Select Plants for Your Garden

Rough Blazing Star Attracts Pollinators

Rough Blazing Star's drought-tolerant nature makes it ideal for well-drained dry to medium soils, sandy soils, or rocky terrain.

Sharp-lobed Hepatica is an Early Spring Bloomer

Hepatica flowers are delicately attractive and have a tendency to blow about on their slender stems in the wind.

Fireweed

Fireweed for pollinators: discover the wild magenta willow plant with stunning blooms & its importance for pollinators. Visit North Carolina to witness Fireweed and its unique beauty, or learn more about its edibility, and its potential toxicity to animals.

Spotted Beebalm

The Spotted Beebalm has eye-catching clusters of creamy purple-spotted tubular blooms sitting on pink, lavender, or ivory bracts.

Balsam Fir is a Popular Christmas Tree

The Balsam Fir is widely used as a Christmas tree and for wreaths. It’s a good fir as an ornamental yard tree, and it smells great!.

Red Osier Dogwood Quick Growth Guide

Red Osier Dogwood has unique red stems that look great in all seasons. It is simple to grow. Read Quick Growing Guide.

Purple Giant Hyssop is Great for Pollinators

Purple Giant Hyssop sets soft plumes of the palest purple flowers that top out at 6 feet, soaring above most other plants in the garden.

Wild Bergamot

Discover how to cultivate wild bergamot from seed. Learn about sowing, growing, and attracting pollinators with this drought-tolerant prairie perennial.

Alternate leaf Dogwood Quick Growth Guide

Alternate leaf dogwood has, as one would expect, alternate leaves, which turn to maroon foliage in the fall. Read the Quick Growing Guide

Trout Lily: Photogenic and Useful

Trout lily has stunning yellow flowers that bloom in the early spring. Trout lilies can blanket the forest floor as they mature. Read on.

Growing Ginger Root

Discover how to successfully grow ginger in Zone 5a or higher climate. Learn about selecting and planting the right root, as well as tips for a bountiful harvest.

Baptisia is a Sure Bet

Baptisia australis is beautiful and a sure bet to be introduced into your garden. It looks nice even after it’s done blooming.

Smooth Solomon’s Seal

Smooth Solomon's Seal adds a unique arching foliage structure and white bell-shaped flowers that dangle along the leaves.

Canada Anemone Flower

The Canada anemone flower is an easy to maintain, dependable and hardy perennial ground cover that produces lovely white buttercup flowers.

Wild Senna Is an Underrated Winner

Wild senna is an underrated plant with striking yellow blooms and attractive foliage. It is a host plant for sulphur butterflies.

Great blue Lobelia