Name:  Hosta ‘Blue Cadet’ Type of Plant:  This medium sized, perennial Hosta is pretty perfect in most landscapes. It grows to about 16” high and...

Name:  Calibrachoa Superbells Holy Moly aka Holy Moly Superbells Type of Plant:  An annual that is low-maintenance and colorful. Yellow petals that...

Name:  Geranium macrorrhizum aka bigroot geranium Type of Plant:  A perennial hardy in Zones 3-8. Fragrant foliage, small flowers in June. Why I...

Name:  Heuchera ‘Southern Comfort’ Type of Plant:  There are seemingly hundreds of varieties of the plant we used to call “coral bells” but this has...

Name:  Chamaecyparis pisifera ‘Golden Mop” aka gold mop cypress Type of Plant:  A needled, thread-leaf evergreen…or shall we say ever yellow-green....

Name:  Cornus kousa ‘Satomi’ aka the pink kousa dogwood. Type of Plant:  Kousa dogwoods are lovely small trees that are hardy in Zones 5-8. Most...

As many of you know, I'm a huge supporter of the Cape Cod Hydrangea Festival.  Ten days of private gardens that are open to the public, and the...

Name:  Gomphrena Pink Zazzle (aka: Gomphrena hybrid USPPAF) Type of Plant:  This is an annual plant in colder climates that’s fairly new to the...

Name:  Bidens ferulifolia Goldilocks Rocks Type of Plant:  An annual in northern climates that does best in full sun. You’ll find this plant...

Name:  In part of the world this plant is called Scindapsus aureus. In North America it’s either Epipremnum pinnatum or Epipremnum aureus. Most of...

I am a fan of John Sandford's novels, and am currently reading Rough Country (A Virgil Flowers Novel) . In this book Weather Davenport says, "Well,...

Name:  Hydrangea paniculata ‘Dvppinky’ aka Pinky Winky Hydrangea Type of Plant:  This is a very hardy shrub that flowers in mid-to-late summer and...

Name:  Verbascum chaixii aka nettle-leaved mullein Type of Plant:  A biennial that sometimes only lasts a year and other times might live three...