Long Island Seashore Plants - Annuals and Perennials
Collection by Peconic River Herb Farm
A Scent to Lull You to Sleep
A wide array of lavender aromatherapy products claim they will help you relax and get a good night's sleep. Aches & Claims looks at the scientific evidence.
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Must-Grow New Varieties of Perennials for 2013
These brand-new varieties for 2013 offer exciting colors, more flowers, and other features so you can enjoy your best perennial garden ever.
Sedums and grasses
Botanists Up!
One of the latest trends in gardening is to grow ornamental or edible plants vertically up a wall of a building or a backyard fence. Horizontal, low gard...
20+ Flowers to Use in Your Butterfly Garden
These pollen- and nectar-rich plants will attract butterflies to your garden and keep them coming back all summer.
A Match Made in Heaven
The longer I garden the more I start to hone in on my likes and dislikes when it comes to plant combinations. For me, gardening is a creative outlet. Just as I’m constantly trying different a…
Garden Sense
Sedum 'Autumn Joy' isn't the most spectacular perennial around, but it's got a lot going for it. It looks great all season, and asks so little in return. In the fall, when most other perennials have petered out, Autumn Joy Sedum is just coming into its glory. Grasses, which are also in their prime in the fall, are enhanced by the rusty red of Autumn Joy Sedum. Lamb's Ears (Stachys byzantina) and Hosta round out the composition. Although Sedum 'Autumn Joy' waits until fall for its color, its…
The University of Texas at Austin
Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center focused on protecting and preserving North America's native plants through native plant lists and image galleries, conservation, education, natural landscapes, seed collection - Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) Project, preserving and restoring native communities, spreading awareness on invasive species and gardening to attract wildlife. We deliver useful information, latest low impact development trends and techniques, useful gardening tips, innovative…
Must-Grow New Varieties of Perennials for 2013
These brand-new varieties for 2013 offer exciting colors, more flowers, and other features so you can enjoy your best perennial garden ever.
Yucca
Yuccas - Classic architectural summer beauties.Pair well with cactus, succulents, grasses, rocks and driftwood. Attract hummingbirds and moths
Common Thyme Seeds and Plants, Growing Herb Gardens at Burpee.com
Thyme is one of the most widely used culinary herbs. It is commonly grown as a decorative and functional plant in many home gardens, and bees use its pollen to make delectable honey. It is easy to grow and adaptable to most soils and climatic conditions and is perennial in USDA zone 4-8. Start early indoors.