Skip to content

Underused Plants

Red Pearl Sweet Pea

LATHYRUS latifolius Red Pearl (Red Pearl Sweet Pea) Lathyrus latifolius ‘Red Pearl’ is an old-fashioned garden favorite. It is a fast-growing, perennial vine with fuschia-pink

Read More »

Purple Sea Lavender

LIMONIUM latifolium (Purple Sea Lavender) is easily recognized by its dense, cloud-like sprays of minute lavender-blue flowers. Sea Lavender blooms throughout summer, reaching peak flowering

Read More »

Double Sunstruck Sunflower

HELIOPSIS helianthoides Double Sunstruck PP26608 (Double Sunstruck Sunflower) Huge, bright golden yellow, daisy like flowers have sunny gold centers and contrast nicely with shimmery silver

Read More »

Corkscrew Rush

JUNCUS filiformis Spiralis (Corkscrew Rush) Corkscrew Rush is an easy to grow ornamental rush form of Juncus effusus with interesting, twisted stems. This wetland perennial grass is a

Read More »

Silver Sage

SALVIA argentea (Silver Sage) Silver sage is just one of over 900 species of salvias. Unlike most in the group that are grown for their

Read More »

Cupid’s Dart

CATANANCHE caerulea (Cupid’s Dart) The bright blue, cornflower-like blooms of cupid’s dart, Catananche caerulea, appear continuously from early to late summer, peaking in midsummer. Each papery blue

Read More »

Martina Verhaert Daylily

HEMEROCALLIS Martina Verhaert (Martina Verhaert Daylily) A beautiful lavender daylily with violet purple eye and edge above a yellow green throat and large 5.75” blooms

Read More »

Categories

Archives