Plant Encyclopedia
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18 plants
Noble yarrow: complete guide
Achillea nobilis
Everything you need to know about Noble yarrow: growing conditions, care, and planting combinations. Ideal for dry gardens and wildlife borders.
Field sagewort: complete guide
Artemisia campestris
Artemisia campestris, or field sagewort, is a drought-tolerant perennial with silvery foliage and airy yellow blooms. Perfect for rock gardens and dry borders.
Butterfly milkweed: complete guide
Asclepias tuberosa
Grow Butterfly milkweed (Asclepias tuberosa) with stunning orange flowers. Perfect for monarchs and dry locations. Comprehensive care guide for this showy native plant.
Slender hare's-ear: complete guide
Bupleurum tenuissimum
Slender hare's-ear (Bupleurum tenuissimum) is a delicate, airy plant with fine foliage and yellow flowers. Perfect for dry, sunny spots in cottage and gravel gardens.
Cupid's-dart: complete guide
Catananche caerulea
Grow Catananche caerulea with confidence: a drought-tolerant annual with striking blue flowers that attract pollinators and dry beautifully for arrangements.
Melancholy thistle: complete guide
Cirsium heterophyllum
A full care guide for Cirsium heterophyllum: ideal conditions, soil, watering, and companion plants for this tall, purple-flowering perennial.
Corispermum pallasii: complete guide
Corispermum pallasii
Discover Siberian bugseed (Corispermum pallasii), a hardy annual herb with delicate foliage. Perfect for dry gardens, xeriscapes, and natural borders with minimal maintenance requirements.
Stinkgrass: complete guide
Eragrostis cilianensis
Everything you need to know about growing Stinkgrass: ideal conditions, soil needs, watering tips and seasonal care. A resilient annual for sunny, dry garden spots.
Dwarf spurge: complete guide
Euphorbia exigua
A practical guide to Euphorbia exigua: how to grow, when it blooms, ideal conditions, and companion plants for dry, sunny spots.
Broad-leaved cudweed: complete guide
Filago pyramidata
Discover Filago pyramidata: appearance, care, bloom season and ideal growing conditions for this low-maintenance, drought-tolerant annual.
Small-flower crane's-bill: complete guide
Geranium pusillum
Discover how to grow Geranium pusillum: ideal conditions, care tips, bloom season, and garden uses. Perfect for low-maintenance, natural-style gardens.
Papaver atlanticum: complete guide
Papaver atlanticum (Ball) Coss.
Atlas poppy (Papaver atlanticum) is a rare Moroccan alpine poppy with orange flowers. Learn cultivation, requirements, and uses in alpine gardens.
Phlomoides tuberosa: complete guide
Phlomoides tuberosa
Discover tuberous sage with purple-red flowers for dry gardens.
Perennial knawel: complete guide
Scleranthus perennis
Scleranthus perennis, or perennial knawel, is a small perennial plant from the pink family. Learn how to grow this ornamental plant and why it is ideal for dry ground situations.
Cat Thyme: complete guide
Teucrium marum
Discover Cat Thyme (Teucrium marum). A Mediterranean herb plant with purple flowers. Perfect for dry gardens and wildlife planting schemes.
Verbascum densiflorum: complete guide
Verbascum densiflorum
Dense-flower mullein offers spectacular yellow blooms in full, dense spikes. A heritage plant that brings grouping, structure and guaranteed abundant flowering.
Verbascum nigrum: complete guide
Verbascum nigrum
Dark mullein has yellow flowers with distinctive dark stamens. An interesting heritage plant full of character for natural, dry gardens with European charm.
Verbascum phlomoides: complete guide
Verbascum phlomoides
The orange mullein offers warm yellow flowers in full spikes and reaches up to 1.5 meters height. A majestic heritage plant full of character for dry gardens.