Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) is one of the tamer milkweeds with lots of ornamental appeal. This adaptable milkweed is hardy in zones three to ten and was named the 2017 Perennial Plant of ...

Lavender ( Lavandula) is a mounding shrub with blueish-purple flowers. There are many different drought-tolerant varieties, ...

Journal of the Washington Academy of Sciences, Vol. 17, No. 20 (December 4, 1927), pp. 509-520 (12 pages) This item is openly available as part of an Open JSTOR ...

Going native is still a big garden design trend in 2025. Native plants are “at home” in our specific area, and over time have ...