The Mrs. B.R. Cant is a tea rose that was introduced in England in 1901. Can you imagine? This rose has been handed down by cutting (asexual reproduction) for over 100 years! Mrs. B.R. Cant has an ARS rating of 8.7, which is very good. It is very disease and pest resistant. It also seems […]
They’re blooming! Hibiscus can be annuals or perennials in our area. Most of the really fancy hibiscus are annuals even here in the DFW area but this particular hibiscus, Hibiscus coccineus or the Texas Star, is a perennial and is cold tolerant all the way to zone 5. There are several cultivars – ‘Frisbee,’ ‘Southern […]
I was introduced to this plant as a “Tropical Blood Weed” but it’s one of those that goes by many names including Scarlet Milk Weed, bloodflower, silkweed, Indian root, and Mexican Milk Weed. Maybe it’s easiest to talk about this plant using its scientific name, Asclepias curassavica. In the tropics, this particular asclepias would be […]
Bouncing Bet, or Soap Wort (Saponaria officianalis), is a fragrant perennial that blooms from late spring all the way until fall. It likes morning sun and afternoon shade. It is drought tolerant, but likes a bit more moisture if it can get it. If it looks like the bloom is petering out, you can cut […]
Santolina (Santolina chamaecyparissus) is also called Lavender Cotton and is originally from Europe. It is actually an herb that is evergreen in my garden but would be perennial further north. It’s hard to tell in this picture, but the foliage is actually a silver/grey and the flower and foliage both hold up will for cutting. […]
Ajania (Chrysanthemum pacifica) is a really neat type of chrysanthemum that is grown for it’s folliage rather than for its flower. It is a low mounding perennial (almost evergreen in my yard) for full sun that is very drought tolerant. It does have small yellow flowers in the late summer summer or early fall, but […]
Crape Myrtles (Lagerstroemia indica) are slow growing flowering trees or shrubs native to China. They come in all colors… pink, red, white, purple. OK, so there is not yellow, orange or blue there, but that is still an impressive array of colors, don’t you think? And they bloom all summer and on into the fall […]
Hollyhocks (Alcea) are perennials that have multiple flower buds on tall central stems (as much as 6 feet) . They are gorgeous at the back of a border along a fence. That is also a good place for them because aphids love to chew up the leaves. You can stop that somewhat by spraying the […]
St. John’s Wort (Hypericum) is famous for it’s pharmaceutical properties and it’s uses as an herbal treatment for depression. There are over 300 species of Hypericum and I have no clue which one this is. I think it’s a gorgeous plant, though. It makes a mounding evergreen shrub about 3 feet tall and it will […]
Spiderwort (Tradescantia sp.) is another incredible drought tolerant plant. They are prarie wild flowers with grass-like leaves and get to be about 1 to 2 feet tall. I just got this one about a month ago from a friend. The name “spiderwort” comes from the glistening hairs on the sepals and buds. “Wort” is an […]
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