Growing Spring Blooming Jacob’s Ladder
Jacob’s Ladder (Polemonium) was given its common name because the arrangement of its leaves is somewhat ladder-like. However, it’s Jacob’s Ladders’ flowers […]
How to Grow & Care for Sweet Alyssum
Sweet Alyssum is a delicate carpet of tiny flowers with a subtle, sweet scent. The low-growing foliage is covered by flowers for […]
How to Grow Cosmos
Cosmos are freely flowering annual plants that are ridiculously easy to grow. If you’re looking for a flower that will stay in […]
How to Grow Aquilegia Columbine
Aquilegia, or Columbine, plants have an airy appearance, with small, rounded leaves and tall flower stalks that hold the blooms above the […]
How to Grow & Care for Tulips
Tulips bulbs, like daffodils, announce that spring has arrived. Planting tulip bulbs is very easy, however caring for tulip plants can be […]
Balloon Flower Plant
Although balloon flower, Platycodon grandiflorus, is usually grown for its whimsical flower buds, this plant is one tough cookie. Balloon flower is […]
Early Spring Flowers for Your Garden
Spring weather is unpredictable, yet some flowers are hardy enough to handle it. Your garden can be brimming with color almost as […]
How to Grow Sunny Coreopsis Plants
Coreopsis are native American prairie and woodland plants. Their ruggedness and profuse blooms have made them popular with plant breeders and there […]
How to Grow Coleus Plants
Coleus plants, made popular as a Victorian bedding plants, made a huge comeback in the 1990s and shows no sign of fading […]
How to Grow Marigolds
Marigolds are cheerful, compact yellow, orange and burgundy annuals with flower shapes that can resemble daisies, coreopsis, and even carnations. Although native […]
How to Grow Virginia Bluebells
The Virginia Bluebells is one of the most delightful flowers in the early Spring garden. A low-growing perennial that’s hardy, content with average […]
Plants Profile for Twinleaf
Jeffersonia honors Thomas Jefferson for his knowledge of natural history. Linnaeus, who first named this plant, called it Podophyllum diphyllum, thus making […]