I Love Geranium sanguineum

I Love Geranium sanguineum

Name: Geranium sanguineum aka bloody cranesbill geranium Type of Plant: A low growing (1.5 feet tall and wide) perennial for full sun to part shade. Why I Love/Hate this plant: I love the plant because it gently self-seeds in the garden, is fairly weed smothering, and...
I Love BabyWing Begonias

I Love BabyWing Begonias

Name: Begonia x hybrid BabyWing aka Babywing begonias Type of Plant: An annual begonia for part shade. Why I Love/Hate this plant: Frankly, the world needs more begonias. Since planting impatiens can still be iffy (Impatiens downy mildew) and because many people have...
I Love Malus x ‘Snowdrift’

I Love Malus x ‘Snowdrift’

Name: Malus x ‘Snowdrift’ aka Snowdrift crabapple Type of Plant: Small tree for full or part sun, growing 20 feet tall and wide, so suitable for average yards and gardens. Why I Love/Hate this plant: This tree has white flowers over a two to three week period in the...
Best Juniper For Ground Cover

Best Juniper For Ground Cover

Name: Juniperus procumbens nana aka green mound juniper  Type of Plant: A ground cover juniper…truthfully, the only one I commonly recommend. Hardy zone 4 to 9. Why I Love/Hate this plant: In general, junipers are really great plants that are misused and abused by...
Tulips Are Terrific

Tulips Are Terrific

Name: Tulip sp. aka tulips Type of Plant Spring flowering bulb, usually planted in the fall. Why I Love/Hate this plant: Tulips are the magic wands of spring, waving colorful flowers at the end of their stems, cheering us up and onward. I love them when they first...
I Love Golden Bleeding Heart

I Love Golden Bleeding Heart

Name: Dicentra spectabilis ‘Gold Heart’ Type of Plant Spring flowering form of bleeding heart with bright yellow foliage. A perennial that is most striking in early spring when it has the traditional bleeding heart flowers and brilliant foliage.   Why I Love/Hate this...
I Love Rhododendron ‘P.J.M.’

I Love Rhododendron ‘P.J.M.’

Name: Rhododendron ‘P.J.M.’ Type of Plant One of the hardiest Rhododendrons (Zones 4 to 8) and the earliest to bloom. This plant is also one of the most sun-tolerant rhodys and one that is nicely scaled to smaller yards and gardens.  Why I Love/Hate this plant: I love...
I Love Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’

I Love Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’

Name: Hakonechloa macra ‘Aureola’ aka yellow Hakon grass, aka yellow Japanese forest grass. Type of Plant Low, graceful clumping grass that likes part-shade and adds color and texture to the garden from spring until hard frost. Growing a foot and a half tall and wide,...
Four Steps To Joy

Four Steps To Joy

The graphic might say four steps to fantastic outdoor living, but I’d call it Four Steps to Joy, because that’s what creating beautiful landscapes leads to. 
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