Focus on Flowers

The garden is full of plants that are poisonous. Most are not lethal, but a few are, so it is wise to err on the side of caution.

Purple Loosestrife clogs wetlands and waterways, choking out other plants and eliminating food sources for native wildlife. The plant is classified as a federal noxious weed.

Native plants are important to preserve native wildlife and the ecology of our landscape, but some natives will suit our particular climate and garden space better than others.

Some of the best plants in my garden were given to me by other gardeners or came from plant swaps held by garden clubs.

Dainty and durable and deer resistant—just my kind of plant!

There are bound to be some times of the year when there are no flowers in our gardens, and that is when we just have to buy some! A good reliable flower to buy is the South American native alstroemeria.

Brunfelsia is a long-blooming shrub from subtropical Australia, and it triggers lots of memories for me.

The spectacular blooms known as Angel’s Trumpets grow on plants that are vase-shaped shrubs or small trees.

Flowering Tobacco--for minimum effort, a gardener gets maximum results!

It's is a good idea to think about color before you buy a bunch of news plants in springtime.