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Category: Flower Feature Series

  • Summer Flower Feature: Milkweed

    We assume you’ve already heard that Milkweed is the only place where Monarch butterflies will lay their eggs. These butterflies typically lay just a single egg on a plant. While their dependence on this perennial flower is fascinating, it’s also a bit concerning. If we really care about our Monarch butterflies, we need to step…

  • Spring Flower Feature: Lungwort

    Long winters have a way of making us feel like we are fading into the gray, becoming permanently frozen in a world without color or change (not to be dramatic…but perhaps you can relate?). When the first blooms poke through the ground, we feel our energy returning to us. Finally – finally! – it’s time…

  • Winter Flower Feature: Winterberry

    During these chilly winter days, a sighting of cheerful, red berries lifts our spirits and helps us embrace the dark days a little more easily. Winterberry, also called Michigan Holly or Ilex verticillata, is our featured friend this season. We enjoy its green leaves throughout the growing season, but when the foliage falls away in…

  • Amsonia

    Fall Flower Feature: Amsonia

    The days are rapidly getting shorter and darker, so you may not expect a whole lot of excitement in the garden (or in your life). Boy, do we have good news that will brighten up your autumn, and we like to refer to it as a three-season interest. Amsonia (A.K.A. Blue Star) shares various tones…

  • Summer Flower Feature: Catmint (Nepeta)

    This genus of attractive and aromatic perennials is made up of several especially lush and delicately-blossomed members. Part of the mint family, the Catmint crew makes even the hardest of hearts swell with joy and hope. Whether you’re feeling tranquil or turbulent, just pluck a sprig of this inviting plant and crush it between your…