Using Search on FineGardening.com
Finding the right article or plant profile among the thousands available on our Web site can seem as daunting as a flower bed overrun by weeds. But with the right tools and techniques, the job is easy and yields great results. Here are some tips ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Flowering ground covers
The term "ground cover" often conjures up visions of boring patches of plain green foliage-adequate for simply filling space but hardly satisfying for the color-craving gardener. Fortunately, numerous spreading perennials do an equally good job [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Planting Ground Covers
Nothing fills a vacant space and minimizes garden maintenance like herbaceous ground covers. Steadily gaining ground in the first few seasons, these plants can transform a dull space into a rich tapestry of leaf shapes, textures, and colors. They ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Ajuga reptans 'Black Scallop' ('Black Scallop' bugleweed)
Serbian bellflowers have an easy, undemanding habit. Creating a stream of lavender blue, the 1-inch-diameter star-shaped blossoms bloom reliably from late spring to early fall. The foliage remains evergreen in mild winters and needs to be sheared ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Alchemilla mollis (Lady's mantle)
This popular gray-leaved yarrow has 18-inch-tall yellow flower heads that last for several weeks in late summer. This Scabiosa cultivar is a compact perennial with gray-green leaves and a long bloom period featuring pretty lavender-blue flowers ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Begonia grandis ssp. evansiana (Hardy begonia)
This species produces copious purplish-blue flowers in spring and fall. It has light green ferny leaves with a mid-rib of silver. English daisy bears stems topped with a single white, daisy-like flower. The flowers are tinged maroon and yellow; ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Bellis perennis (English daisy)
Bachelor's buttons bear charming and prolific flowers in hues of blue, pink, lavender, white, and maroon. Those with a true blue color are especially welcome in the garden as that color is rare in nature. Each disc-shaped flower is about 1.5 ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Teucrium chamaedrys
This compact, evergreen subshrub has glossy, dark green leaves and grows to only 5 inches tall and 16 inches wide. It bears long-lasting, lavender flowers, and it is a great choice for low edging or for a rock garden. This evergreen or deciduous ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Bouteloua
A tuft of thin grassy foliage with gray and gold variegation distinguishes this cultivar. Early summer brings 3-foot-tall, airy plumes of tiny flowers that look beautiful when backlit by the sun. As fall approaches, the foliage turns golden with ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Bouteloua gracilis 'Hachita' ('Hachita' Blue Grama Grass)
Divide from mid-spring to early summer; sow seed in cold frames in spring. Damping off, rust, head and leaf smuts, tar spot, fungal spots, root rot. From the prairies of Nebraska comes a refined variety of big bluestem: 'Pawnee'. It has an ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
C. bicolor
A tuberous-rooted perennial most often grown as an annual or a houseplant, 'White Queen' has large frosted-looking white leaves that have green margins and bright red veins that "bleed". A great plant for full shade, it can also be grown in sun [... more]
Fine Gardening |
Browallia americana - Fine Gardening Plant Guide
There are many cultivars available of this fast-growing annual. They are best used as bedding, edging, or container plants. Panicles of blue, pink, purple, or white flowerheads arise from oval, downy leaves in midsummer and continue until frost. ... [... more]
Fine Gardening |
