Goldenrod blooms in late summer and carries flower heads well into fall. It’s native to North America and is a fantastic food source for many of our pollinators, especially as typical summer flowers begin to fade out and pollen becomes more scarce. You’d be hard-pressed to find a better...
Bletilla striata 'Innocence' (Innocence Chinese Ground Orchid) Bletilla striata 'Innocence' is a seedling selection from Nebraska's Bluebird Nursery that produces spikes of white flowers with a light lavender lip. (Hardiness Zone 6-9) Bletilla striata 'Junpaku' (Junpaku Chinese Ground Orchid) (Junp...
Zone 4 is ideal for these beautiful flowers. Another popular plant among indigenous peoples in North America, the common camas is abeautifully flowering plantwith bulbs that are boiled into a sweet delicacy. The plant grows athigh altitudesand can handle varying temperatures, making it a hardy pl...
At the Aurelia Garden in Dorset,Thuja occidentalis Rheingold makes squat golden cushions that sit easily amonggrasses and scarlet crocosmia, providing great contrast to the fiery redflowers. Yew is the king of evergreens. It carves and clips like a dream, making sharp,crisp structures that are...