Detailed plant profiles with growing tips for weekend gardeners. Browse by category or search for a specific plant to find zone-specific planting advice, care instructions, and troubleshooting help.
Bluestar is a dependable native perennial grown for its clusters of soft, star-shaped blue flowers and its fine-textured foliage. It brings long-lasting garden value, blooming in spring and often turning a rich golden yellow in fall. Easy to grow and adaptable, it fits beautifully into borders, pollinator gardens, and naturalistic plantings.
Tarragon is a classic culinary herb prized for its narrow, aromatic leaves and distinctive anise-like flavor. French tarragon is the preferred garden and kitchen form, especially for sauces, vinegars, and egg dishes. This easy perennial does best in sunny spots with sharp drainage and rewards gardeners with repeated harvests through the growing season.
Green-and-gold is a cheerful native perennial ground cover prized for its bright yellow, starry flowers and tidy green foliage. It spreads gently to form a low carpet, making it a lovely choice for woodland edges, shaded borders, and naturalistic plantings. Easy to grow and beginner-friendly, it brings long-lasting color to spots where many flowering plants struggle.
Tree aeonium is a striking succulent shrub grown for its branching stems topped with bold rosettes of fleshy leaves. It brings strong architectural shape to containers, rock gardens, and dry borders, especially in mild coastal climates. Easy to grow with the right drainage, it is a great choice for gardeners who want low-maintenance color and texture.
Coral bean is a striking native shrub or herbaceous subshrub grown for its vivid red, tubular flowers and bold tropical look. It attracts hummingbirds and adds bright seasonal color to warm-climate gardens with relatively little care. In colder parts of its range, it may die back to the ground in winter and return from the roots in spring.
Blue Flag Iris is a striking native perennial with elegant blue-violet flowers that brighten pond edges, rain gardens, and other consistently moist spots. Its sword-like foliage adds structure through the growing season, while the blooms attract pollinators and bring a natural meadow look to the garden. This plant is especially useful where many ornamentals struggle, such as wet or boggy soils.
Scarlet sage is a cheerful, easy-growing flowering salvia prized for its bright red blooms and long season of color. It attracts hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators, making it a favorite for cottage gardens, borders, and wildlife plantings. In warm climates it may behave as a short-lived perennial, while in cooler areas it is often grown as an annual.
Giant timber bamboo is a dramatic, towering bamboo grown for its bold canes, lush evergreen foliage, and useful edible shoots. It makes an impressive privacy screen, windbreak, or specimen planting in larger landscapes. For gardeners with enough space and a plan for containment, it is a fast-growing and rewarding plant.
Wild strawberry is a charming, low-growing perennial that produces small, intensely flavored berries far sweeter and more aromatic than many supermarket strawberries. Its neat green foliage, white flowers, and spreading habit make it a lovely choice for edible borders, woodland gardens, and containers. Easy to tuck into small spaces, it rewards gardeners with both beauty and delicious fruit.
Blue vervain is a tall native wildflower with elegant, upright spikes of small violet-blue blooms that bring a natural meadow look to the garden. It thrives in consistently moist soil and is especially useful for rain gardens, pond edges, and pollinator plantings. Home gardeners value it for its long bloom season, wildlife appeal, and easygoing nature once established.
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