Sep 30, 2022 | Love This!
Name: Narcissus poeticus aka poets narcissus Type of Plant: This hardy, white narcissus aka daffodil is a bulb that gets planted in October on Cape Cod and will return from year to year every spring. Why I Love This Plant: How many ways can you love a narcissus? It...
Sep 24, 2022 | Love This!
Name: Parrot Tulips Type of Plant: Tulips with ruffled petals and often, multicolored flowers. Why I Love This Plant: These tulips have large, colorful and interesting blooms. The first mention of these was in the 17th century. No one knows for sure why they became...
Sep 16, 2022 | Love This!
Name: Basella alba, aka Malabar Spinach Type of Plant: A fast growing, soft-stemmed vine that can reach 8 to 10 feet in one summer season. Not a true spinach (which is Spinacea oleracea) but a tropical vining plant that is often grown as a spinach substitute,...
Aug 26, 2022 | Love This!
Name: Hydrangea paniculata ‘SMNHPRZEP’ aka Zinfin Doll® Type of Plant: This is a panicle type hydrangea with large, impressive flowers. It is hardy in zones 3 to 8, and grows between 6 and 8 feet tall and wide. Why I Love This Plant: I have grown dozens...
Aug 19, 2022 | Love This!
Name: Thunbergia alata aka black-eyed Susan vine Type of Plant: Annual vines in colder areas (winter hardy in Zones 10-11) that grow quickly and either twine up trellises or other supports, or trail over edges of containers and hanging baskets. Why I Love This Plant:...
Aug 12, 2022 | Love This!
Name: Daucus carota aka Queen Anne’s Lace Type of Plant: A biennial plant, meaning that it sprouts and grows one year, blooms the next, and then it dies. Also called wild carrot because this is the plant that cultivated carrots were developed from. Brought to North...
Jul 30, 2022 | Love This!
Name: Gladiolus aka gladiola Type of Plant: Flowering stalk that grows from a corm. Grown as an annual in colder climates but may winter-over in Zone 7-10. Why I Love This Plant: When these flowers come into bloom it’s like having stems of orchids growing in your...
