syriaca, or Milkweed as it is commonly known, was a field plant of waste or fallow ground. A weed of wild and unkempt places which delighted only children who were fascinated by the silky down of the open boat-shaped pods. Now, with the decline of the...
