(Koi Avens, Scarlet Avens)

This genus comprises around 50 diverse species of herbaceous perennials. These can be found across the globe from the Americas to Europe, Africa and even New Zealand. Only a few are heavily cultivated as garden ornamentals to include Geum coccineum (Red Avens), Geum montanum (Alpine Avens), Geum rivale (Purple Avens), and Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke).

Geums inhabit a wide range of habitats such as dry open fields, bogs and alpine regions. As with environmental...

(Chocolate-root, Indian Chocolate, Water Avens)

This genus comprises around 50 diverse species of herbaceous perennials. These can be found across the globe from the Americas to Europe, Africa and even New Zealand. Only a few are heavily cultivated as garden ornamentals to include Geum coccineum (Red Avens), Geum montanum (Alpine Avens), Geum rivale (Purple Avens), and Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke).

Geums inhabit a wide range of habitats such as dry open fields, bogs and alpine regions. As with environmental...

(Old Man's Whiskers)

This genus comprises around 50 diverse species of herbaceous perennials. These can be found across the globe from the Americas to Europe, Africa and even New Zealand. Only a few are heavily cultivated as garden ornamentals to include Geum coccineum (Red Avens), Geum montanum (Alpine Avens), Geum rivale (Purple Avens), and Geum triflorum (Prairie Smoke).

Geums inhabit a wide range of habitats such as dry open fields, bogs and alpine regions. As with environmental...

(Blue Thimble Flower, Field Gilia, Gillyflower)

When the meager wild grasses wither away on the dry, sunny soil in summer, the blue thimble flower is looking healthy and showing off its lavender-blue blossoms. A fast-growing annual wildflower, it's native to coastal western North America, from British Columbia to California. It will reseed itself annually, with new plants sprouting up each spring in a landscape.

Blue thimble flower grows erect with feathery green foliage. Each wispy leaf is double branched and comprises numerous short, thin...

(Ginkgo, Maidenhair Tree)

This ancient deciduous tree has large crown composed of sparse branches covered with interesting lobed, fan-shaped leaves that are unlike those of any other tree. They turn captivating shades of gold in fall and drop quickly, creating a bright carpet that slowly fades to brown. In the winter, its stark, deeply furrowed, grayish tan bark and knobby branches add additional landscape interest.

Ginkgo is a tall, hardy tree native to eastern China. The story of this living fossil is a fascinating...

(Autumn Gold Ginkgo, Ginkgo)

This fruitless maidenhair tree has an unusually symmetrical, broad but upright crown and fan-shaped leaves that turn radiant shades of clean golden yellow in fall. In the winter, its stark, deeply furrowed, grayish tan bark and knobby branches add additional landscape interest.

Ginkgo is a tall, hardy tree native to eastern China. The story of this living fossil is a fascinating one. It is the last surviving species in Ginkgoaceae, a plant family that has existed for 150 million years, according...

(Ginkgo)

This densely branched, relatively compact, fruitless maidenhair tree has an vase-shaped crown and fan-shaped leaves that turn radiant shades of bright yellow in fall. In the winter, its stark, deeply furrowed, grayish tan bark and knobby branches add additional landscape interest.

Ginkgo is a tall, hardy tree native to eastern China. The story of this living fossil is a fascinating one. It is the last surviving species in Ginkgoaceae, a plant family that has existed for 150 million years,...

(Ginkgo)

Sometimes referred to as ‘Elmwood Fastigiate’, this fruitless maidenhair tree has a narrowly columnar crown and fan-shaped leaves that turn shades of yellow in fall. In the winter, its stark, deeply furrowed, grayish tan bark and knobby branches add additional landscape interest.

Ginkgo is a tall, hardy tree native to eastern China. The story of this living fossil is a fascinating one. It is the last surviving species in Ginkgoaceae, a plant family that has existed for 150 million years, according...

(Ginkgo)

The narrowly upright, or fastigiate, crown of the maidenhair tree, ‘Fastigiata’, adds clean, vertical lines to the landscape. Its unusual fan-shaped leaves turn shades of yellow in fall and in winter its stark, deeply furrowed, grayish tan bark and knobby branches add additional interest.

Ginkgo is a tall, hardy tree native to eastern China. The story of this living fossil is a fascinating one. It is the last surviving species in Ginkgoaceae, a plant family that has existed for 150 million...

(Ginkgo)

This fruitless, dwarf maidenhair tree is distinguished by its deep blue-green leaves and neat vase-shaped crown. Its fan-shaped leaves turn yellow in fall and in winter its stark, deeply furrowed, grayish tan bark and knobby branches add additional landscape interest.

Ginkgo is a tall, hardy tree native to eastern China. The story of this living fossil is a fascinating one. It is the last surviving species in Ginkgoaceae, a plant family that has existed for 150 million years, according to...