With a real name like Viola x wittrockiana, the pansy sounds like she’s got a split personality. The word pansy comes from the French word, pensee, meaning thought, or remembrance. […]
Galax comes from the Greek word Gala, which means milk, and refers to the white-as-milk dainty flowers that bloom into an eight to 15-inch spire in late May through early […]
Highland Dog Hobble is the common name for Leucothoe fontanesiana, an evergreen shrub native to the Appalachian Mountains, but there are other Leucothoe found in faraway places like Japan, China, […]
Goldenrod solidago is a genus of over 100 species of flowering plants in the Asteraceae (Aster) family. Solidago comes from the Latin word soldago, meaning to make whole, or […]
Helenium sort of sashays into your landscape late summer and prances around throughout September. She may not be a showstopper, but she certainly has perfect timing as most of the […]
This plant almost begs for attention, and deserves every glance. Liatris spicata is a member of the boneset tribe (Eupatoricae), a huge family of over 2,000 species. With a family […]
According to the 70’s rock band Three Dog Night, “one is the loneliest number,” and Kerria japonica could very easily have that song as its anthem. It’s the sole species […]
Peonies are a lot like potato chips. It’s almost impossible to have just one. The Peony is from the genus Paeonia – the only genus from the Paeoniceae family, and […]
Once upon a time…well, no this isn’t one of those stories, but if it were, Stonecrop ternatum would surely be on the page somewhere. Another name for the ternatum is […]
Trillium is an early bloomer from the Lily Family (Liliaceae) that springs forth from the forest floor and loves to live in the shade. The timing works well in wooded […]
