The malva plant is a mainstay in my cutting garden. There are both pink and white flowering malvas, and the blooms look like miniature hollyhocks.
If SunPatiens® live up to the claims made in their advertising campaign, our gardens will be full of them in no time.
Although their early spring blooms are especially treasured, hellebores are stalwarts in the garden during all seasons.
Campanulas, or bellflowers, are plants with bell-shaped blue or white blooms, and they range in height from ground-hugging dwarfs to plants that grow to 6 feet.
Perovskia has a handsome branching habit and looks airy with small grey leaves in spring, blue flowers in summer, and white skeletal branches in fall & winter.