Our eyes crave beauty the way our sweet tooth craves sugar. Satisfy that need for flora decadence by growing these 7 excellent varieties in your garden. No calorie counting required!
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In a world buzzing with constant clamor, movement and colors sometimes the best reprieve is silence, stillness, and nothingness. White flowers symbolize peace, fidelity, innocence, honesty and perfection. They deserve a place in our gardens beyond formal events like weddings and funerals. White is not a canvas to be filled, but an absence that makes the heart grow fonder.
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Since 1934, The Masters Tournament has been held annually at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Trust us, this is not your average golf club. Augusta National is known for its stunning landscapes and gardens, providing a beautiful view for the many golfers and their audience. The founders even named each hole after one of the plants that can be found there.
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You don’t have to live in a witch’s cottage to grow a garden hospitable to local wildlife. Whether big or small, your humble courtyard or patio can be teeming with life in a single season. Once you’ve created your backyard conservatory, you can have it certified by the National Wildlife Foundation (NWF) and receive a very official-looking plaque to display in your garden for all your new squirrelly friends to see.
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Passiflora 'Sherry' is the first in the Darkhorse series of heavy-blooming Passionflowers to
be introduced to the U.S. This beautiful deep, red passionflower is grown especially for containers.The vines of this compact variety will never reach more than 4-6 feet, making it a perfect, interesting addition to your container garden.
This tropical perennial is hardy in zones 8-11. Move it indoors to a sunny
window before your first frost if you live north of zone 8, then set it back
outside after the last spring frost to enjoy it for another season. You will have an abundance of exotic, showy blooms all summer long. Visitors will be drawn to the deep red petals, and so will butterflies. This is one of our most popular plants right now, and with good reason. Passiflora 'Sherry' will make an impressive addition to any garden. If you are not familiar with passionflowers, Sherry is a great introduction to the genus – besides having one of the most beautiful blooms on the market, it is compact and easy to maintain!
For many years now Hydrangea has been one of the most popular perennials in American gardens. The variety of these great shrubs that is available now is quite impressive, far from being just the one-colored puffballs that you remember from your grandmother’s garden. There are 23 species of Hydrangea, but of these only five are widely available in the US. The five that are available, though, represent a great variety of flowering perennials, with an option that is right for almost any American gardener.