Boltonia – False Starwort, False Chamomile
The Boltonias bloom at the same time and resemble some of the wild Asters of the garden and woodland. The leaves are long and grayish and in t...
Dictamnus – Gas Plant, Burning Bush, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Dictamnus – Gas Plant, Burning Bush, Dittany
The Gas Plant is surely one of our most interesting plants. The glossy, leathery leaves are dark green and retain their deep color until ...
Armeria – Sea Pink, Thrift, Cliff Rose, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Armeria – Sea Pink, Thrift, Cliff Rose
The Sea Pink is a low growing plant which derived its name from the fact that it grows along the seashore and is pink in color. There are o...
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 ...
Erigeron – Fleabane, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Erigeron – Fleabane
The Erigeron has Aster-like flowers which are in bloom during the Summer months. The different species vary in height from 5 inches to 3 feet. The flowers grow fr...
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 ...
Ajuga – Bugle Flower, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Ajuga – Bugle Flower
For creeping over the soil in shaded places the Bugle Flower is excellent. Two sorts are commonly cataloged. Ajuga replans rubra has deep purplish-blue flowers and purp...
Hardy Ferns, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Hardy Ferns – Shield Fern, Hay-scented or Gossamer Fern, Lady and Male Ferns, Royal Fern, Maidenhair Fern, Cinnamon Fern, Walking Fern, Climbing Fern
Almost everybody has a spot in t...
Cimicifuga – Bugbane, Bugwort, Virginia, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Cimicifuga – Bugbane, Bugwort, Virginia Snakeroot, Black Cohosh
To all persons who are familiar with the common wild or native woodland plants, the Snakeroot is well known. This Snakeroot (...
Heliopsis – Orange Sunflower, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Heliopsis – Orange Sunflower
The Heliopsis is not grown to a great extent because so many more attractive flowers are to be found among the varieties of Hehanthus. This Orange Sunflower...