(Bronze Fennel, Fennel)

Fennel is a versatile, large, clump-forming perennial herb from the Mediterranean that has been valued for cooking since Ancient Roman times and earlier. Its seeds have a pungent anise flavor and are used as a common spice in vegetable and meat dishes. In fact, they are the predominant flavor in Italian sausage. Vegetable fennel cultivars develop large, bulbous bases that have the crisp texture of celery and a mild anise flavor. Bulb fennel is a traditional ingredient in Mediterranean cooking and...

(Fennel, Purple Fennel)

Fennel is a versatile, large, clump-forming perennial herb from the Mediterranean that has been valued for cooking since Ancient Roman times and earlier. Its seeds have a pungent anise flavor and are used as a common spice in vegetable and meat dishes. In fact, they are the predominant flavor in Italian sausage. Vegetable fennel cultivars develop large, bulbous bases that have the crisp texture of celery and a mild anise flavor. Bulb fennel is a traditional ingredient in Mediterranean cooking and...

(Fennel, Red Fennel)

The fine, feathery, reddish blue-green foliage of red fennel adds a puff of color to flower gardens and containers. This selection is true to seed and is also valued as a potherb and vegetable.

Fennel is a versatile, large, clump-forming perennial herb from the Mediterranean that has been valued for cooking since Ancient Roman times and earlier. Its seeds have a pungent anise flavor and are used as a common spice. In fact, they lend the predominant flavor in Italian sausage. Vegetable, or bulb...

(Fennel, Smokey Fennel)

The fine, feathery, bronzy green foliage of smokey fennel adds a puff of color to flower gardens and containers. This selection is true to seed and is also valued as a potherb and vegetable.

Fennel is a versatile, large, clump-forming perennial herb from the Mediterranean that has been valued for cooking since Ancient Roman times and earlier. Its seeds have a pungent anise flavor and are used as a common spice in vegetable and meat dishes. In fact, they are the predominant flavor in Italian...

(Bulb Fennel, Fennel)

Fennel is a versatile, large, clump-forming perennial herb from the Mediterranean that has been valued for cooking since Ancient Roman times and earlier. Its seeds have a pungent anise flavor and are used as a common spice in vegetable and meat dishes. In fact, they are the predominant flavor in Italian sausage. Vegetable fennel cultivars develop large, bulbous bases that have the crisp texture of celery and a mild anise flavor. Bulb fennel is a traditional ingredient in Mediterranean cooking and...

(Desert Olive, New Mexican Forestiera)

For arid regions of the western United States, this native deciduous shrub makes a fine hedge in lieu of more thirsty exotics. It is found in a variety of plant communities from the California chaparral to New Mexico’s pinyon-juniper lands. This large, upright, densely branched shrub bears small oblong gray-green leaves along its smooth gray or tan stems. The leaves turn yellow in fall. Unpruned specimens may reach the height of a small tree, but plants may be trimmed to a more compact size. The...

(Forsythia)

Forsythias are harbingers of spring, beloved for their early, prolific display of brilliant yellow blooms. The genus Forsythia is comprised of about 11 species, one from southeastern Europe the rest from eastern Asia. This genus was named in honor of William Forsyth, one of the founders of the organization that went on to become the Royal Horticulture Society. He never saw his namesake plants, as the first Forsythia was named several decades after his passing.

These upright,...

(Forsythia, Little Renee Forsythia)

Forsythias are harbingers of spring, beloved for their early, prolific display of brilliant yellow blooms. The genus Forsythia is comprised of about 11 species, one from southeastern Europe the rest from eastern Asia. This genus was named in honor of William Forsyth, one of the founders of the organization that went on to become the Royal Horticulture Society. He never saw his namesake plants, as the first Forsythia was named several decades after his passing.

These upright,...

(Meadowlark Forsythia)

Forsythia blooms are harbingers of spring with masses appearing on branches usually before the leaves. 'Meadowlark' is a deciduous hybrid of early forsythia, native to Korea, and Albanian forsythia, native to Europe, and is grown for its extreme tolerance to cold. The leaves are leathery, oval-shaped with a sharply pointed tip; the margins may be smooth or toothed. The leaf color is dark green turning purple or gold in the fall. The flowers are brilliant yellow with petals attached to a tube and...

(Forsythia, New Hampshire Gold Forsythia)

Blooming reliably in areas that are too cold for most forsythias, this compact cultivar bears an abundance of sunny blooms very early in the gardening season. It derives from a cross between Korean forsythia and the forsythia hybrid 'Lynwood'.

The oval, serrated, medium-green leaves of this deciduous shrub are paired along upright to slightly arching stems. The leaves often assume purplish tints in fall. Masses of bright yellow flowers line the stems in late winter and early spring, before the...