For spring and early summer “sunshine,” consider the hardy alyssums. Plants can be used that are from three to four inches to a foot in height. Most of them are in a yellow color range. On dark cloudy days, yellow-flowering plants appear to be cheerful blotches of sunshine in the garden. The paler yellows are […]

There are two cherry-laurels grown in America, the native Carolina cherry-laurel (Prunus caroliniana) and the European cherry-laurel (Primus laurocerasus), both of them broadleaved evergreens. The second is perhaps the more popular, although both are dense evergreen shrubs or small trees, used especially in the Deep South. The reason for mentioning both in this article is […]

Penstemons are easily grown from seed, which may be sown in the open in late fall, or at any time during the winter. Seed beds should be very firm, almost hard; seed of the large seeded kinds should be planted about 1/4 inch deep. Those of the tiny seeded species should not be covered over […]