Loropetalum in Atlanta: a Superlative Guide to Growing Chinese Fringe Flower in the Peach State
Atlanta gardeners, if you're looking for a showstopping, low-maintenance shrub that delivers year-round color, look no further than Loropetalum (Loropetalum chinense) — commonly known as Chinese fringe flower. With its cascading fringe-like blooms, stunning purple...
Tops Shrubs To Grow In Atlanta
With the idea of moving into the Atlanta area, a task I'm looking forward to is learning about plants for landscaping an urban or suburban yard in Zone 7b. Already familiar with azaleas, it is time to discover the wide range of wonderful plant material that thrives in...
Kaufmanniana and Greigii Tulips Light Up Spring
Bring the big blooms and perennial qualities of Kaufmanniana and Greigii tulips into your home landscape. Their vibrant colors make these two types of specie tulips must-haves for the spring garden. Variegated Foliage Tulips The Kaufmanniana and Greigii divisions of...
Learning About Landscape Shrubs in Atlanta
With the idea of moving into the Atlanta area, a task I'm looking forward to is learning about plants for landscaping an urban or suburban yard in Zone 7b. Already familiar with azaleas, it is time to discover the wide range of wonderful plant material that thrives in...
Heuchera, Native Perennial for Shade
From a supporting actor in dappled shade gardens to the bright star of foliage effects, Heuchera has come a long way with many cultivars now available that are mostly grown for their showy and colorful leaves. Contents The Look The Needs Gardening Tips Fun Facts When...
Grow Spectacular Clematis This Year
This is something of a guide to choosing some spectacular Clematis varieties, and tips on how to grow them well. For further, detailed information on planting or pruning them, Follow links to other pages on this site about the showy, clambering Clematis Big Beautiful...
Varieties of Lilacs I Grow
(And would like to grow) Do you second guess your garden? I often do. Over the years mine has become more of a shrub garden than the perennial borders it was first planned to be. One of the original shrubs here was the common lilac, Syringa vulgaris. I thereafter...
Spring Flowering Spireas
If you enjoyed reading about the five choice shrubs for small gardens, no doubt the Spirea bushes stood out as some of the easiest to grow. They are the quiet supporters of the garden most of the season, but during spring they can really stand out. Spring flowering...
How To Grow and Propagate Lovely Lilacs
Have you ever wished to know how to grow the fragrant lilacs? This page will guide you through, from propagation of new bushes to saving an old one. Lilacs are beloved old fashioned flowering shrubs grown for their fragrance. Syringa plants come in colors ranging from...
5 Outstanding Shrubs for Small Spaces
Planning A Small Garden: Shrubs You Will Love What makes a shrub qualify as "best small shrub" for your garden? Compact dimensions, for sure, but to add that "certain something", exciting bloom or all season interest certainly factors into the equation. For those who...
Growing 4 Lesser Known Herbs: Borage, Cilantro, Lemon Balm, Hyssop
It's time to widen your herb growing adventure with a few of the lesser known herbs. We all start with our favorites or perhaps a popular combo of herbs: the basil, parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme. What of the ones that flavor a particular cuisine or have pretty...
Making a Front Yard Herb Garden
Perhaps you are new to this site and haven't read my articles on making an herb garden. Or perhaps you have been growing this kind of feature for awhile and are looking for more information and new ideas. Growing a front yard herb garden is a natural extension of many...
10 Low Maintenance Perennials
Make Life Easier with Low Maintenance Perennial Plantings Everyone needs a list of easy to grow perennials to grow in their gardens. Even if you pride yourself on being able to pepper your landscape with plants that need coddling and are rarities, the low maintenance...
Blue Mistflower, Eupatorium Coelestinum for Late Summer and Early Fall Bloom
An unfortunate mistake has lead to the writing of this plant profile. From a start my dad had given me, I had early-on grown Hardy Ageratum (AKA Blue Mistflower, recently officially labeled 'Conoclinium coelestinum'). It survived well in a poor area of the garden...
My Favorite Minor Flowering Bulbs for Spring
The Minor Flowering Bulbs I Love Along with a few stories One of the first things I wrote about for this site centered on the small, or minor, bulbs. Read it here, with the names, descriptions, and my comments on those I've grown. I wanted to further point out some of...
An Herb With Savory Flavor
Many herb plants grow best without additional fertilizing in an average soil. Savory is one on that list. Overly rich feeding will not produce the good flavors and aromatic oils desired as well as leaner growing conditions.
Growing the Best Ornamental Bushes with Berries
Most of thoughts about ornamental bushes gravitate towards those which bloom in the spring. We are in love with the flowers of spring, their fragrance and color. Some shrubs are even iconic of the beginning of our gardening season: lilacs, forsythias, witch hazels....
Late Summer Favorites of the Daisy Family
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...
20 Easy-to-grow Perennials to Multiply by Division
If you need more perennial plants, but must curtail your budget, learning to multiply plants that thrive with division is the answer for you. Easy to grow perennials are simple to divide, and often require this procedure every few years. Some can be divided into many...
Specie Tulips Are Picture-Perfect in Miniature Gardens
Discover Wildling Tulips The specie tulips have a charm all their own, with the small size, but tough constitution of plants that grow in the wild. The Originals You might think you know this flowering bulb from Holland. After planting lily-flowered, Darwin Hybrids,...
Blog Of All The Plant Profiles
Plant profiles began with descriptions and cultivation information for my favorite plants. It has become a library of profiles for many annuals, perennials, shrubs, and trees. If you are interested in one particular type of plant, check out Annuals, Shrubs, Trees, Perennials, and Roses .
Starting with this table of perennial flowers, following with blog list of garden plant profiles.