Plant Guide
Detailed growing guides, care tips, and landscape design ideas for the best plants in every region.
Lavender
Lavandula angustifolia
Lavender is the quintessential fragrant perennial, prized for its aromatic purple flowers and silvery-green foliage. A M...
Japanese Maple
Acer palmatum
Japanese Maples are among the most elegant ornamental trees, offering stunning foliage in shades of red, purple, green, ...
Black-eyed Susan
Rudbeckia hirta
Black-eyed Susan is a cheerful, bulletproof native wildflower that blankets meadows and gardens in golden blooms from mi...
Agave
Agave americana
Agave is the ultimate sculptural succulent — dramatic rosettes of thick, pointed leaves that make a bold architectural s...
Hydrangea
Hydrangea macrophylla
Hydrangeas are beloved for their massive, showy flower clusters that bloom from summer through fall. The bigleaf varieti...
Bird of Paradise
Strelitzia reginae
Bird of Paradise produces some of the most striking flowers in the plant kingdom — bold orange and blue blooms that rese...
Purple Coneflower
Echinacea purpurea
Purple Coneflower is a native powerhouse — gorgeous daisy-like blooms, drought tolerance, deer resistance, and pollinato...
Fountain Grass
Pennisetum alopecuroides
Fountain Grass is the workhorse of modern landscape design — graceful arching foliage topped with fuzzy plumes that catc...
Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens
Boxwood is the backbone of formal garden design — dense, evergreen, and infinitely shapeable. From low hedges to topiari...
Crepe Myrtle
Lagerstroemia indica
Crepe Myrtle is the queen of Southern summer — massive clusters of ruffled flowers in every shade of pink, red, purple, ...
Red Yucca
Hesperaloe parviflora
Red Yucca (not actually a yucca) is the unsung hero of xeriscape design — long arching leaves with coral flower spikes t...
Milkweed
Asclepias tuberosa
Milkweed is THE essential plant for monarch butterflies — it's the only plant monarch caterpillars can eat. Butterfly we...
Hosta
Hosta spp.
Hostas are the undisputed kings of shade gardens, offering incredible foliage diversity — from tiny 4-inch miniatures to...
Knockout Rose
Rosa 'Radrazz'
Knockout Roses revolutionized rose gardening — continuous blooms from spring through hard frost with virtually no care. ...
Daylily
Hemerocallis spp.
Daylilies are the ultimate low-maintenance perennial — tough as nails, beautiful, and available in literally every color...
Russian Sage
Perovskia atriplicifolia
Russian Sage creates an ethereal cloud of silvery foliage and lavender-blue flowers from midsummer through fall. It's dr...
Sedum (Stonecrop)
Sedum spectabile
Sedums are the toughest succulents for cold climates — from creeping groundcovers to upright 2-foot 'Autumn Joy' types. ...
Azalea
Rhododendron spp.
Azaleas deliver some of the most spectacular spring displays in gardening — entire shrubs covered in blooms so thick you...
Coral Bells
Heuchera spp.
Coral Bells are grown primarily for their stunning foliage — available in nearly every color from lime green to deep bur...
Tropical Hibiscus
Hibiscus rosa-sinensis
Tropical Hibiscus produces dinner-plate-sized flowers in every warm color imaginable — some varieties with double blooms...
Japanese Painted Fern
Athyrium niponicum 'Pictum'
Japanese Painted Fern is arguably the most beautiful fern in cultivation — silvery fronds brushed with burgundy and purp...
Lantana
Lantana camara
Lantana is the heat-loving, butterfly-magnet that blooms non-stop from spring through frost. Each flower cluster starts ...
Japanese Holly
Ilex crenata
Japanese Holly is the perfect boxwood alternative — same dense, evergreen form but without boxwood blight susceptibility...
Blue Fescue
Festuca glauca
Blue Fescue forms perfect little tufts of intense steel-blue foliage that look like sea urchins in the garden. Mass-plan...
Switchgrass
Panicum virgatum
Switchgrass is a native prairie powerhouse — vertical blue-green blades topped with airy seed plumes that catch the ligh...
Bougainvillea
Bougainvillea glabra
Bougainvillea is pure tropical drama — cascading masses of papery bracts in electric magenta, red, orange, purple, and w...
Little Bluestem
Schizachyrium scoparium
Little Bluestem may be the most beautiful native grass in America — blue-green summer foliage turns an incredible copper...
Clematis
Clematis spp.
Clematis is the queen of flowering vines — massive blooms up to 8 inches across in stunning colors from deep purple to p...
Japanese Garden Juniper
Juniperus procumbens 'Nana'
Japanese Garden Juniper is the go-to evergreen groundcover — a dense, creeping mat of blue-green foliage that hugs the g...
Creeping Thyme
Thymus serpyllum
Creeping Thyme is the ultimate lawn alternative — a fragrant, flowering carpet that tolerates foot traffic, attracts pol...
Bee Balm
Monarda didyma
Bee Balm is a hummingbird magnet — the tubular flowers are perfectly designed for hummingbird beaks, and they'll visit n...
Salvia
Salvia nemorosa
Salvias are the backbone of the low-maintenance perennial garden — spiky flowers in electric blue, purple, and pink that...
Arborvitae (Green Giant)
Thuja plicata 'Green Giant'
Green Giant Arborvitae is the fastest-growing privacy screen available — 3-5 feet per year of dense, dark green foliage ...
Flowering Dogwood
Cornus florida
Flowering Dogwood is one of America's most beloved native trees — clouds of white or pink blooms in spring, red berries ...
Peony
Paeonia lactiflora
Peonies are garden royalty — enormous, fragrant, ruffled blooms in soft pinks, whites, and reds that are among the most ...
Maiden Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Gracillimus'
Maiden Grass is the elegant giant of ornamental grasses — a graceful fountain of fine-textured foliage topped with silve...
Zinnia
Zinnia elegans
Zinnias are the easiest, most rewarding flowers you can grow from seed — sow directly in the ground and in 8 weeks you'l...
Confederate Jasmine
Trachelospermum jasminoides
Confederate Jasmine produces the most intoxicating fragrance in the garden — clouds of small white pinwheel flowers that...
Camellia
Camellia japonica
Camellias are the aristocrats of the shade garden — glossy evergreen foliage and exquisite rose-like flowers that bloom ...
Rosemary
Salvia rosmarinus
Rosemary is the ultimate dual-purpose plant — a beautiful evergreen shrub AND the most essential culinary herb. It forms...
Gardenia
Gardenia jasminoides
Gardenias produce what many consider the most beautiful fragrance in the plant world — waxy white blooms with an intoxic...
Japanese Iris
Iris ensata
Japanese Iris produces the largest, most spectacular blooms of any iris — flat, ruffled flowers up to 10 inches across i...
Catmint
Nepeta × faassenii
Catmint is the ultimate edge plant — billowing mounds of silvery-green foliage covered in lavender-blue flowers for mont...
Astilbe
Astilbe × arendsii
Astilbe brings feathery plume-like flowers to shade gardens where few other plants offer such color. The fluffy flower s...
Sunflower
Helianthus annuus
Sunflowers are pure garden joy — towering giants that track the sun, attract birds and pollinators, and make everyone sm...
Limelight Hydrangea
Hydrangea paniculata 'Limelight'
Limelight Hydrangea is the most reliable, spectacular hydrangea you can grow — enormous cone-shaped blooms start lime gr...
Desert Marigold
Baileya multiradiata
Desert Marigold is a desert superstar — cheerful yellow blooms on silvery foliage that blooms nearly year-round in warm ...
Wisteria
Wisteria sinensis
Wisteria in full bloom is one of the most breathtaking sights in all of gardening — cascading clusters of fragrant flowe...
Marigold
Tagetes spp.
Marigolds are the workhorses of the annual garden — non-stop blooms in warm golds and oranges from planting until hard f...
Mexican Feather Grass
Nassella tenuissima
Mexican Feather Grass is pure poetry in motion — impossibly fine, hair-like blades that flow and shimmer in the slightes...
Southern Magnolia
Magnolia grandiflora
The Southern Magnolia is the crown jewel of Southern landscapes — massive, glossy evergreen leaves with cinnamon-brown u...
Black Mondo Grass
Ophiopogon planiscapus 'Nigrescens'
Black Mondo Grass is the darkest plant you can grow — nearly jet-black foliage that creates dramatic contrast against an...
Karl Foerster Grass
Calamagrostis × acutiflora 'Karl Foerster'
Karl Foerster is the most popular ornamental grass in America for good reason — perfectly vertical, never flops, never s...
Pampas Grass
Cortaderia selloana
Pampas Grass makes a massive statement — towering plumes of white or pink feathery flowers rising 8-10 feet above dense ...
Pink Muhly Grass
Muhlenbergia capillaris
Pink Muhly Grass creates one of the most magical sights in the fall garden — massive clouds of cotton-candy pink plumes ...
Zebra Grass
Miscanthus sinensis 'Zebrinus'
Zebra Grass has a party trick no other grass can match — horizontal gold bands across each blade, creating a striking st...
Liriope (Monkey Grass)
Liriope muscari
Liriope is the most-planted groundcover in the Southeast — a tough, evergreen, grass-like plant that works in sun or sha...
Barberry
Berberis thunbergii
Barberry delivers year-round color with zero effort — deep burgundy, purple, gold, or variegated foliage depending on cu...
Burning Bush
Euonymus alatus
Burning Bush earns its name every autumn — the entire shrub ignites into the most intense, electric red fall color of an...
Spirea
Spiraea japonica
Spirea is the workhorse of the suburban landscape — reliable, colorful, and nearly indestructible. 'Goldmound' has brigh...
Viburnum
Viburnum spp.
Viburnums are the Swiss Army knife of shrubs — fragrant spring flowers, colorful berries, great fall foliage, and forms ...
Nandina (Heavenly Bamboo)
Nandina domestica
Nandina delivers 365 days of color — new growth emerges coppery-red, matures to green, then turns brilliant crimson in f...
Loropetalum (Chinese Fringe Flower)
Loropetalum chinense
Loropetalum has become the go-to foundation shrub in the South — deep burgundy-purple foliage topped with hot pink fring...
Inkberry Holly
Ilex glabra
Inkberry Holly is the native alternative to boxwood — dense, evergreen, and shapeable, but without boxwood blight concer...
Forsythia
Forsythia × intermedia
Forsythia is spring's alarm clock — explosive bursts of golden-yellow flowers on bare branches before anything else is b...
Lilac
Syringa vulgaris
The lilac's fragrance is legendary — one of the most beloved scents in all of gardening. Huge cone-shaped flower cluster...
Weigela
Weigela florida
Weigela is an underrated star — arching branches covered in trumpet-shaped flowers that hummingbirds love. Modern cultiv...
Butterfly Bush
Buddleja davidii
Butterfly Bush lives up to its name — long cone-shaped flower clusters attract more butterflies than almost any other pl...
Colorado Blue Spruce
Picea pungens
Colorado Blue Spruce is one of the most iconic evergreen trees — intense silvery-blue needles, perfect pyramidal form, a...
Dwarf Alberta Spruce
Picea glauca 'Conica'
Dwarf Alberta Spruce is the perfect little evergreen cone — a naturally tight, pyramidal shape that never needs pruning....
Yew
Taxus × media
Yews are the classic foundation evergreen — dense, dark green, and tolerant of heavy shearing. They're one of the few ev...
Blue Rug Juniper
Juniperus horizontalis 'Wiltonii'
Blue Rug Juniper is the flattest, most intensely blue groundcover juniper — hugging the ground at just 4-6 inches while ...
Spartan Juniper
Juniperus chinensis 'Spartan'
Spartan Juniper is the go-to narrow evergreen column — dense, dark green, and perfectly columnar without pruning. It cre...
Leyland Cypress
× Cuprocyparis leylandii
Leyland Cypress is the fastest privacy screen in the South — growing 3-4 feet per year into a dense wall of soft, feathe...
Eastern Redbud
Cercis canadensis
Eastern Redbud is a native showstopper — magenta-pink flowers burst directly from bare branches in early spring before l...
Ornamental Cherry
Prunus serrulata
Ornamental Cherry trees are the quintessence of spring — cascading clouds of pink or white blossoms that make neighborho...
River Birch
Betula nigra
River Birch is beloved for its stunning exfoliating bark — layers of salmon, cinnamon, and cream peel away to reveal bea...
Pachysandra
Pachysandra terminalis
Pachysandra is the classic shade groundcover — a dense, evergreen carpet that thrives where grass won't grow. Under matu...
Ajuga (Bugleweed)
Ajuga reptans
Ajuga is a fast-spreading groundcover with a bonus — gorgeous blue-purple flower spikes in spring that rise above the br...
Bearded Iris
Iris germanica
Bearded Iris is one of the most stunning perennials in existence — ruffled, often fragrant blooms in literally every col...
Garden Phlox
Phlox paniculata
Garden Phlox is a cottage garden essential — tall stems topped with large, fragrant flower clusters in every shade of pi...
Dwarf English Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruticosa'
Dwarf English Boxwood is the classic low hedge and edging plant — dense, fine-textured, and perfectly suited for knot ga...
Winterberry Holly
Ilex verticillata
Winterberry Holly is a native deciduous holly that puts on the most spectacular winter show — after the leaves drop, bra...
Japanese Pieris
Pieris japonica
Japanese Pieris is a four-season evergreen star — cascading chains of bell-shaped flowers in early spring, brilliant red...
Periwinkle (Vinca)
Vinca minor
Periwinkle is the classic shade groundcover — glossy, dark evergreen leaves with charming blue-violet flowers in spring....
Mondo Grass
Ophiopogon japonicus
Mondo Grass is the refined, tidy alternative to liriope — narrower leaves, lower growth, and a cleaner look between step...
Dianthus (Pinks)
Dianthus gratianopolitanus
Dianthus (Pinks) are charming, fragrant perennials with delicately fringed petals and a spicy-sweet clove scent. They fo...
Nellie Stevens Holly
Ilex × 'Nellie R. Stevens'
Nellie Stevens Holly is the most popular broadleaf evergreen for screening — fast-growing (3 feet/year), naturally pyram...
New England Aster
Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
New England Aster is the grand finale of the perennial garden — massive clouds of purple, pink, and blue daisy-like flow...
Red Maple
Acer rubrum
Red Maple is the most widespread native tree in eastern North America — and one of the most spectacular for fall color. ...
Sugar Maple
Acer saccharum
Sugar Maple is the king of fall color — no tree on earth produces a more spectacular autumn display, with leaves turning...
Silver Maple
Acer saccharinum
Silver Maple is the fastest-growing maple — adding 3-5 feet per year of graceful, deeply-lobed leaves with distinctive s...
Autumn Blaze Maple
Acer × freemanii 'Jeffersred'
Autumn Blaze is the best of both worlds — the fast growth of silver maple crossed with the brilliant red fall color of r...
Norway Maple
Acer platanoides
Norway Maple is an incredibly tough shade tree that handles urban conditions, compacted soil, drought, and pollution whe...
Eastern White Pine
Pinus strobus
Eastern White Pine is the tallest native conifer in the East — a majestic tree with soft, feathery blue-green needles in...
Mugo Pine
Pinus mugo
Mugo Pine is the compact, mounding pine for foundation plantings and rock gardens — dense green needles on a naturally r...
Austrian Pine
Pinus nigra
Austrian Pine is the toughest pine for urban and suburban landscapes — tolerant of clay, drought, alkaline soil, salt, w...
Japanese Black Pine
Pinus thunbergii
Japanese Black Pine is the bonsai master's tree, scaled up for the landscape — irregularly shaped, wind-sculpted charact...
Scotch Pine
Pinus sylvestris
Scotch Pine is recognized by its distinctive orange-cinnamon bark that peels to reveal beautiful patterns on the upper t...
Flowering Crabapple
Malus spp.
Flowering Crabapples are the most spectacular spring-blooming small trees — covered in flowers so thick the branches dis...
Serviceberry (Amelanchier)
Amelanchier × grandiflora
Serviceberry is the ultimate four-season native tree — white flowers before leaves in spring, edible blueberry-like frui...
Smoke Tree
Cotinus coggygria
Smoke Tree is one of the most unique plants in gardening — billowing clouds of feathery pink-purple flower stalks that l...
Weeping Willow
Salix babylonica
The Weeping Willow is one of the most romantic, recognizable trees on earth — long, graceful branches cascade to the gro...
Tulip Poplar
Liriodendron tulipifera
Tulip Poplar (not actually a poplar — it's in the magnolia family) is one of the tallest and most majestic eastern nativ...
Japanese Zelkova
Zelkova serrata
Japanese Zelkova is the go-to replacement for American Elm — a vase-shaped shade tree with the same graceful silhouette ...
Ostrich Fern
Matteuccia struthiopteris
Ostrich Fern is the largest, most dramatic native fern — enormous vase-shaped fronds rising 3-6 feet tall that create an...
Christmas Fern
Polystichum acrostichoides
Christmas Fern is the most reliable evergreen fern in North America — glossy, leathery fronds stay green through winter ...
Maidenhair Fern
Adiantum pedatum
Maidenhair Fern is the most delicate, graceful fern you can grow — airy, fan-shaped fronds on wiry black stems that trem...
Hellebore (Lenten Rose)
Helleborus orientalis
Hellebores bloom when nothing else will — nodding, rose-like flowers emerging in February and March through snow and fre...
Bleeding Heart
Lamprocapnos spectabilis
Bleeding Heart is one of the most enchanting perennials — arching stems dripping with perfectly heart-shaped pink-and-wh...
Blanket Flower
Gaillardia × grandiflora
Blanket Flower is a native wildflower turned garden superstar — daisy-like blooms in hot reds, oranges, and yellows with...
Yarrow
Achillea millefolium
Yarrow is an ancient medicinal herb turned modern garden star — flat-topped flower clusters in every warm color imaginab...
Joe Pye Weed
Eutrochium purpureum
Joe Pye Weed is a native giant — massive plants topped with huge domed clusters of mauve-pink flowers that attract monar...
Goldenrod
Solidago spp.
Goldenrod is a native wildflower that's been unfairly blamed for allergies (ragweed is the real culprit — goldenrod poll...
Blazing Star (Liatris)
Liatris spicata
Blazing Star sends up dramatic purple bottle-brush spikes that bloom from the TOP down (unusual in the plant world). It'...
Baptisia (False Indigo)
Baptisia australis
Baptisia is a long-lived native perennial that forms a substantial shrub-like mound — spikes of pea-like flowers in deep...
Plumeria (Frangipani)
Plumeria rubra
Plumeria produces the most intoxicatingly fragrant flowers in the tropical world — waxy, pinwheel-shaped blooms in white...
Elephant Ear
Colocasia esculenta
Elephant Ears create instant tropical drama — enormous heart-shaped leaves up to 3 feet long on thick stalks that look l...
Croton
Codiaeum variegatum
Crotons are the most colorful foliage plants in the tropical palette — bold leaves splashed, spotted, and striped with e...
Witch Hazel
Hamamelis × intermedia
Witch Hazel is winter's flower — fragrant, spidery blooms in yellow, orange, and red that appear on bare branches in the...
American Beautyberry
Callicarpa americana
Beautyberry produces the most outrageously vivid berries in the plant kingdom — clusters of electric magenta-purple frui...
Rose of Sharon
Hibiscus syriacus
Rose of Sharon blooms when few other shrubs will — large, tropical-looking hibiscus flowers from July through October in...
Mountain Laurel
Kalmia latifolia
Mountain Laurel is one of the most beautiful native shrubs — clusters of intricate, geometrically perfect cup-shaped flo...
Rhododendron
Rhododendron spp.
Rhododendrons are the royalty of shade-garden shrubs — massive trusses of flowers in every color from pure white to deep...
Japanese Stewartia
Stewartia pseudocamellia
Japanese Stewartia is the connoisseur's tree — considered by many horticulturists to be the finest ornamental tree avail...
Daffodil
Narcissus spp.
Daffodils are the quintessential spring bulb — cheerful yellow, white, and orange trumpets that signal winter's end. The...
Allium (Ornamental Onion)
Allium spp.
Ornamental Alliums are the Dr. Seuss plants of the garden — perfectly round, globe-shaped flower heads on straight stems...
English Ivy
Hedera helix
English Ivy is the classic evergreen vine and groundcover — glossy, dark green leaves that carpet the ground, climb wall...
Garden Sage
Salvia officinalis
Garden Sage is both a culinary essential and a beautiful landscape plant — soft, velvety gray-green leaves with a wonder...
Ornamental Cabbage & Kale
Brassica oleracea
Ornamental Cabbage and Kale are the champions of fall and winter container gardens — enormous rosettes of ruffled, color...
Sweet Woodruff
Galium odoratum
Sweet Woodruff is a charming woodland groundcover — whorls of bright green leaves topped with tiny white flowers in spri...
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