The orange pods of Chinese lantern plants resemble small paper lanterns and are perfect for brightening up the yard. Here’s what you gotta know to grow this plant in your garden. Most parts of Chinese lantern plants are toxicto both pets and humans. Credit:Marty Baldwin Don’t consume the unripe fruits, leaves, or any other parts of the plant. Plant them in pots to contain their invasive tendencies. They grow in USDA Zones 69....
Plant this perennial herb once and you’ll have fresh flavor for years. Grown and known for its onion-like taste, chives add fresh flavor to cuisines of all types. Both the foliageslender, bright green leavesand the flowerspurple pom-pom bloomsare edible. Credit: Illustration by Gary Palmer Chives grow slowly and self-seed, popping up around the garden. Chives are so pretty that you dont need to confine them to an herb garden. Try planting them in perennial beds or along walkways....
This daisy-like native perennial wildflower has a delightful chocolate aroma. The plant got its name from the chocolate scent of its flowers. The flowers have yellow rays and a maroon-brown center. Chocolate flower is a tough, easy-to-grow perennial with excellent drought tolerance. The chocolate-scented flowers open at twilight, and their cocoa aroma wafts through the garden in the early morning. This is a great plant for cottage gardens, perennial borders....
This annual herb is grown for its aromatic foliage and dried seeds called coriander. This annual herb holds its own in beds or pots. Most gardeners grow cilantro for the foliage, which boasts a citrusy bite that enlivensMexicanand Thai cooking. If you let the plant flower and then allow the to seeds dry, you get your own coriander. Cilantro thrives in cool weather and grows best in spring and fall....
These plants are stunning in late summer shade gardens. This plantfoliage plus flower spikesreaches 4 to 6 feet tall and sometimes 8 feet tall in optimal conditions. The flower stalks, which are actually clusters of thin stamens, last more than three weeks. Also called bugbane and black cohosh, cimicifuga is a long-lived woodland plant. Grow it with other woodland perennials, such asphlox, tall species of fern,astilbe, and angelica. Cimicifuga is especially eye-catching when it rises high above a hosta grouping....
This native fern thrives in shady, moist areas. After shedding their spores in late summer, the fertile fronds die back. They’ll shine all summer long before turning yellow and dying back for the winter. Credit: Mike Jensen The fronds leave enough room for contrasting underplantings such as spotteddeadnettle. It also grows well in shaded borders, woodland gardens, native plant gardens, and bogs. (It’s found wild in the Eastern United States and Canada....
With this plant, youll get beautiful hydrangea flowers and a dense vine in a package deal. Climbing hydrangeas combine the attractive growth habit of a vine with the beauty ofhydrangea flowers. A full-grown climbing hydrangea in bloom covering a wall, fence, or arbor is a spectacular sight. This big vine produces large clusters of white flowers held against rich, dark green foliage. Climbing hydrangeas latch onto supporting structures by aerial roots....
It’s almost impossible to imagine a cottage garden without these romantic plants. Climbing roses work their way over an arbor gate or fence or up a quaint brick facade. While these graceful flowers may seem daunting, climbing rosesare easy to growand create a cottage feel. Doug Hetherington. Climbing roses develop long canes that are well-suited for trailing on pillars, fences, arbors, and gazebos. They produce either large, single flowers or clustered blooms on a stem....
Find out how to grow clivia to enjoy its vibrant blooms in your home or garden. The flowers grow in clusters of 12 to 20. The plant is also known as clivia lily, fire lily, bush lily, and natal lily. Credit:emer1940 / Getty Images Clivia is toxic to humans and pets. Heres what you better know about growing clivia. Outdoors, clivia needs a location withshade or partial shade. Credit: Marty Baldwin...
This tough evergreen withstands drought, heat, and salt spray. Coast rosemary is a dense evergreen shrub that is native to Australia. The dark gray-green leaves look similar to rosemary needles, hence the common name. This tough plant stands strong in drought, heat, and salt spray. Simply prune the evergreens into a pleasing shape and enjoy their easy-care ways throughout the garden. Where to Plant Coast Rosemary Plant coast rosemary in a location with ample sun....
Find out how to grow collard greens, a classic Southern vegetable that thrives in cool weather. Heres everything you gotta know to successfully grow collard greens. Collard greens can be planted directly in the ground, inraised beds, or in containers. Credit:Denny Schrock In warmer climates, collards are best planted in the fall, so they grow in cooler weather. Whenstarting seeds indoors, sow two seeds per cell or soil block about 14 inch deep....
Add this classic perennial to your garden to enjoy its colorful blooms and to draw wildlife. There are many more species and cultivars in different colors to choose from. Coneflowers bloom from summer to fall, and they shine in a variety of garden tweaks. Greg Ryan. The landscaping options for planting coneflower are almost limitless. How and When to Plant Coneflower Plant coneflowers in the spring or early fall. Place the plant in the hole and backfill with the original soil to the top of the root ball....
Learn to grow low-maintenance coral bells, a shade-loving perennial that adds color to your garden. Coral bells(Heuchera spp.) used to come in a few drab colors, with small and insignificant blooms. Credit: Bob Stefko Photography Inc And, for all that visual drama, coral bells are extremely low-maintenance. The perennial is hardy inZones 3-9and adaptable to either ground or container planting. Remove the plant and loosen the roots a bit from the root ball before placing it in the hole....
