Popular Plants

• Recent Additions

  Nicotiana alata 'Lime Green'
  (Flowering tobacco)

  Ipomoea batatas 'Pink Frost'
  ('Pink Frost' sweet potato vine)

  Lantana camara 'Pink Caprice'
  ('Pink Caprice' lantana)

  Papaver orientale 'Flamenco Dancer'
  (Poppy)

  Echinacea purpurea 'Fragrant Angel'
  ('Fragrant Angel' coneflower)

  Eupatorium 'Phantom'
  ('Phantom' Joe Pye weed)

• Terrific Trees

  Acer griseum
  (Paperbark maple)

  Cercidiphyllum japonicum f. pendulum
  (Weeping katsura)

  Cercis canadensis 'Forest Pansy'
  (Eastern redbud)

  Corylus avellana 'Contorta'
  (Harry Lauder’s walking stick, Corkscrew hazel)

  Franklinia alatamaha
  (Franklin tree)

  Halesia carolina
  (Carolina silverbell)

• Ground Covers

  Alchemilla mollis
  (Lady's mantle)

  Carpobrotus edulis
  (Iceplant, Hottentot fig, Kaffir fig)

  Cotoneaster 'Tom Thumb’
  

  Delosperma ‘Kelaidis’
  (Mesa Verde® Ice Plant)

  Dichondra argentea 'Silver Falls'
  (Kidney weed, Silver nickel vine, Silver pony's foot)

  Ipomoea batatas 'Pink Frost'
  ('Pink Frost' sweet potato vine)

Great Accents

Meet the New Foliage Plant on the BlockMove over coleus—the genus Alternanthera also offers a feast for the eyes

Up-and-Coming EpimediumsNew discoveries offer delicate flowers and colorful foliage

Cool Blue HostasUse these lush-foliaged plants to accent shady beds

Lacing the Border with BeautyDelicate flowers and frilly foliage add an elegant finishing touch to the garden

Plant Articles

Sage Advice
These easy-to-grow perennials offer a variety of blooms and sizes and perform well in dry conditions by David Salman

Sizing Up Coleus
Choose from colorful trailing, medium-, or large-size plants to add pizzazz to containers and borders by Pam Baggett

Antique Beauties
Heirloom dahlias, gladioli, and cannas offer flower colors and forms unmatched by more recent introductions by Scott Kunst