Gardening  Resources

     If a particular topic interests you, click on the Blue link. 
Below that you will see a web address. Click that to read about the topic. 

Perennials

Partial Sun Perennials

Winter Sowing  

​Perennials Resources

Perennials for Hummingbirds

Wild Flower Seeds for Fall planting




Bulbs

Forcing bulbs

Bulbs in Containers

Bulbs in Pots 

Bulbs for Spring Celebration - Penn State

​Bulbs - Rutgers

Amaryllis
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​Butterflies and other pollinators

Pollinators

Bring Back the Pollinators

Gardening for Butterflies

 Creating a Butterfly & Moth Garden 

​Butterfly Rick 

 Butterflies of PA     

​Monarch Journey

NJ Butterfly Gardening

Monarch Butterflies


Helpful Hints

Powdery mildew ​
                                                                       
Caring for Iris   

​Deer Resistant Plants

Keeping Deer at Bay

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House Plants
Poinsettia Care

Holiday Cactus

Cyclamen

Red Anthurium

Over Wintering Geraniums

Monstera

Low light houseplants

Sha


 
Natives

 PA Native Plant Society 

Penn State Extension Bucks County

​National Invasive Species

​Growing Moss

Home Grown National Parks

PA Natives for the Perennial Gardens



​Books
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 PHS McLean Library Book Group

​ Books for Growing Young Gardeners

​ Books from Timber Press

​ Marta McDowell - author

The Humane Gardener  (web page)
      Author Nancy Lawson



Garden Clubs

​ Garden Lovers Club  

The Garden Club Federation of PA

 National Garden Bureau 

​ National Garden Clubs 



​General gardening information  

​ Container Gardening

Weekend Gardener 

​ Community Seed Network

Garden Therapy

​Rosade Bonsai Studio

Terrariums

Garden Activities for Children

Backyard Gardening

Garden Lovers Club  (web page)

Outdoor Winter Arrangements

Regenerative Gardening

​Shade Gardening

Forcing flowering branches

Plant ID Apps

PlantNet     free
iNaturalist   free
Seek    free
Google Lens  free
PlantSnap  $
Plantin  (used for identifying diseases/pests)  $
​Picture This  $

Helpful lists for gardeners

Plants that provide structure:

Autumn snakeroots  zones 4-8
Culver's root   zones 3-8
Jersusalem sages  zones 4-10
Joe Pye weeds  zones 3-9
Meadow rues  zones 5-9
Sea Holly   zones 5-8
Queen of the prairie   zones 3-9 
Sages   zones 5-9 (cutback for a 2nd crop of flowers)
Sea Lavender  zones 4-9

Plants with attractive seed heads:

Asters  zones 4-8
Bee balms   zones 4-9
Burnets   zones 3-8
Coneflowers  zones 3-9
Goldenrods  zones 5-9
Mountain fleece  zones 5-8
Orpines  zones 4-9
Purple coneflowers  zones 3-9
Sneezeweed   zones 4-8
Yellow wax-bells  zones 5-8

Plants with a distinct winter shape:
 ** turns distinctive color in autumn or early winter

Eulalia grasses  **   zones 4-9 
Feather reed grasses  zones 5-9
Fountain grasses  zones 6-9
Prairie dropseeds  **  zones 3-9
Purple moor grasses  **  zones 5-9
Switch grasses  **  zones 5-9
​Tufted hair grasses  **  zones 5-9
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  Low Maintenance Plants for Low Maintenance Gardens

Bruce Crawford                                                                                  
Director, Rutgers Gardens  


​Trees
Amelanchier lamarckii   - Serviceberry
Franklinia alatamaha  - Franklin Tree
Poliothyrsis sinensis  - Chinese Pearlbloom

Perennials and Shrubs
Carex cherokeensis   - Cherokee Sedge
Carex morrowii ‘Ice Dance’ -  Ice Dance Sedge
Carex oshimensis ‘Eversheen’  - Eversheen sedge
Delosperma’Ruby’  -  Ruby Iceplant
Geranium x ‘Rozanne’ -  Rozanne Cranesbill
Helleborus x hybridus - Lenten Rose
Hydrangea arborescens ‘Hass Halo’ -  Hass Halo Smooth Hydrangea
Iris cristata ‘Powder Blue Giant’ -  Crested Iris
Itea virginica ‘Henry’s Garnet’ - Virginia Sweetspire
Matteuccia struthiopteris  - Ostrich Fern
Nepeta ‘Walkers Low’  -  Catmint
Oenothera berlanderi ‘Siskiyou’ - Evening Primrose
Persicaria affinis  - Himalayan Fleeceflower
Petasites japonicus  -  Fuki
Polygonatum odoratum ‘Variegatum’ - Variegated Solomon’s Seal
Rohdea japonica  - Sacred Lily
Sarcococca hookeriana var. humilis - Sweetbox
Sporobolus heterolepis -  Prairie Dropseed
Stephanandra incisa ‘Crispa’  - Cutleaf Stephanandra
Tiarella cordifolia ‘Running Tapestry’ - Foam Flower
Vaccinium angustifolium  - Lowbush Blueberry
Xanthorhiza simplicissima  - Yellowroot                                                                                        

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