Author: Chelsea Quimby

April 26, 2017 Chelsea Quimby

Botanical Name: Solenostemon scutellarioides Height: 18-24″ Width: 12″ Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun, Shade Performance: Annual  Coleus is a popular late spring and summer annual used to decorate containers and flower beds with its bold, showy foliage. Our new ‘Mainstreet’ series adds to our diverse range of colors and leaf shapes available. This annual is interestingly a…

April 7, 2017 Chelsea Quimby

Woodland Phlox Botanical Name: Phlox divaricata ‘Blue Moon’ Height: 12″ Width: 6-12″ Exposure: Part Sun Performance: Perennial Bloom: Blue (March-April) Clouds of beautiful, gently scented, loosely clustered lavender-blue flowers delight spring and at tract butterflies and hummingbirds to the garden. Phlox divaricata ‘Blue Moon’ forms a lush creeping mat of freely entwined stems with semi-evergreen oblong foliage.   Woodland Phlox thrives…

March 16, 2017 Chelsea Quimby

In spring vibrant, showy flowers soar atop lacy green foliage. Aquilegias are from the northern hemisphere and can be found growing wild in meadows and woodlands. The genus Aquilegia is derived from the Latin word for eagle because of the flowers unique spurred petals.     Botanical Name: Aquilegia x ‘Origami’ Height: 14-16″ Width: 12″ Exposure: Full…

March 3, 2017 Chelsea Quimby

  Botanical Name: Scabiosa columbaria ‘Butterfly Blue’ Height: 10-12″ Width: 12″ Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun Performance: Perennial Bloom: Blue Scabiosa is a genus native to the Mediterranean where it grows on dry rocky slopes. Today, it’s a north Texas butterfly garden favorite that was awarded 2000’s perennial plant of the year.   Lacy, lavender-blue inflorescences…

February 20, 2017 Chelsea Quimby

Botanical Name: Iberis sempervirens ‘Purity’ Height: 4-6″ Width: 16″ Exposure: Full Sun, Part Sun Performance: Perennial Bloom: White (March-April)   Iberis sempervirens is a harbinger of spring. It signals the coming of warm days. Billowing white clouds of flowers envelop the glossy evergreen foliage. The genus name Iberis is derived from its Iberian Peninsula origin, while the species sempervirens name describes the plants evergreen…

July 29, 2015 Chelsea Quimby

Botanical Name: Yucca gloriosa ‘Variegata’ Height: 4′ Width: 3′ Exposure: Full Sun, Part Shade Performance: Perennial Bloom: Cream (Summer) The blue-green, sword-shaped leaves of Yucca gloriosa ‘Variegata’ are edged with fine creamy-yellow margins. This perennial offers year round interest and an architectural presence to a garden.  In summer, beautiful cream colored flowers soar atop a seven foot flower stalk creating…