How to Grow and Care for Portulaca (Moss Rose)

Showy and low maintenance, gaura, also known as beeblossom, is a North American native that’s highly popular as a cultivated wildflower.Plants have an open form, with long, waving wands dotted with delicate, fluttering flow

A highly ornamental shrub, Chinese fringe flower (Loropetalum chinense) features fragrant fringed flowers and fantastic, colorful foliage – a beautiful addition to gardens with mild winters.In late winter to early spring, and sporadically through the summer, th

Rhubarb is a beautiful, easily cultivated perennial with large, ruffled leaves and tall stalks of pink or scarlet with a delicious, sharply tart flavor.The pretty stalks of this herbaceous vegetable (or fruit, if you pref

Flowering in the mid- to late spring garden with massive displays of large, sweetly fragrant flowers, lilacs are admired throughout the landscape and beloved as a cut flower as well.The large, pyramid-like panicles are dazz

Woody shrubs give wonderful structure to gardens and landscapes. And ones that add pretty flowers, luminous foliage, and multi-season color give even greater value – like spirea.Beloved by greenhorn and green thumb gardeners a

Hyacinths are a perennial, bulbous spring flower from the genus Hyacinthus in the Asparagaceae or asparagus family.Sweetly fragrant with a delicate, fresh scent, ea

Wrapping up the growing season with a fabulous display of fall foliage, many trees and shrubs offer an unsurpassed showing of vibrant, colorful leaves – including my favorite color of the season, orange.We link to vendors to help you find relevant produc

Amaryllis are gorgeous tropical perennials of the Hippeastrum genus, traditionally forced to bloom indoors over the winter holiday season.And with the right care after flowering

Bright and cheerful with a heavenly fragrance, daffodils are among the most beloved of spring’s harbingers.The flowers are notable for their hues of yellow or

Clematis is rightly known as the queen of the vines for its regal performance in the garden.It happily scrambles up and over arbors, pergolas, and trellises, as we

A beautiful, low-growing and mounding ground cover, mondo grass is an ideal ornamental for low traffic areas.Not a true grass at all, these tuberous-rooted pe

Among the most fragrant and profuse bloomers in the Dianthus genus, ‘Firewitch’ is a delightful and popular hybrid belonging to the Cheddar pinks species, D. gratianopolitanus.A low-growing cultivar with small, rosy-pink flowers and an aromatic, spicy fra