We have lots of hot, sunny places in our yards where perennials with bright, hot colored flowers are a great match. Some of my favorites include; Gaillardia grandiflora ‘Arizona Sunshine’ (Blanket Flower) is an excellent native plant for hot, dry, poor soil conditions. It has large red-orange flowers edged with yellow. Arizona sunshine is a wonderful pollinator plant attracting bees and butterflies. Apply xeric-average water and plant in well-drained sandy or average soil. E

Planting aromatic and fragrant perennials adds a sensory experience to complement the visual elements of color and texture. Here are my top ten picks for fragrant and aromatic perennials to add to your plant shopping list. What’s the difference? Aromatic plants, like perennial culinary herbs (rosemary and lavender) and many other plants, produce essential oils that are released when touching the foliage and flowers. Aromatic plants are rabbit and deer resistant because the ar

We have a fun and exciting selection of flowering perennials that are perfect for creating container gardens. I like to focus on everblooming perennials that attract pollinators with their nectar-rich flowers, especially varieties that will feed hummingbirds and adult butterflies. Here are just a few of the “thriller”, “filler” and “spillers” we’ll have for sale this spring. Here's how we define these three types of container plants. Thriller – this is the biggest, tallest p

Spring is here. And that means it’s time to pull out your garden gloves and get your garden and landscape ready for the spring planting season. Get your irrigation system ready, cut back your plants to remove the dead foliage from last year’s growing season and prune your summer blooming shrubs. It’s also time for soil care; feed the soil and mulch. And keep an eye out for critters that want to make your yard their person cafeteria. This is going to be a great planting seaso