Blue Wonder is a fragrant, low, soft green/grey silvery foliaged catmint that forms a spreading mound with larger than usual lavender-blue blossoms in summer, from May to July. Easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. Shearing off the spent flowers will promote rebloom on this tough, tolerant, […]

The brilliant deep purple foliage provides a wonderful mass of color and offsets delightful sprays of tiny, white, summer flowers. A great choice for adding color and contrast to borders when coupled with green foliage plants. Evergreen in mild winter areas; an herbaceous perennial in colder regions. An exquisite small perennial that should be grouped […]

Sneezing, coughing, wheezing? Please don’t blame the goldenrod. Ragweed which is similar in appearance may be the culprit. Both bloom at the same time. But ragweed has small, nondescript flowers that are wind-pollinated. This means that ragweed’s fine and light pollen grains float through the air, possibly causing “hay fever.” Goldenrod, with its showy, colorful […]