(Asiatic Lily)

There are lots of wonderful cultivars in the Tiny Series. These very compact Asiatic lilies bloom in summer and are ideal for container culture. They were bred in The Netherlands and most are patented.

Members of the Tiny Series come in various shades of white, orange, yellow, pink, and red. They bear clusters of large flaring flowers atop short strong stems. The upright stems are lined with glossy green, narrow, lance-shaped leaves.

Lilies prefer full to partial sun and neutral, well-drained,...

(Tiger Lily)

Tiger lily is a summer blooming perennial with large, nodding, orange-red flowers covered with black spots. This popular old-fashioned perennial originates from China, Korea and Japan but has been cultivated in the West since the Eighteenth Century.

Like most lilies, Lilium lancifolium is borne from scaled bulbs that are easily dug and replanted. Each bulb produces tall, upright stems lined with narrow, lance-shaped glossy green leaves. In summer, the stems become topped with long,...

(Japanese Lily)

Japanese lily produces magnificent, fragrant, curvaceous flowers atop tall leafy stems in late summer. This hardy perennial from eastern China and Japan is a knockout! Stems often have a slight purplish tint to them and are topped by 6-15 buds. Flowers are broad and beautiful: usually pendulous, they have recurved petals and are tinted rosy-pink and white with dark red freckles. The anthers are light green and terminate in large maroon anthers teeming with pollen.

Japanese lily performs best...

(Statice, Wavyleaf Sea Lavender)

Famous as an everlasting flower, statice or sea lavender is most often grown by flower designers and crafters who treasure its dry, papery blooms. The plant is native to warm Mediterranean regions where it may remain perennial if conditions are sufficiently mild. But, a light frost will spell the end of its plant life.

This fast grower begins the season as a rosette of deeply lobed, hairy, narrow leaves. The plant is easily grown from seed, so it is easy to take advantage of the many different...

(Statice, Wavyleaf Sea Lavender)

Famous as an everlasting flower, statice or sea lavender is most often grown by flower designers and crafters who treasure its dry, papery blooms. The plant is native to warm Mediterranean regions where it may remain perennial if conditions are sufficiently mild. But, a light frost will spell the end of its plant life.

This fast grower begins the season as a rosette of deeply lobed, hairy, narrow leaves. The plant is easily grown from seed, so it is easy to take advantage of the many different...

(Statice, Wavyleaf Sea Lavender)

Famous as an everlasting flower, statice or sea lavender is most often grown by flower designers and crafters who treasure its dry, papery blooms. The plant is native to warm Mediterranean regions where it may remain perennial if conditions are sufficiently mild. But, a light frost will spell the end of its plant life.

This fast grower begins the season as a rosette of deeply lobed, hairy, narrow leaves. The plant is easily grown from seed, so it is easy to take advantage of the many different...

(Twinflower)

Found in cool forests throughout much of the Northern Hemisphere, this carpeting evergreen is well worthy of bearing the name of Linnaeus, father of modern botany. In spring and early summer, pairs of delicate, fragrant, pale pink flowers dangle from short wiry stems, above low mats of small, shiny, rounded leaves. Twinflowers spread vigorously in favorable conditions.

Give this dainty woodlander a cool, moist, humus-rich, acid soil in partial shade. Mulch the surrounding soil with shredded oak...

(Compact Royal Jewels Lobelia)

Most often grown as an annual, Compact Royal Jewels lobelia is a prolifically blooming tender perennial. From summer until fall, this early-blooming hybrid produces charming masses of tubular, deep blue flowers with white centers above mounds of green foliage.

Bedding lobelia prefers deep, moist but well-drained, fertile soil, full sun (in cooler areas) to partial shade, and cool frost-free weather. During hot spells it may partially die back, but will revive and re-bloom as the weather cools;...

(Hybrid Bedding Lobelia, Periwinkle Blue Lobelia)

Beloved for its ability to produces scores of bicolored white and deep blue flowers, 'Periwinkle Blue' flowers from spring to fall. Most often grown as an annual, this lobelia is a prolifically blooming tender perennial. A hybrid, it is the result of unique crosses between Lobelia erinus and Lobelia valida. Upright in shape and then becoming semi-trailing in a mound, it produces charming masses of tubular, deep blue flowers with large white centers above mounds of green foliage,...

(Bedding Lobelia, Edging Lobelia)

Usually grown as an annual, edging lobelia is a heavy blooming tender perennial that originates from South Africa. It prefers cool weather and will bloom continuously all season if the days are long and the growing conditions favorable.

There are many popular cultivars of edging lobelia. Some are compact but most are distinguished by different flower colors. From spring to fall they produce masses of small, charming tubular flowers with three prominent lobes and white throats. These may be white,...