Hollyhocks are a classic, mid-summer bloom and are an excellent choice if you’re wanting to add drama and height to your garden! Single or double cup-shaped flowers bloom on tall stalks opening from the bottom upwards and come in richly hued colors of deep rose, pink, salmon pink, yellow, and white. The leaves are large, coarse, and palmate in shape and form a clump to about 2 feet wide. Plant in full sun or partial shade in hotter climates and provide rich, moist, well-drain

If you’re looking to add a neutral color to your garden palette, Penstemon heterophyllus ‘GMR White’ is a wonderful choice! It’s advertised as being a rare and unusual color seen in penstemons, which normally feature bright reds, blues, pinks, and purples. ‘GMR White’ is an elegant, white-colored penstemon that starts out as a creamy yellow bud. They’re considered a floriferous plant that blooms in abundance all season long. Most penstemon are native to the west, ranging from

Salvia uliginosa, also known as ‘Blue Spike Sage’ or ‘Bog Sage’ is an award-winning perennial with 5-6” long willowy stems bearing small clusters of densely packed sky-blue flowers adorned with white throats. It produces a long-blooming display of flowers from late spring to early fall. Uliginosa is native to southern Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. It won the Royal Horticulture Society’s Award of Garden Merit for its outstanding performance in England and Europe and it is su

It’s still summer and we’re dreaming about islands - island natives, that is! This perennial buckwheat is also called ‘San Miguel Island Buckwheat’ because it is endemic to San Miguel, Santa Cruz and Santa Rosa Islands, all part of the Channel Islands off the coast of southern California. You’ll find them nestled amongst chapparal and coastal sage communities. It’s considered a small evergreen sub-shrub that can grow up to 1’ tall. The spoon-shaped leaves are a glossy dark gr

Sweet grass gets its name from its lovely sweet-smelling fragrance. A beautiful perennial with slender, glossy green leaves. It can grow 12-20” tall with the leaves ¼” wide at maturity. It is easily distinguished by its deep reddish-purple color at the base of the plant. It flowers early for a grass (between May and August) and when in bloom, the inflorescence is an open, golden-brown panicle up to 4” long, bearing an arrangement of three flowered spikelets. Sweet grass is na