Tiny White Bells Dangle From the Variegated Leaves of Polygonatum Octoratum ‘Variegatum’ (photo credit: Steven Still and Perennial Plant Association) The Polygonatum octoratum ‘Variegatum’ was named the 2013, winner of the Perennial Plant Association at the end of last year. Solomon’s Seal Flowers and Foliage Solomon’s seal is a lush perenni [...]

Echinanea ‘Cheyenne Spirit’ in a Drift of Coneflower Colors (photo All-America Selections) You have a plant bed covered in sun most of the day, which needs something growing in it, but your lack of inspiration keeps you away. In 2013, the All-America Selections winners list included melon, grape tomato and watermelon food plant id [...]

We are halfway through the summer growing season and hopefully you have tried out plants competing in the 2013 American Garden Awards selection. In growing these flowering plants in your own garden, you have first-hand experience to greatly inform your choice. The American Garden Awards voting ends August 31, 2013. A second choice is to see t [...]