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 It really was love at first sight.   Who could resist the lavender-blue flowers with deeply divided, mottled fern-like leaves that bloom in...

  Vernonia gigantea is one of my favorite of the late summer rough and tumble wildflowers that make a home in the garden. They make ...

The Dragons in my garden are the best kind to have. They're dramatic and elegant looking, growing over three foot tall with a two fo...

I can clearly recall the first time I saw many of the Wildflower Wednesday stars, but,  Croton alabamensis is not one of them. What I re...

Common fleabane is a biennial/short lived perennial that blooms from April through July in my Middle Tennessee garden. It is native throug...