(Delphinium, Larkspur, Mistral Snow Delphinium)

Mistral snow delphinium is a hybrid of delphinium grandiflorum and as such is native to China, Japan and the Siberian region. The delicate, branched sprays of white flowers are a nice compliment to the narrow, green foliage. Delphiniums can grow in a variety of soil types but prefer well-drained soil and full sun. This plant is ideal for cutflowers and also as a bedding, container-grown or border plant.

(Delphinium, Larkspur, Summer Morning Delphinium)

The diminutive size and floriferous nature of delphinium 'Summer Morning' make this sweet garden perennial especially desirable. From late spring through midsummer it produces short, sturdy, well-branched stems covered generously with single, pastel-pink flowers. The spurred, five-petaled blooms appear above low mounds of rich green, deeply divided foliage, and may be visited by bees and butterflies.

Plant ‘Summer Morning’ in full sun and moist, fertile, well-drained, slightly alkaline soil....

(Mistral Delphinium)

The mistral series of delphinium is a hybrid of delphinium grandiflorum and as such is native to China, Japan and the Siberian region. The delicate, branched sprays of blue and white flowers are a nice compliment to the narrow, green foliage. Delphiniums can grow in a variety of soil types but prefer well-drained soil and full sun. This plant is ideal for cutflowers and also as a bedding, container-grown or border plant.

(Carolina Larkspur)

Carolina larkspur displays tall, slender stems studded with spurred, five-petaled flowers that range in color from bright blue to white. Native to a large expanse of the central United States, this showy perennial may be seen blooming in meadows and along dry, rocky roadsides from mid-spring to early summer. The flowers rise on downy stems from basal mounds of feathery, deeply divided, gray-green leaves. After blooming, the plants typically go dormant with the arrival of summer heat. The leaves...

(Blue Butterfly Larkspur)

Delphinium ‘Blue Butterfly’ is a low-growing perennial which produces loose sprays of vivid, deep blue flowers from late spring to early summer. It is a form of Chinese delphinium, a species native to sunny meadows of northern and eastern Asia. Its single, spurred blossoms are borne on short, well-branched stems which rise from feathery mounds of rich green, fine-textured foliage. The showy blooms are attractive to bees and butterflies, and may continue to reappear throughout much of the summer...

(Delphinium)

Decorating its slender stems with a light scattering of orange-red flowers in summer, scarlet larkspur attracts hummingbirds with the trumpet-shaped blossoms. A short-lived perennial with a slender habit, it is native to southwestern Oregon and northern California in the western United States.

The green, fleshy leaves are deeply lobed, resembling small maple (Acer) or columbine (Aquilegia) leaves. Long, burgundy-gray stalks rise above the clump of foliage in early to midsummer...

(Delphinium, Fox Delphinium)

Decorating its slender stems with a light scattering of orange-red flowers in summer, scarlet larkspur attracts hummingbirds with the trumpet-shaped blossoms. A short-lived perennial with a slender habit, it is native to southwestern Oregon and northern California in the western United States.

The green, fleshy leaves are deeply lobed, resembling small maple (Acer) or columbine (Aquilegia) leaves. Long, burgundy-gray stalks rise above the clump of foliage in early to midsummer...

(Delphinium, Laurin Delphinium)

Decorating its slender stems with a light scattering of orange-red flowers in summer, scarlet larkspur attracts hummingbirds with the trumpet-shaped blossoms. A short-lived perennial with a slender habit, it is native to southwestern Oregon and northern California in the western United States.

The green, fleshy leaves are deeply lobed, resembling small maple (Acer) or columbine (Aquilegia) leaves. Long, burgundy-gray stalks rise above the clump of foliage in early to midsummer...

(Harford's Tree Poppy, Island Bush Poppy)

Grown for its lush evergreen foliage and sunny poppy-flowers, this medium to large shrub from California's Santa Rosa and Santa Cruz islands makes a great choice for mild-climate gardens.

Bluish green, blunt-tipped, oval leaves crowd the upright to arching branches of this relatively cold-tender shrub. Numerous bright yellow, four-petaled poppies are borne toward the branch tips from spring into summer. The solitary, 2- to 3-inch (5- to 7.5-cm) blooms have a central flourish of orange-yellow...

(Hayscented Fern)

This rapidly spreading, sun-tolerant fern inhabits clearings and open woodlands in eastern and central North America, often forming large colonies. Its common name refers to the hay-like scent of its lacy, yellow-green fronds.

Light green fiddleheads arise from slender underground rhizomes in spring, soon unfurling into upright, triangular fronds. The bipinnately compound fronds are divided into approximately 20 pairs of segments (pinnae) which are themselves divided into pinnules. The frond's...