Fritillaria meleagris Snake’s Head, Checkered Lily Fritillaria meleagris Type: Perennials From Bulbs Exposure: Light Shade Water: Regular to Ample This perennial is most at home in meadows and woodlands. 12in (30cm) high flower stalks riseContinue reading
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Barrenwort, Fairywing
Epimedium pinnatum Barrenwort, Fairywing Epimedium pinnatum Type: Perennial Exposure: Partial / Light Shade Water: Regular This shade loving perennial features nearly evergreen, heart-shaped leaves that are suspended on thin, delicate looking wiry stems.Continue reading
Spring Star Flower
Ipheion uniflorum Spring Star Flower Ipheion uniflorum Type: Perennial from bulb Exposure: Sun / Part Shade Water: Regular This onion relative is a great choice for “naturalizing,” which means to introduce a plant into anContinue reading
Black Diamond Lenten Rose
Black Diamond Lenten Rose Helleborus x hybridus “Black Diamond” Type: Evergreen Perennial Exposure: Partial to Full Shade Water: Regular This particular hellebore is part of a group of hellebores called “Winter Jewels,” which is knownContinue reading
Japanese Spurge
Pachysandra terminalis Japanese Spurge Pachysandra terminalis Type: Evergreen Perennial Groundcover Exposure: Full or Part Shade Water: Regular Pachysandra is the most widely planted evergreen groundcover. Its glossy evergreen evergreen foliage reaches 6-12in (15-30cm) and formsContinue reading
Hart’s Tongue Fern
Asplenium scolopendrium Hart’s Tongue Fern Asplenium scolopendrium Type: Evergreen Fern Exposure: Part to Full Shade Water: Regular to Ample Here’s a fern for Jill! This unusual fern consists of 9-18in (23-45cm) long, glossy green, strap-shaped,Continue reading
Sweetbox
Sarcoccoca hookeriana var. humilis Sweetbox Sarcoccoca hookeriana var. humilis Type: Evergreen Shrub Exposure: Partial to Full Shade Water: Regular Today’s plant is a lower, spreading variety of sarcoccoca, reaching only 12-18in (30-45cm) high, but spreadingContinue reading
Eastern Sowbread
Cyclamen coum Eastern Sowbread Cyclamen coum Type: Tuberous Perennials Exposure: Sun/ Part Shade Water: Regular Eastern Sowbread?? Seriously, who names these things? Like yesterday’s Winter Aconite, this plant is small, perennial, tuberous and dormant inContinue reading
Lee’s Scarlet Rhododendron
Rhododendron “Lee’s Scarlet” Lee’s Scarlet Rhododendron Rhododendron “Lee’s Scarlet” Type: Evergreen Shrub Exposure: Part Sun / Part Shade Water: Regular Today’s plant is among the very earliest rhodos to bloom, sometimes opening before Christmas. TheContinue reading
Hedge Fern, Soft Sheild Fern
Polystichum setiferum Hedge Fern, Soft Shield Fern Polystichum setiferum Type: Fern Exposure: Shade to Partial Shade Water: Regular This, like all my fern posts, is for Jill. Because Jill hates ferns. The Soft Shield FernContinue reading