Camassia sp.
1/30/2023 4:09 pm
Camassia leichtlinii is a bulb that brings both high drama and structure to the garden. Growing 2 to 4 feet high, its tall blue spearheads of flowers stand out in late spring and early summer.
Triteleia Species
1/28/2023 4:23 pm
©️Lisa Roper, Chanticleer Garden
Triteleia is a charming late spring to early summer bulb. It was unknown to me by name until Lisa Roper spoke to us in January 2023 and showed how wonderfully this bulb blends into a garden.
Cyclamen for the Win!
1/15/2023 10:18 am
Cyclamen for the Win!
Cyclamen hederifolium 'Sweetheart Splash'
✓ Naturalizing low ground cover
✓ Tolerates weather extremes, drought to drenching, infernal heat to frozen tundra
✓ Grows in dry shade and part shade and under thirsty trees
✓ Charming flowers from summer through fall
✓ Attractive winter foliage that goes dormant in the summer to not clash with summer perennials
Yucca 'Color Guard'
1/8/2023 4:15 pm
Yucca 'Color Guard' is a variegated, evergreen succulent that is well behaved and colorful year round.
Conradina and xClinadina
11/6/2022 5:08 pm
Need a tidy shrublike evergreen perennial that can stand up to heat, drought and humidity? Want to help preserve a regional native*? Then think about adding a Conradina or a cross of it with another native to the border. Just don't stick it in sodden clay! This is a plant that thrives on neglect.
Asters for Fall
10/16/2022 11:35 am
Asters for Fall
The common name “aster” covers a large group of plants with daisy like flowers. Many will bloom in both spring and fall, but our focus here is on the fall stars of the garden.
Strobilanthes hamiltoniana
9/16/2022 6:27 pm
Strobilanthes hamiltoniana - Chinese Rain Bells
Looking for something that blooms prolifically late into winter, maybe even survives a light frost or two and isn't an aster? Strobilanthes hamiltoniana features rich dark green leaves that set off abundant panicles of pinkish/lavender tubular blooms. And did I mention that it grows in light shade?
Lavandula - Lavender
7/2/2022 5:25 pm
There are many good reasons to grow lavender, from supporting pollinators, to fragrance, beauty, medicinal use. But the Lavandula family can be fussy in Atlanta area humidity. Read on to learn about what lavender needs to thrive here, which kinds do best, and the many uses of this prized plant dating back to ancient times.
Campanula 'Pink Octopus'
5/11/2022 4:59 pm
Campanula Pink Octopus
Campanula 'Pink Octopus' is an odd duck plant. In the South, it thrives in some of the worst conditions of my garden -- the driest of shade and part-shade. The lower foliage is rich and lux, forming a dense mat of ground cover. By mid-May, the plant will shoot up flower branches with thin dissected foliage and super cool pink octopus like blooms, as many as 50 to a branch. The entire plant only gets 10-15" tall too, so it is a great underplant.
Salvia elegans 'Golden Delicious'
3/31/2022 10:16 am
𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐢𝐚 𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐬 '𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐃𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐜𝐢𝐨𝐮𝐬’
(𝐆𝐨𝐥𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐋𝐞𝐚𝐯𝐞𝐝 𝐏𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐠𝐞)
This cultivar of pineapple sage has the same great scent as regular pineapple sage but sports bright golden foliage. Like the straight species, Salvia elegans, the cultivar ‘Golden Delicious’ shines in late fall when most blooming perennials are dying out. Minor frosts seem to have no impact. There are even reports of it blooming through freezing temperatures.
