Summer-blooming and cheerful, smooth oxeye is a tall, sunflower-like perennial that originates from eastern and central North America. It forms substantial upright clumps covered with dark green, lance-shaped leaves. Large, golden yellow daisies appear from midsummer to fall, which attract bees and butterflies and are great for cutting.

Smooth oxeye is trouble-free and easy to grow. It prefers full sun and average soil with moderately good drainage. Drought tolerant once established, it is at...

(Scabrous Smooth Oxeye, Summer Sun Scabrous Oxeye)

Summer-blooming and cheerful, smooth oxeye is a tall, sunflower-like perennial that originates from eastern and central North America. It forms substantial upright clumps covered with dark green, lance-shaped leaves. Large, golden yellow daisies appear from midsummer to fall, which attract bees and butterflies and are great for cutting.

Smooth oxeye is trouble-free and easy to grow. It prefers full sun and average soil with moderately good drainage. Drought tolerant once established, it is at...

(Christmas Rose)

A beautiful plant for the shade garden, this semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial is native to the mountains of Europe. The large, white, cup-shaped flowers with waxy petals and showy yellow stamens may appear in early winter or early spring, depending on the climate and the cultivar. The blooms sometimes age to pale pink. The hand-shaped, glossy, compound leaves grow directly from the ground and persist through winter.

Christmas rose grows best in neutral to alkaline soil in a shady spot. Remove...

(Christmas Rose, Double Fantasy Christmas Rose)

A beautiful plant for the shade garden, Christmas rose is a semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial from the mountains of Europe. The cultivar 'Double Fantasy' has large, white, double, cup-shaped flowers with waxy petals and showy yellow stamens. They appear on upright stems from winter into early spring. The blooms may age to pale pink. The hand-shaped, glossy, compound leaves grow directly from the ground and persist through winter.

Christmas rose grows best in neutral to alkaline soil in a shady...

(Christmas Rose, HGC Josef Lemper Christmas Rose)

A beautiful plant for the shade garden, Christmas rose is a semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial native to the mountains of Europe. Its early-blooming cultivar 'HGC Josef Lemper' bears large, white, waxy, cup-shaped flowers with showy yellow stamens from late fall until mid-winter. The hand-shaped, glossy, compound leaves grow directly from the ground and persist through winter.

Christmas rose grows best in neutral to alkaline soil in a shady spot. Remove the old leaves in spring when the new...

(Lenten Rose)

The Lenten rose is an evergreen, winter blooming perennial admired for its showy, persistent flowers. It originates from Greece, Turkey, and the Caucasus region where it inhabits open woodlands.

The large coarse leaves of this clump-forming hellebore are deeply divided, dark green and leathery. The flowers appear in midwinter or early spring, depending on the zone, and are large, five-petaled and saucer-shaped. There are many wonderful cultivars that may come in shades of pale green, white,...

(Ericsmith's Hellebore)

Ericsmith's Hellebore is a hybrid of the two popular hellebore species, Helleborus niger and Helleborus x sternii. It is more compact than either with flowers that are less cup-shaped and more open. This evergreen perennial has coarse, leathery, blue-green leaves that contrast nicely with its large, white flowers that appear in late winter to early spring. Its new leaves rise from the crown of the plant each spring. Remove the old leaves as they decline.

Overall, this...

(Ericsmith's Hellebore, HGC Silvermoon Lenten Rose)

The patented ‘HGC Silvermoon’ is a compact hybrid hellebore with deep green leaves, a neat mounded habit and palest green and ivory flowers with a rose blush. It was bred in a planned breeding program by Joseph Heuger in Glandorf, Germany. Ericsmith's Hellebore is a hybrid of the two hellebore species, Helleborus niger and Helleborus x sternii.

It is a beautiful evergreen perennial that is distinguished by its coarse, leathery, dark green leaves that contrast nicely...

(Daylily)

There are approximately 18 species of daylily, the common name given to most plants in this genus. This liliaceous group of herbaceous perennials is greatly loved by gardeners, breeders and growers alike, which explains why there are approximately 60,000 registered cultivated varieties in existence. Hemerocallis can be evergreen, semi-evergreen or deciduous and most species originate from the temperate regions of China, Japan and Korea.

The plants are clump-forming and some spread...

(Aabachee Daylily, Daylily)

Hot-colored flowers occur on tall stems - called scapes - as summer approaches on the Aabachee daylily. The daylily is a popular perennial revered for its reliability, ease of growth and floral beauty. In early summer, the hybrid diploid ‘Aabachee’ produces spider-like flowers with slender petal-like tepals. Each of the six tepals curls backward and ranges in color from deep red to gold-orange. Tepal edges are contrasting yellow to ivory. Flowers open during the day and rise from tall clumps of strappy...