(Rocket Larkspur)

Forked larkspur originates from southern Europe and southwestern Asia, where it is commonly found in meadows, abandoned fields and waste areas. From late spring to midsummer, this showy annual displays clouds of small, single, spurred flowers which are typically vivid blue, but may occasionally be pink or white. The blossoms are held in loose spikes at the ends of slender, many-branched stems, and are pollinated by bees, moths and butterflies. The feathery foliage is bright green, softly hairy,...

(European Lily-of-the-Valley, Lily-of-the-Valley)

The delicate ivory blooms of lily-of-the-valley are unsurpassed when it comes to sweet, unforgettable fragrance. This deciduous, low-growing groundcover originates from temperate Europe and Asia. In mid-spring it puts forth broad, lance-shaped leaves of medium to dark green. Shortly afterward small stems lined with small, drooping, bell-shaped flowers appear. These may be ivory or pale pink and are exquisitely scented. After flowering poisonous, orange-red, berry-like fruits are produced.

Once...

(Lily-of-the-Valley, Striped Lily-of-the-Valley)

The delicate ivory blooms of lily-of-the-valley are unsurpassed when it comes to sweet, springtime fragrance. This deciduous, low-growing groundcover originates from temperate Europe and Asia. In mid-spring, the striped lily-of-the-valley produces broad, lance-shaped lime-green leaves with striking lengthwise gold pin-stripes. Shortly afterward small stems lined with small, drooping, bell-shaped flowers appear. The ivory blooms of 'Albostriata' are exquisitely scented. After flowering poisonous,...

(Blue Rock Bindweed, Ground Morning Glory)

Beautiful purplish blue or pink morning glory flowers cover this trailing perennial subshrub in the heat of summer. Ground morning glory is native to the Mediterranean regions of North Africa and Italy where it naturally grows along rocky, limestone cliff faces and ground along the seaside. Its tough natural environment enables it to withstand difficult garden spots with hot sun, drought, wind, salt-spray and alkaline soils.

This low, ground-hugging plant is fully evergreen where hardy. Its...

(Ground Morning Glory)

A dense, freely flowering morning glory selection for the perennial or annual border, 'Moroccan Beauty' is a compact, sprawling tender perennial from the western Mediterranean that bears an ongoing display of petite, light blue-violet, trumpet-shaped flowers from spring until frost. The small rounded green to gray-green leaves are evergreen except in the coldest of winters. The trailing stems are woody at the base.

Although tolerating a wide range of conditions, this tough perennial does best...

(Ground Morning Glory)

Ground morning glory is a diminutive, non-twining tender perennial native to North Africa, Spain and Italy. The trailing branches bear very small, hairy, roundish leaves. Trumpet-shaped, flaring, morning glory flowers are violet-blue and stay open for a few days. The tidy plant is covered with blooms from early summer through frost.

Ground morning glory is a tough plant which reliably flowers in many conditions. Plant it in loose, gravelly, well-drained soil and full sun. It is drought-tolerant,...

(Dwarf Morning Glory)

The dwarf morning glory bears deep royal blue, funnel-shaped flowers marked with yellow and white above a spreading mound of emerald green leaves. This bushy, tender perennial is short-lived, so it is most commonly planted as an annual. It is native to the Mediterranean Basin where winters are cool and wet and summers warm and dry.

Narrow oval or lance-shaped leaves cover the bushy plant. At the peak of summer, it bears many funnel-shaped flowers that are royal blue with white streaks and yellow...

(Dwarf Morning Glory)

Grown for its summer-long display of deep blue, funnel-shaped flowers, 'Blue Enchantment' is a selection of Convolvulus tricolor, a low, mounding, short-lived perennial from the Mediterranean Basin. It is usually cultivated as an annual.

Narrow oval or lance-shaped leaves cover the bushy plant. The short-lived flowers have five fused petals which spread at the tips, forming a pentagonal "face." An egg-yolk-yellow throat surrounded by a starburst of radiating white feather-marks ornaments...

(Coreopsis, Hybrid Tickseed)

Throughout summer, the dwarf perennial tickseed, 'Baby Sun', bears a beautiful display of golden-yellow daisies with a touch of burgundy at the base of each petal. Its compact size and tidy habit makes it ideal for small garden spaces spaces and container plantings. Though often listed as a cultivar of Coreopsis lanceolata or C. grandiflora, this Ernst Benary introduction has characteristics of both and is more likely a hybrid.

Flowering begins in early summer and will continue...

(Coreopsis)

Mounds of yellow feathery foliage topped with rich red flowers makes Cherry Lemonade tickseed a sight to behold! An herbaceous perennial selected by Terra Nova Nurseries of Canby, Oregon, 'Cherry Lemonade' is a dwarf cultivar with limited winter cold tolerance. Early to bloom and continuously flowering, the red to deep crimson petals surround a dark orange-red disk, attracting butterflies and bees. Promptly trimming off spent flowers ensures a constant flush of new flowers.

Plant 'Cherry Lemonade'...