Garden Ideas

Agastache Blue Fortune, also known as the Giant Hyssop, is a popular perennial known for its striking blue flower spikes and fragrant foliage. This plant

Are you looking for a tough as nails plant that could care less about water and has beautiful flowers? Give the Eastern Prickly Pear Cactus

Dwarf Solomon’s seal (Polygonatum humile) is an excellent plant for shallow soil and rock gardens in part sun to full shade. It’s the cutest little

Virginia Sweetspire (Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’) is a fantastic low maintenance deciduous shrub that is a native in a good part of the Southeastern United

Threadleaf coreopsis or tickseed (Coreopsis verticillata) is a fine-leaved flowering perennial that has tons of great varieties to choose from. It is a terrific plant

Color is not just about flowers. We like to emphasize this point because springtime is often like starting a fireworks show with the grand finale.

Bluestar (Amsonia tabernaemontana) is a native to North America perennial that typically blooms in May. It has an wonderful upright mounded shape and gets covered

Bleeding heart (Lamprocapnos spectabilis or formally known as Dicentra spectabilis) is a tried-and-true shade-loving perennial staple in many gardens. It has lovely pinkish heart-shaped blooms

Oakleaf hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) is an excellent deciduous shrub with a natural and informal appearance that works well as a border plant or a stand-alone specimen.

Tree peonies are an excellent addition to any garden. They have some of the most outrageous spring blooms you will ever see.

This Dawn Redwood (Metasequoia glyptostroboides) is a fantastic specimen plant (individual plants that stand out in the landscape).

Royal Azalea (Rhododendron schlippenbachii) offers brilliant, multi-dimensional fall colors. Royal Azaleas are a deciduous shrub that like part shade to part sun, moist, well-drained soil,

Hosta’s are a staple in many gardens. Some garden variety Hosta’s are bland and boring and have given the genus a bit of a bad

Winterberry (Ilex verticillata) is a deciduous holly that is native to the Eastern United States. It loves moist locations (think swamps, pond/stream banks, and wet

If you are looking for a long-lasting edging material, then you may want to consider steel edging. Steel edging can be a challenge to install,

Gro-Low Fragrant Sumac (Rhus aromatica ‘Gro-low’) is a terrific low spreading deciduous shrub with fine-textured leaves and grows quickly. It grows about 2 feet high

Stephanandra Incisa ‘Crispa’ or Cutleaf Stephanandra is a low mounding deciduous shrub that grows 2-3 feet high and spreads out about 4-6 feet. It has

Montauk Daisies or Nippon Daisies (Nipponanthemum nipponicum) are wonderful late-season blooming perennials that you can find in Zones 5 to 9. They love full sun