(Oriental Poppy, Pizzicato Oriental Poppy)

Dazzling stalwarts of the late spring and early summer perennial border, oriental poppies are selections or hybrids of the West Asian native Papaver orientale. A prolifically blooming seed-grown strain that spans the entire color range (red, scarlet, orange, salmon, mauve, pink and white) of oriental poppies, 'Pizzicato' carries its immense flowers on sturdy semi-dwarf stems that rarely need staking.

Remarkable not only for their magnitude and color but also for their crinkled tissue-like...

(Corn Poppy, Flanders Field Poppy, Shirley Poppy)

One of the most beautiful of all meadow wildflowers, the corn or Flanders poppy brings to mind European fields filled with red poppies gently waving in the wind. The deepest orange-red, papery blossoms appear from early to midsummer for only a short time as the plants are true annuals that quickly die after blooming and setting seed. This delicate poppy is native across Eurasia and in the far northern regions of Africa. It is a symbol of war remembrance in most English-speaking countries, made famous...

(American Legion Field Poppy, Corn Poppy, Field Poppy)

More than willing to sprout up across the landscape, American Legion field poppy boasts vibrant scarlet, papery-petaled blossoms across the warmth of summer. A clumping annual with tall, branching stems, it is native across Eurasia and extreme northern Africa. It is the floral emblem of the American veteran's association "The American Legion". Field poppy made famous by the poetic World World I line, "In Flanders Fields, the poppies blow, among the crosses row on row." It is the traditional lapel...

(Opium Poppy, Poppyseed Poppy)

The bold colorful flowers, leaves, and fruits of this large annual have been treasured by gardeners since ancient times. It is also the source of culinary poppyseeds. Of obscure origin, it is thought to be native to the eastern Mediterranean region.

Cultivation of poppyseed poppy is prohibited in many countries worldwide, including the United States. Although the trade and consumption of its seed within the United States is unregulated and legal, unauthorized cultivation and...

(Virginia Creeper)

This North American native can be quite vigorous and will cover a stone wall or fence in no time.

Virginia creeper is a tough woody vine that clings to surfaces via spidery tendrils tipped with flattened adhesive pads called holdfasts. In the wild, it is found across much of eastern North America from Maine to Florida eastward into Texas where it exists in forests and rambles up trees. It is deciduous and has deep green palm-shaped compound leaves with five leaflets (quinquefolia means "five-leaved")....

(Star Showers® Virginia Creeper, Virginia Creeper)

This North American native can be quite vigorous and will cover a stone wall or fence in no time.

Virginia creeper is a tough woody vine that clings to surfaces via spidery tendrils tipped with flattened adhesive pads called holdfasts. In the wild, it is found across much of eastern North America from Maine to Florida eastward into Texas where it exists in forests and rambles up trees. It is deciduous and has deep green palm-shaped compound leaves with five leaflets (quinquefolia means "five-leaved")....

(Virginia Creeper)

This North American native can be quite vigorous and will cover a stone wall or fence in no time. Virginia creeper is a tough, woody vine that clings to surfaces via spidery tendrils tipped with flattened adhesive pads called holdfasts. In the wild, it is found across much of eastern North America from Maine to Florida eastward into Texas where it exists in forests and rambles up trees. It is deciduous and has deep-green palm-shaped compound leaves with five leaflets (quinquefolia means "five-leaved")....

(Parsnip)

A versatile, underused, and often unfairly maligned root vegetable, this extremely cold-hardy biennial is native to Europe and West Asia. The long, pale yellow, typically carrot-shaped taproot matures in fall from a spring sowing, and can be harvested as long as the ground remains workable. Its starchy flesh sweetens with fall frosts. In areas with mild winters, seeds can be sown in late summer or early fall for a winter crop. Rosettes of ferny leaves are borne the first growing season, accompanied...

(Florist Geranium, Geranium)

There are so many wonderful pelargoniums – thousands of hybrids and more than 200 distinct species. Most are heavily fragrant and offer showy flowers and foliage, so it is no wonder these tender perennials, or subshrubs, are some of the most widely cultivated and popular container and bedding plants.

Most Pelargonium species originate from arid or montane regions in southern Africa. Their fragrant, somewhat fleshy evergreen leaves are typically palm-shaped and deeply lobed or dissected....

(BullsEye Cherry Zonal Geranium, Zonal Geranium)

Zonal geraniums are classic flowering plants for sunny beds and containers. Those in the BullsEye Series have uniform compact habits, pretty scalloped chocolate-purple leaves, and large clusters of single flowers that come in lots of different colors. They are more vigorous than most other purple-leaved selections and will bloom perpetually in warm conditions. The BullsEye Series is a seed-grown strain introduced by Goldsmith Seeds of Gilroy, California.

These tender perennials have fragrant,...