Paul’s Plant Pick: Still Looking Great: Bergenia
Here is a Bergenia, commonly know as pigsqueak, which seems to be on steroids. This extra-large-growing selection first caught my attention in the Sweetpea’s display…
Category Archives: Paul’s Plant Picks
Paul’s Plant Picks: Fine and Bold Textures in Every Se...
My passion for foliage wins out for this week’s pick from the TBG gardens. Although I do love flowers, I must admit that I love…
Paul’s Plant Pick: Unlikely Partners and Colour Echoin...
Earlier this season I spent time admiring the assorted patches of Opuntia, winter hardy prickly pear cactus, that were blooming in our Mediterranean terrace garden….
Paul’s Plant Pick: Heptacodium miconioides (S...
This is very special garden specimen (aka Seven Son Flower) that although in cultivation after its discovery in 1907, is sadly very rare in its native…
Paul’s Plant Picks: Rudbeckia subtomentosa ‘Henry Eile...
Many gardeners are familiar with golden coneflowers such as Rudbeckia fulgida ‘Goldsturm,’ seen blooming en masse in the background of this image. But “reliable, long…