Hildegard von Bingen already recognized the healing powers of columbine. Today, the robust perennial is popular as a bee pasture and cut flower. Is the columbine with the unusually shaped flowers poisonous? Toxic components The common columbine ( Aquilegia vulgaris ) belongs to the…
Category: Flowering perennials and cushion plants
Bright yellow petals and a dark brown flower head, this is how the North American coneflower (Rudbeckia) spoils garden visitors in late summer. When is the best time to plant coneflowers? We have put together the most important information for you. site…
Related to forget-me-not and borage, the Caucasian forget-me-not is an ideal bedding plant in any garden. Because even after flowering, it often provides colorful accents if a variegated variety has been chosen for cultivation. The perennials are perennial and can overwinter in…
Stone herbs are very versatile plants. The best known are probably the scented alyssum, the mountain alyssum, the wall alyssum, the rock alyssum and the cup alyssum. Unfortunately, we cannot go into all of the 170 or so species here, but we…
Meadow rue spreads its summery magic wherever delicate panicles of flowers tower towards the sky. Equipped with a wide range of locations, the magnificent perennial thrives wonderfully in borders and along mighty trees. Since the species-rich genus comes up with everything from…
The pearl anemone displays a multitude of small white flowers, more or less tall depending on the species – if that’s about what springs to mind for you, you’re grossly underestimating the Anaphalis. They also show their flowers for an exceptionally…
The moss saxifrage Saxifraga bryoides was so named because it grows like a moss (Greek “bryodes” = moss-like). So in soft cushions, not very typical for a saxifrage, in which the discovering Roman Pliny the Elder concluded from his growth in…
Planting along the edge of a wood is often a bit tricky. Such locations are either too dark, too moist or too calcareous for the majority of ornamental plants. As a native wild perennial, hazel root does not have such problems. With a…
Goose cress also thrives where it is too barren and desolate for many plants. These plants are very undemanding and easy to care for, yet attractive all year round. Early in the year they surprise with rich flowering, and the rest with…
Are horned violets edible or poisonous? The plants, known in technical jargon as Viola cornuta, are decorative and not least popular for this reason. But are they also safe for humans and animals? Safety should come first, especially when it comes to curious…