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Lanai Magenta Verbena Are Non-Stop With Their Bright Flowers

The Lanai Magenta Verbena is in a class of its own with their bright magenta color. They grow in clumps so will fill in nicely in your garden. They will be quite showy with their flowers being long lasting and that will grow abundantly. Their mature height will be from 6 to 12 inches and they will spread...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 07-29-2009
Try Lanai Lavender Star Verbena For Attractiveness As Well As Color!

The Lanai Lavender Star Verbena is unusual with it's lavender petals with white strips along the edges and a yellow center. It is a great plant to attract butterflies. It grows in clumps and blooms from spring into fall. It is a trailing plant that can grow from 6 to 12 inches tall and 20-24 inches...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 07-28-2009
This Daisy Has An Orange Symphony Of Color!

The Orange Symphony Daisy is spectacular! It is one of the best of its kind and is in the Proven Winners Symphony series. The flowers are large and orange with a purple center. The foliage is deeply cut and the leaves are a dark green as well as aromatic when bruised. They are one of a kind. This would...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 07-10-2009
Flowers that Plant Themselves

Self seeding flowers are easy, easy, easy! Unlike most perennials , which must be dug and divided regularly to keep them healthy and attractive, self-seeding flowers renew themselves every year.The initial price of a bag of seeds is the only cost for years of enjoyment. Flowers will seed each fall and...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 07-06-2009
Vanilla Butterfly Daisies Have Oomph!

The Vanilla Butterfly Daisy has large flowers with a soft creamy white coloring and a yellow center. They will bloom all season long. It is heat tolerant and is a Proven Winner's plant. Daisies do well in the garden, window boxes, containers and even in rock gardens! If you like to attract butterflies...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 06-16-2009
Mardi Gras Helen's Flower

A Helen’s Flower plant is also known as Sneezeweed, and is a very showy multicolored perennial. The flower colors are somewhat “tie-dyed”, orange-red-yellow, with a flower size of 1-2” and green foliage. The flowers are daisylike, with round-toothed petals and domed centers. Because of its height, Helen...

Posted to Helpful Gardening Tips (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 06-01-2009
Enjoy A Symphony Of Color With A Lemon Symphony Daisy

For a flower that looks like a symphony as they bob along with the wind this would be a great choice. Their lemon colored large flowers have blue-violet eyes which gives them an added distinction. The Lemon Symphony Daisy 'Osteospermum hybrid' is a Proven Winners Symphony Series. The flowers...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 05-19-2009
Are Cosmos easy to grow?

Cosmos comes from the Greek word that means harmony or orderly universe. The petals of the Cosmos are very evenly placed. Planting Cosmos in your garden will produce an abundance of showy flowers in an orderly arrangement of “cosmic proportions”! The flower colors of this species are always heavenly...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by bill-nhn on 05-14-2009
Roll Out the Red Carpet for Sedum - Elizabeth Red Carpet

Sedum Spurium 'Elizabeth Red Carpet' is quite a sight to see. I am used to seeing Sedum used mainly in rock walls or rock gardens. It's a good plant for areas that most things don't like to grow in. It actually likes dry soil, full sun and grows fast. It's red flowers put on a show...

Posted to Featured Plants (Weblog) by patti-nhn on 11-26-2008
What plants attract butterflies?

What could be more enjoyable than standing in a garden with a young child and observing the flight of a colorful butterfly? I had that experience and the joy I witnessed in that child's expression made me want to repeat the experience time and time again. So I set out to create a place to attract...

Posted to Common Questions Answered (Weblog) by mainspring-nhn on 04-18-2008

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