L is for Lady’s Mantle – alchemilla mollis. This beautiful perennial plant is best known for its leaves. I love to photogaph the cup shaped leaves after a gentle rain. The rain drops will bead up on the leaf and … Continued
Ligularia, a perennial plant, was added to the garden in May 2015. This plant has yellow daisy like flowers dark green leaves with a purple/reddish underneath. It seems there are different varieties of ligularia. The plant came with the tag Ligularia Praewalskii on … Continued
Have you ever grown elephant ears or colocasia? The plant gets its name because of the huge leaves that resemble ears on elephants. In my Canadian garden zone of 5b this plant is a tender perennial. I know I said … Continued
I chose some new plants for the garden this past spring, ones with interesting foliage and ones that wouldn’t require a lot of maintenance. Painter’s palette was one of the plants with cream and green leaves and a v shaped … Continued
Lily of the Valley is an early blooming spring plant that can be very invasive. It will soon be poking through the ground and growing after being dormant all winter. The shoots poke out of the ground about the beginning … Continued
The Polish Spirit clematis grows happily in the trellis garden for many years. It provides many lovely purple blooms. In 2010 the trellis had to be moved for some renovations on the basement and the clematis was dug and put … Continued
Marigolds are a long blooming annual plant. The plant is a native to Mexico and there are numerous varieties to choose from.
Lovage is an edible, tall and erect, herbaceous perennial plant that is one of the first to start poking through the ground in early April. It belongs to the umbellifier family and can grow up to 2.5 meters tall. The name lovage comes from the … Continued
Yucca or Adam’s Needle is a gorgeous, tall perennial, ornamental plant for the garden. It is classified as an evergreen shrub that doesn’t shed its needles and it doesn’t have a trunk. It likes dry and sandy soil conditions. A … Continued
S for Shoofly … or Nicandra physalodes … or better known as Apple of Peru. This annual plant, a member of the Solanaceae (nightshade) family, prefers full sun and moist soil. It is a native of South America. the plant can … Continued