The seven-son flower, or Heptacodium miconioides, is a lovely fragrant shrub that is one of the latest plants to bloom in the autumn and only grows 10-20 feet tall and 8-10 feet wide. If you have a pollinator garden or wish to...
Read MoreBlue mistflower is a native herbaceous perennial (Conoclinium coelestinum) that looks like the annual Ageratum, and sometimes even called a hardy ageratum. When you see photos of the flowers you see drifts of tiny sky-blue fuzzy...
Read MoreAugust is usually a hot and dry month and sometimes it seems that very few plants are blooming in the gardens. It may be hot and dry but there are some very lovely plants that bloom with huge and often brilliantly colored...
Read MoreButterfly flower or Asclepia tuberosa used to be called the Butterfly weed, which never seemed right for this brightly colored flower that offers so much for the Monarch butterfly. It’s very nice that this herbaceous perennial...
Read MoreBlue false Indigo or Baptisia australis is a lovely herbaceous perennial plant that waits until the spring warms the earth before emerging with a large clump of soft colored blue green clover like leaves in May. Each leaf is...
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