The sonerila margaritacea is a striking tropical plant. You can recognize it by the distinctive white spots on its green leaves and delicate pink or purple flowers. The sonerila is native to tropical Asia, thriving in places like Java and Burma. However, in North America, it is fairly rare, so if you’re interested in growing … Read more
Calliandra haematocephala or “Powderpuff’s” are cheerfully plump shrubs that typically grow for many years. One of the unique features of this beautiful plant is that it has one species that blooms in the winter and others that offer blooms from the spring to fall. Calliandra are a tropical or sub-tropical plant, so you’ll normally see … Read more
The Jack-in-the-Pulpit (Arisaema), often called an Indian turnip, is a common sight in the wild throughout most of the central and eastern United States. Its distinctive green and maroon-striped spathe surround a fleshy, maroon spadix that bears tiny, embedded flowers. Birds like thrushes and rodents find the plant’s bright red berries an attractive food source. … Read more
Wood Sorrel is native to North America and Eurasia. Though it can be found in Canada and nearly every state of the United States, it is most abundant in the eastern United States and Canada. The Wood Sorrel, Oxalis—Shamrock plants in many garden centers—is not a true shamrock. Instead, Oxalis has a character all its … Read more
The bright tubular flowers of the Cigar Plant, often called the Firecracker Plant, are a magnet for butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. his is the perfect product for borders and beds. In addition, this is an excellent choice for containers, baskets, and window boxes. Native to Mexico and the West Indies, the cigar plant has been … Read more
Busy Lizzie (or impatiens) is a tender, long-lasting plant that flowers continuously through the summer and fall and sometimes right up to the frosts. The impatiens are adaptable, compact-growing plants that can be grown in any container or within borders. They can flower in vivid colors such as red, pink, orange, purple, and even white. … Read more
The agapanthus (a-guh-pan-thuhs) plants are outdoor garden perennial flowers that bloom in the summer. They are more commonly known as the “Lily of the Nile” or the African lily plant. Apaganthus plants belong to a subfamily of flowering plants known as the Agapanthoideae, the Amaryllidaceae family. This family of plants is in the same family … Read more
Cineraria, also commonly known as the “first flower of the spring,” is a tender perennial flowering plant belonging to the Pericallis genus and from the Asteraceae family, also referred to as the aster, composite, daisy, or sunflower family. Cineraria is a hybrid plant of two Pericallis species, namely Pericallis cruenta and Pericallis lanata, which are … Read more
Manettia [man-ET-ee-uh], also known as the candy corn plant, is an evergreen perennial vine belonging to the genus Manettia and from the Rubiaceae family, also known as the Madder, Coffee, or Bedstraw family. It’s a distant relative of the coffee family, although it doesn’t have any resemblance at all. This herbaceous, perennial climber is native … Read more
Blood lily, botanically named Scadoxus multiflorus (ska-DOKS-us mul-tih-FLOR-us), is a bulbous herb belonging to the genus Scadoxus and from the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae. It’s formerly known as Haemanthus multiflorus, initially described in 1795 by Thomas Martyn, an English botanist. In 1838, the Haemanthus multiflorus was moved by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque to a new genus Scadoxus, … Read more