In bloom now: pale coneflower (Echinacea pallida)
Echinacea pallida, or pale coneflower, is a graceful perennial native to eastern North America. In our meadow it brings the first show of color each season. It begins blooming in mid-June and carries...
View ArticleDown on daylilies looking dreadful
For several years now my daylilies have looked terrible. It’s the leaves — they get streak, a fungus disease, which causes the foliage to start to die back even as the plants begin to bloom. I’m not...
View ArticlePulsatilla patens: my favorite spring wildflower
My favorite spring flower, which I know as Pusatilla patens, has been in bloom in John’s rock garden for more than a week. Also known as eastern pasque flower, wild crocus or prairie crocus, it is the...
View ArticleMeet the 2013 Perennial Plant of the Year: Variegated Solomon’s Seal
The lovely perennial Variegated Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’) has been named the 2013 Perennial Plant of the Year by the Perennial Plant Association. Years ago, I remember coveting...
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