An Echinacea for Montreal’s Anniversary
Montreal, the New World’s largest French-speaking city, is celebrating a milestone anniversary this year: its 375th. And for the occasion,Continue Reading
Category: Perennials
The Leaf Vacuum Plant
Sometimes I think plants are misnamed. The terribly invasive Japanese knotweed (Fallopia japonica), which annihilates everything in its path, shouldContinue Reading
What Was I Thinking When I Planted That!
When it comes to gardening, my own insatiable curiosity is often my worst enemy. I keep trying new plants, eitherContinue Reading
Warning: Giant Fleeceflower May Sucker
Highly promoted by Dutch plant whiz Piet Oudolf, a leader in the New Perennial Movement, the giant fleeceflower (PersicariaContinue Reading
Black-eyed Susan or Black-Leaf Susan?
Goldsturm black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia fulgida sullivantii ‘Goldsturm’), which you may also know as Goldsturm coneflower or just yellow coneflower, isContinue Reading
3 Hardy Plants with Umbrella Leaves
Round, umbrellalike leaves are pretty rare in the wild, even more so in temperate climates. They share a curious leafContinue Reading
When Daylilies Stop Blooming
Most daylilies (Hemerocallis cvs) bloom year after year without your having to do much of anything: they are very reliableContinue Reading
Perennializing Echinaceas
Many gardeners are disappointed with the new echinaceas, formerly called purple coneflowers (Echinacea cvs), that have dominated the horticultural marketContinue Reading
Rhubarb: Just Let It Bloom
Our ancestors must have had a bit of Puritanism flowing through their veins, because they firmly believed that it wasContinue Reading
Getting Rid of Goutweed
Whether you call it goutweed (as we will here), ground elder, bishop’s weed or any one of over its dozenContinue Reading