Here are 3 perennials to add to the shade garden that most often can be found at the big box stores. Bleeding Heart, Toad Lily, and Aquilegia are 3 additions you can add any time spring through late summer/early fall. These are very easy and low maintenance perennials that add texture, dimension, and color to […]

  Variegated Solomon Seal is a great addition to the shade garden. This perennial with its graceful arching stems and white and green variegated leaves can add a bit of height and dimension in your shade to part sun garden in zones 3-8. The Variegated Solomon Seal (Polygonatum odoratum Variegatum) loves moist well draining soil […]

Variegated Weigela in my garden is a favorite shrub of mine in spring. The bright pink flowers in late April explode on the green and yellow variegated leaves encouraging the bees and hummingbirds to visit each flower. Variegated Weigela (Weigela florida ‘variegata’) is a fast grower here in zone 7 reaching heights of over 8′ tall […]

Aquilegia (Columbine) in the garden fills areas of my spring garden every year with its eye catching blooms. I have several different colors and varieties that reseed themselves and grow anywhere and everwhere. The Aquilegia tolerates a wide range of soil types but does not like to sit in heavy soggy soils. I have found in my […]