Plant Profiles: Posts on Individual Plants
Heliotrope
Heliotrope, A Favorite of Mine This is the first in a series of highlights of certain plants that have found a place in my heart. The first, heliotrope, is a tender perennial which exudes the most pleasant and restful fragrance. Some call it “Cherry Pie”, maybe because the smell is one of those that gives the same homey, satisfied feeling to the soul. It always cheers me! Perhaps, the old ideas of aromatherapy, a lady with her nosegay, hold some secrets of healing. There certainly is something appealing about a garden...
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Hosta,the Garden Stalwart Not just for the shade garden, the many varieties of hosta plants and their season long beauty make this a staple of the garden. Usually, it is recommended for shade positions and in foliage combinations, but hosta plants can take a partly sunny area and the blossoms (often fragrant) are not to be neglected. [The look] Hostas come in many sizes, foliage shapes and colors, and with both lavendar and white blooms. They all, however, have a mounding form of growth;looking like a bell shaped fountain of water....
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A favorite, Lavandula angustifolia I have often enough written about my lavender hedge, and about the sublime sweetness of lavender paired with purple petunias, elsewhere. So now it is time to give lavender its due with a highlight of the many ways this versatile and demure perennial can grace a garden. As an old favorite of herbal gardens, and a venerable cottage garden plant, this plant has a long history and renown as a fragrant and useful plant, but it is very beautiful and long blooming which makes it a welcome addition in ornamental...
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A Phlox with Gorgeous Color I love this phlox, which is saying alot because phlox plants do not usually do well for me. I like everything about it: the color, the health, the height, everything. A good reason to plant these is because they are a tried and true addition to the garden. They are considered one of the primary plants of a perennial garden. Although Phlox paniculata (this type of phlox) like good care and soil, the ‘Starfire’ variety has done well with a fair amount of neglect. I think I fell in love with them when...
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