This dense, spiny bamboo has strong culms that are almost solid. Its leaves are quite large reaching sizes up to 12 by 2 inches. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing […]

Native to India and Indonesia where it is eaten, woven into baskets and used for building. This tall bamboo also grows thorns. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. […]

This bamboo is a recent import to the United States. It grows very straight and in tight clumps. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. Clumpers tend to be […]

Native to India, this strong variety is used for construction, crafts and food. Harvest is sometimes difficult due to its tangled clumps. Clump bamboos have underground stems that sprout vertical shoots much closer to their parent plants, growing slowly outward. […]

Evergreen, mound-forming, shrubby perennial with oval, yellowish green leaves to 1 1/4 inch long. Pinkish-white flowers are 1/2 inch across, with pale green calyces 3/4 inch wide. Should be cut back hard in early spring (prior to flush of new […]

The cultivar ‘Twin Peaks’ is a dense evergreen with bright green small-toothed leaves. Great bank cover. Very tolerant plant. Full sun produces best growth and flowering results. Grows well with or without water once established. Pruning involves clipping old branches […]

The cultivar ‘Christopher Wren’ is a vigorous Mollis azalea that produces yellow flowers which are flushed with orange-pink and have deep yellow markings in the throat. Technically, azaleas fall into the genus Rhododendron though they have long been referred to […]

Species in the grass family (Poaceae) have narrow grasslike foliage, with leaf veins typically parallel to one another, and the leaf margins are most often smooth. With a few exceptions, such as bamboo, most grasses are herbaceous, meaning they do […]

The cultivar ‘Citrina’ is a perennial which is grown for its many lemony-yellow flowers grown above the foliage. Hairy gray-green leaves to 3″ long grow in mounded clusters. Blooms in spring and early summer. Useful as a foreground planting in […]

The cultivar ‘Compactum’ has hairy gray-green leaves to 3 inches long which grow in low, mounded clusters. Flowers grow on stalks above foliage. Produces dense clusters of tiny golden yellow flowers in spring and early summer. Useful as a foreground […]