High Tide

Butterfly weed is a beautiful fiery orange plant that is now blooming all over southern New Jersey. It has always been one of my very favorite wild flowers. It is known by many different nicknames, but most old timers call it “Railroad Annie” because it often grows along railroad tracks or in vacant fields. Butterfly enthusiasts call it butterfly weed because its colorful blooms attract butterflies.

We all know them. Geraniums are truly an old-fashioned summer plant, but did you know that you can enjoy these beauties all year long?

Herbs are fun. They smell good and they are useful. They make me think of a peaceful sunny garden of long ago, and they are among the oldest plants grown by man.

People are always looking for the longest blooming shrubs as well are for plants that bloom in sun or in shade. Well, this versatile plant is one that really fits the bill.

Often the very first blooms of the spring go unnoticed in a secluded woodland spot, but wildflowers are tough and hardy to weather when grown in woodland conditions.