Aruncus, Astilbe, Filipendula Ulmaria
Aruncus sylvester (Goat’s Beard) grows 5 feet to 7 feet tall and has feathery white flowers produced in small spikes, forming large heads of blo...
Buddleia – Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Buddleia – Butterfly Bush, Summer Lilac
Buddleias have made a great place for themselves in the garden where their abundant bloom, attractive color and delicate fragrance wins our admiratio...
Chelone – Shell Flower, Turtle Head, Snake Head, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
The Chelone is sometimes confused with the Bearded Tongue (Pentstemon), to which it is closely related. It is a late Summer plant, coming into bloom about the middle of August, and lasting for si...
Primrose: Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Hardy Primroses are showy plants which fit in well with any Spring bedding design. The small flowers are graceful and dainty and the varieties can be so chosen that they will be in bloom from Ap...
Lavandula – Lavender, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Lavandula – Lavender
Sweet Lavender is one of the well-beloved, fragrant plants of the old-fashioned garden. It was a favorite because of its delicate odor. Lavender (Lavandula vera) grows ...
Clematis, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Clematis – Shrubby Virgin’s Bower
We shall speak here not of the climbing Clematis, but of the lower growing sorts useful for massing, all of which form dense bushes 2 feet or ...
Lythrum – Purple Loosestrife, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Lythrum – Purple Loosestrife, Black Blood
The common Purple Loosestrife (Lylhrum Salicaria) grows from 4 feet to 6 feet tall and blooms during the months of July and August. Banned b...
Veronica – Speedwell, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
When Christ was laboring beneath the heavy cross, He faltered, and a maiden, St. Veronica, rushed forward to wipe the perspiration from His brow. The impression of His face was found upon her na...
Eryngium – Sea Holly, Ivory Thistle, Perennials Guide to Planting Flowers
Eryngium – Sea Holly, Ivory Thistle
This is a prickly plant in every feature-the leaves are prickly, the flower heads are surrounded by spreading, prickly floral bracts and the flower head ...
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 ...