(Angelica, Archangel)

An old-fashioned Eurasian garden herb, angelica was used to make medicinal tinctures and oils before the dawn of modern medicine. To this day this fragrant, earthy herb is still used to flavor the favorite French liqueur, Cointreau. A member of the carrot family, it is also ornamental in its own right producing large greenish umbels of flowers over large, herbaceous plants. Wild populations can be found growing along stream and river banks in alpine regions across Europe and Asia.

The coarsely...

(Korean Angelica, Purple Angelica)

The stately purple angelica is both an ornamental and herbal garden biennial or short-lived perennial that originates from the meadows and river valleys of China, Korea and Japan. It's a towering majestic garden plant that produces huge umbels of purplish flowers in summer. These are supported by equally appealing tall, branched, purple stems.

The coarsely divided, compound leaves of this large, clump-forming herb are purplish green. Conspicuous purple leaf sheaths surround the base of each...

(Pink Pussytoes)

A mat-forming, semi-evergreen perennial from mountains and dry plains of western and northern North America, rosy pussytoes is grown for its fuzzy pink flowers and its downy gray foliage.

This hardy perennial spreads via underground rhizomes to form low carpets of small spoon-shaped leaves with silvery felt-like surfaces. Small disc-shaped heads of pink to white flowers appear atop short leafy stems in spring or early summer. Flowerheads of female plants have numerous soft bristles, giving...

(Alpine Marguerite, Marschall's Chamomile)

Bearing long-lasting, daisy-like flowers in summer, alpine marguerite is also notable for its aromatic gray leaves. Native to the Caucasus region and northern Turkey, it is a low, mounding plant with fernlike, deeply lobed, silvery to gray-green leaves. In late spring or early summer, small daisies, with yellow petals and a yellow central disc, are held above the foliage. Bees and butterflies visit the blooms.

Alpine marguerite must grow in soils with good drainage and full sun to partial shade....

(Golden Marguerite)

Commonly called golden Marguerite or ox-eye chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria is a fast-growing clump-forming perennial with many golden daisies. This easy-to-grow ornamental originates from Europe, has a bushy habit and puts forth ferny green foliage in spring. It flowers from late spring to summer offering a mass of small golden yellow daisies with golden centers. These are lightly fragrant and attractive to butterflies.

Golden Marguerite needs full sun, average to fertile soil with...

(Golden Marguerite, Kelwayi Golden Marguerite)

Commonly called golden Marguerite or ox-eye chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria is a fast-growing clump-forming perennial with many golden daisies. This easy-to-grow ornamental originates from Europe, has a bushy habit and puts forth ferny green foliage in spring. It flowers from late spring to summer offering a mass of small golden yellow daisies with golden centers. These are lightly fragrant and attractive to butterflies.

Golden Marguerite needs full sun, average to fertile soil with...

(Golden Chamomile, Golden Marguerite, Sauce Hollandaise Golden Marguerite)

Commonly called golden Marguerite or ox-eye chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria is a fast-growing clump-forming perennial. And, the vigorous cultivar 'Sauce Hollandaise' has creamy yellow daisies unlike standard forms, which are gold-flowered.

This easy-to-grow ornamental has a bushy habit and puts forth ferny green foliage in spring. It flowers in early to midsummer offering a mass of small butter-yellow daisies. These are lightly fragrant and attractive to butterflies.

Golden Marguerite...

(Golden Marguerite, Susanna Mitchell Golden Marguerite)

Commonly called golden Marguerite or ox-eye chamomile, Anthemis tinctoria is a fast-growing clump-forming perennial with many golden daisies. This easy-to-grow ornamental originates from Europe, has a bushy habit and puts forth ferny green foliage in spring. It flowers from late spring to summer offering a mass of small golden yellow daisies with golden centers. These are lightly fragrant and attractive to butterflies.

Golden Marguerite needs full sun, average to fertile soil with...

(First Ladies Snapdragon, Snapdragon)

Snapdragons are short-lived perennials, often used as annuals, from Southwestern Europe and the Mediterranean. This old-fashioned favorite should be grown in full sun in sharply-drained soil. The flowers appear in spring, summer and into fall; they may pause blooming in very hot weather and then re-bloom when the temperature cools. Good for cut flowers, at the edge of a rock garden, in containers, and in garden beds.

(Floral Showers Lavender Bicolor, Snapdragon)

'Floral Showers Lavender Bicolor' is often used an annual flower but is a short-lived tender perennial from southwestern Europe and the Mediterranean. This fine bedding plant is a dwarf snapdragon with lavender flowers, each marked with a distinctive yellow throat. Flowering from summer into autumn with regular deadheading, this plant may take a rest from blooming during the hottest weather.

Grow snapdragons in sites with full sun and well-drained, average soil. Enjoy these old-fashioned garden...