The Turkish Allium schubertii was just begging for a photograph this week – the dew droplets clung to the flowers as the sun peaked over the horizon. This is one of the great non-weedy, ornamental onions that I simply wouldn’t be without.

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Flowering now in the garden is rare, and little-known native barberry, Alloberberis swaseyi. Just for afterhours entertainment, we planted our garden plant near its lust object, Lilium grayi. This native shrub, endemic to the alkaline cracks and rocky soils in the Edwards Plateau of Texas, has thrived for us in the hot, humid, Southeast US. You may see this ...

Draba is a genus of 431 species of mostly small, rock garden-sized plants in the cabbage family. The majority of the drabas grown in gardens are European, although the US can claim about 100 species. The majority of those are either native to the far West or far North in alpine climates. Only 2-3 species are Southeast US natives and are subsequently tolerant of our heat and h...

Another star of the 2026 Fairy Wing show is Epimedium ‘Cranberry Dancer’. This new Hans Hansen/Walters Gardens introduction has been nothing short of spectacular. The new foliage emerges cinnamon-colored and the flower spikes produce a huge number of large flowers. A great addition to the spring garden!

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Since watching the bizarre Monty Python skit, “The Larch” as part of their series, “How to Recognize Different Types of Trees from Quite a Long Way Away” was first aired in 1969, I became obsessed about growing this deciduous conifer, which is confined to the world’s cold sum...