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Hinnomaki Red gooseberry (Ribes uva-crispa ‘Hinnomaki Red’, sometimes listed as ‘Hinnonmäki Röd’) is a Finnish-bred cultivar that has earned an enthusiastic following among home fruit growers for combining exceptional berry quality with the kind of disease resistance and adaptability that makes growing gooseberries genuinely enjoyable rather than a constant battle against fungal problems. Its berries…
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Borage (Borago officinalis) is one of those rare plants that earns its place in the garden several times over. Also known as starflower, it’s a fast-growing annual herb native to the Mediterranean region and has been cultivated for centuries for its beauty, flavor, and traditional medicinal uses. Hardy across USDA zones 2 through 11 as…
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Bright Eyes phlox (Phlox paniculata ‘Bright Eyes’) is a classic garden perennial that has earned its place in landscapes for decades through sheer, reliable beauty. A cultivar of garden phlox, it grows in upright clumps reaching 2 to 3 feet tall and about 2 feet wide, producing large, dome-shaped flower clusters in mid to late…
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Few fruit trees bring the combination of ornamental beauty and edible abundance that Brown Turkey fig (Ficus carica ‘Brown Turkey’) delivers in a home garden. One of the most widely grown and reliable fig cultivars in North America, Brown Turkey is celebrated for its adaptability, its generous yields, and its ability to thrive where other…
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Burgundy Glow ajuga (Ajuga reptans ‘Burgundy Glow’) is one of the most eye-catching ground covers available to home gardeners, earning its place in the landscape through foliage that looks almost too vivid to be real. The leaves are a swirling blend of burgundy, rose, cream, and bronze, creating a tapestry effect that shifts subtly with…
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Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) is one of the most brilliant native wildflowers in North America, producing clusters of vivid orange blooms that light up the summer garden like embers. Unlike most of its milkweed relatives, it doesn’t produce the milky sap that gives the genus its name, and it stands apart in the landscape with…
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Caddo thornless blackberry (Rubus ‘Caddo’) is a standout fruiting shrub for home gardeners who want generous yields of sweet, flavorful berries without the scratches and frustration that come with thorny varieties. Developed through the University of Arkansas breeding program, which has produced some of the most successful blackberry cultivars in North America, Caddo offers an…
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Cameo quince (Chaenomeles speciosa ‘Cameo’) is a flowering quince that breaks from the fiery reds and hot pinks typical of the species and offers something altogether softer and more romantic. Its double flowers are a warm blend of apricot, peach, and creamy salmon, appearing in generous clusters along the bare branches in early spring before…
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Candy Love hellebore (Helleborus x hybridus ‘Candy Love’) is the kind of plant that makes gardeners stop mid-stride and crouch down for a closer look. A hybrid hellebore selected for its outstanding flower quality, Candy Love produces large, outward-facing blooms in a soft, rosy pink with a warm flush of deeper color toward the center,…
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Cape Blanco sedum (Sedum spathulifolium ‘Cape Blanco’) is a jewel of the low-growing succulent world, producing some of the most striking silvery foliage you’ll find in any ground-level planting. Selected from a naturally occurring Pacific Coast native, it forms tight, ground-hugging rosettes of small, spoon-shaped leaves coated in a powdery, chalky bloom that gives the…