Category: Rain Garden

Aromatic Aster

Posted on | Balcony / Container, Dry Shade, Dry Sunny Garden, Foundation Plantings, Native Plant Profile, Rain Garden

An excellent substitute for chrysanthemums, Aromatic aster is one of the TN Valley Wild Ones members’ favorite asters. Run your hand through the leaves throughout the year to smell its wonderful fragrance. As a member of the aster family, it is an important pollinator host for late fall when many other plants have started to […] Continue reading "Aromatic Aster"

Lyreleaf Sage

Posted on | Dry Sunny Garden, Groundcover, Native Plant Profile, Rain Garden

Lyre-leaf sage is a perennial mint family member that forms a rosette of deeply lobed basal leaves, often shaped like a lyre. Leaves can be purple-tinged in winter, and some populations display reddish blotches in the leaf centers. In spring, upright flower stalks rise 1-1.5 feet above the foliage, bearing whorls of tubular blue-violet flowers […] Continue reading "Lyreleaf Sage"