Plant Profile Online Encyclopedia
Perennials, Annuals, Shrubs and Bulbs Growing Guides
An alphabetical listing of all the plant profiles covering flowering plants, garden shrubs, ornamental trees and more. An online plant encyclopedia with growing details.
Barberry Shrub (Berberis) - Beautiful four-season plants with fragrant flowers, bright foliage and deer resistant thorny stems.
Camillia Shrub - See how to care for, maintain, and use camellias in the garden. More than beautiful winter flowers and evergreen foliage the camellia has a lot to offer gardeners.
Cardinal Flower (Lobelia) - Learn the uses, care and varieties of perennial lobelia in the garden. Cardinal flowers are a popular choice for many gardeners; find out why.
Coneflowers - See Echinacea
Cosmos - Bright and colorful blooms that last for weeks make Cosmos a popular plant choice for gardeners.
Crocus Bulbs - Harbingers of spring, and shining gems of color in the autumn, crocus bulbs are popular for small garden spaces.
Easter Lily - We often see these white, trumpet-like flowers adorning churches Easter Holiday, but Easter Lilies are actually fantastic plants to add to your garden. Here's how....
Echinacea Plants (Coneflowers) - Purple coneflowers or Echinaceas are fabulous perennial plants for use in a wide variety of gardening landscapes.
Firethorn (Pyracantha) - Beautiful evergreen shrub that is often trained up a wall or fence becuase of the attractive foliage, fragrant white flowers and colorful winter berries.
Foxglove (Digitalis) - The foxglove is a stately plant that has been featured in gardens for centuries. This growing guide will help you care for, maintain and select the best foxglove.
Geranium (Cranesbill) - Hardy, garden geraniums provide weeks of flowers in the perennial border.
Hellebores or Lenton Roses - The so-called Christmas roses and Lenten roses, are hellebores. The Hellebore is a great plant with a lot to offer gardeners at a time when not much else is going on.
Hollyhock (Alcea) - A strong accent plant reminiscent of heirloom gardens and cottage borders, Hollyhocks are a charming addition to any garden space.
Hostas - Hostas are popular shade perennials because of their lovely form, foliage and colors.
Hydrangea Shrubs - A favorite garden shrub for generations, the Hydrangea evokes charm and grace with its large flower clusters and long season of bloom. Grow a hydrangea in your garden!
Lathyrus odoratus - See Sweet Peas
Lavender Herb Plants - An in-depth profile of a favorite herb plant that is truly prized in the garden landscape.
Lily - See Easter Lily
Penstemon - A native flowering plant that tolerates drought and attracts hummingbirds.
Polemonium - Shade loving plants with attractive foliage the Polemonium are becoming more and more popular. One glance will tell you why!
Primrose (Primula) - Bright splashes of bold color in the spring, folk-lore and fairy rings. Primroses are popular plants and the stuff of legends from Shakespearian days. Grow them yourself!
Purple Coneflowers - See Echinacea
Rosemary - Rosemary is a popular garden perennial useful in herb, fragrance and container gardens.
Roses:
- Alba Roses - Alba roses are one of the Old Garden Rose classes and are characterized by their white, or nearly white flowers. But that's not all these lovely rose bushes offer...
- Ayrshire Roses - Ayrshire roses have been used for hundreds of years in a variety of ways in gardens. Find out why, and how to care for your own piece of Old World charm!
- Bourbon Roses - Bourbon roses were the first of the Old Garden Roses to have a repeating bloom period. These antique roses range in color and form but were very popular and fragrant...
- Centifolia Roses - Highly fragrant, gently nodding flowers - these are the "roses with a hundred petals".
- English Roses - Hybrids of Old Garden Roses and modern hybrid teas and floribundas.
Snapdragons - Snapdragons are charming long-time favorites when it comes to flowering garden play-things.
Sweet Peas - Charming climbing vines that have been used in cottage flower gardens for centuries.
Thyme Herb Plants - Thyme, an ancient herb plant long known to gardeners, can be added to every garden space. A charming ground cover, often evergreen and a great landscape addition.
Verbena - Charming container plants that butterflies, and gardeners love!
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