Gladiolus have been loved by gardeners for generations. These summer-blooming bulbs produce elegant, 3-foot flower spikes with orchid-like blooms. They look spectacular in a vase and are suitable for growing in flower gardens, container gardens, and even vegetable gardens.  Gladiolus are available in a rainbow of gorgeous colors, ranging from white, yellow, pink, and lavender […]

Globe Amaranth, botanically known as Gomphrena, is native to Central America, the southern U.S., and Mexico. It is a genus of plants in the Amaranthaceae family. Blooming its heart out all summer long and sometimes until frost, this annual plant is easy to grow. It tolerates heat and drought, and attracts beneficial insects to the […]

Goat’s Rue is a herbaceous plant that belongs to the Fabaceae family. It is commonly known as Galega and is native to the temperate grassland areas of the Middle East but is now grown in Europe and Asia.  This perennial wildflower is 1-2’ tall, sending up one or more stems from the base that are […]

Grape Hyacinth is a mid-spring blooming, perennial bulb in the Lily Family native to Southeastern Europe. Long, linear, floppy green leaves emerge from the ground in early spring and are soon followed by the flowers. The foliage dies back following flowering in the early summer, but unlike many other spring-blooming bulbs, it starts growing actively […]

Harebell is a delicate beauty with small blue-violet bell-shaped flowers that nod from the tips of slender stems, blooming in spurts from summer to fall. Rosettes of rounded basal leaves wither early after sending up clusters of wiry stems with long, narrow foliage.  The slender flowering stems can rise to 12 inches, often becoming so […]

Hazels are instantly recognisable for their bright, pollen-clad catkins dangling from bare stems, which light up countryside and gardens alike amid the late winter gloom.  All hazels are deciduous, but within that, they are incredibly versatile. Many have a graceful arching form from coppicing, while some have unique corkscrew stems, and others have striking purple […]

Winter heath is a vigorous evergreen shrub of trailing habit with masses of urn-shaped, pure pink flowers borne in one-sided racemes from mid-winter to early spring. They beautifully smother the needle-like, mid-green foliage, which emerges bronze. It is great at providing winter color; this low-growing, evergreen shrub creates an excellent ground cover for sunny locations […]

With masses of large, pale rose-pink flowers over a long blooming season, the award-winning Erica cinerea ‘Pink Ice’ is a real standout! Native to western Europe and southwestern Norway, this dwarf, low-growing, evergreen shrub creates a colorful mat of dark green foliage that gets profusely covered with clear pink, bell-shaped flowers in racemes from early […]

Helenium is a flowering plant known for its bright and colorful blooms. It belongs to the daisy family and is native to North and Central America. The flowers usually appear in shades of yellow, orange, red, and bronze, making gardens look attractive during late summer and autumn. Helenium grows best in full sunlight and well-drained, […]