The Virginian Cowslip is one of the loveliest of the early spring blooming plants. In rambling through the fields and woods for Violets, large clumps of these flowers can be seen growing at rand...
Papaver – Oriental Poppy, Iceland Poppy, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Papaver – Oriental Poppy, Iceland Poppy
There are Poppies and Poppies, old-fashioned ones and new varieties, and it would almost seem that they grow more dazzling and more gorgeo...
Pentstemon – Beard Tongue, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
The Pentstemons are beautiful border plants ...
Phlox – Hardy Phlox, Flame Flower, Moss Pink, Wild Sweet William, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Gardens, both old and new, cannot be what they are unless Phloxes are present in all their brilliant colors to enliven the Summer months just before the Fall flowers come into bloom and after th...
Anemone – Japanese Wind Flower, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
There are many kinds of Anemones found growing in cultivated gardens, as well as in the wild of our woods. Some are among the first flowers to bloom along the river banks in the Spring and some ...
Platycodon – Chinese Balloon Flower, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
The Chinese Balloon Flower is very closely allied to the Campanulas. It grows erect and the stems are rigid. The flowers have five petals and open out rather flat, but when in bud they look like ...
Plumbago – Leadwort, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Plumbago Larpenlx or Ceratostigma plumbaginoides is one of the very late blooming small border plants. Because it is such a persistent blooming plant from July until freezing weather in the Wint...
Polemonium – Jacob’s Ladder, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Polemonium – Jacob’s Ladder, Charity, Greek Valerian
Jacob’s Ladder is a very ornamental and graceful flowering plant of early Spring and Summer. The flowers are blue, or...
Polygonum – Knot-Grass, KnotWeed, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
The Knot Weed ...
Potentilla – Cinquefoil, Five Finger, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Potentilla – Cinquefoil, Five Finger
Potentillas greatly resemble the Strawberry Plant, especially in the manner of growth and the foliage. This is a trailing plant which covers the ...