Oct 21, 2023 | Love This!
Name: Staghorn Sumac aka Rhus typhina Type of Plant: A native tall shrub or small tree that can sucker to the sides to create thickets or clusters. This deciduous plant is hardy in zones 3 to 9. Why I Love This Plant: First, I love the almost tropical look these...
Oct 13, 2023 | Love This!
Name: Fire Light Tidbit® Panicle Hydrangea aka Hydrangea paniculata ‘SMNHPK’ Type of Plant: A low-growing, bone hardy (Zones 3-8) Hydrangea shrub with puffy white flowers that turn to pink in the fall. Fire Light Tidbit will grow 2 to 3 feet tall and wide....
Sep 29, 2023 | Love This!
Name: Epilobium canum aka California fuchsia Zauschneria canum var. arizonica ‘Sky Island Orange’ Type of Plant: In warmer climates this plant is a shrub, but here in the northeast it usually dies to the ground in the winter but returns from the roots in...
Sep 22, 2023 | Love This!
Name: Symphyotrichum ericoides aka White Heath Aster Type of Plant: A perennial wildflower that is native to North America. This plant can grow in all types of soil, reaching between a foot and three feet tall. Heath asters begin flowering in early fall. Why I Love...
Sep 15, 2023 | Love This!
Name: Lophospermum – Lofos®Compact Rose sometimes called creeping gloxinia Type of Plant: Trailing plants for sun to part-sun – they are perennial in Zone 9 or 10 (tropical) but annuals in the Northeast. Why I Love This Plant: It’s great to have some new...
Aug 25, 2023 | Love This!
Name: Pearly Everlasting aka Anaphalis margaritacea Type of Plant: A perennial native to north America with silvery foliage and long-lasting white flowers. This plant spreads stoloniferously, and does best in well-drained or even rocky soils. Thrives in full to...
