Tag: Summer Landscape

Giant Coneflower

Jun 22, 2023 | Flowers, In the Garden, Perennials

I love adding drama to a garden, especially choosing a plant that will stop you in your tracks with your mouth gaping open! One such plant is the giant coneflower (Rudbeckia maxima). It’s a...

National Moth Week

Jul 22, 2021 | In the Garden

Did you know this week is National Moth Week? July 17 – 25, 2021, marks the tenth anniversary of National moth week. This program started in New Jersey but now has a global reach. The goal this year...

Mountain Mint

Oct 1, 2020 | In the Garden

Would you like an easy-to-grow perennial that flowers from July to August and is a magnet for many pollinating wasps, skippers, bees, and moths? Then consider mountain mint for your garden. Mountain...

Crimson Red Clover

Aug 12, 2019 | In the Garden

One of my favorite August gardening joys is sowing crimson red clover (Trifolium incarnatum) seeds up and down my driveway. I look forward to the bright crimson red flower show in the spring. Late...