by Megan | Jul 20, 2026 | Plant Facts
Our Plant of the Week today is Portulaca! Portulaca (aka Moss Rose) is one of the toughest flowers you can plant. It thrives in full sun, loves the heat, and adds vibrant color all season with very little maintenance. Nicknamed the “9 O’Clock...
by Megan | Jul 7, 2026 | Plant Facts
Looking for a pop of true blue in your landscape? Our plant of the week is Ageratum (Ageratum houstonianum). Also known as flossflower, it’s one of the few plants in the world that naturally produces true blue blooms. Its soft, fuzzy flowers add long-lasting...
by Megan | Jun 29, 2026 | Plant Facts
Happy Monday! This week’s Plant of the Week is the Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea), one of Louisiana’s beautiful native plants!With its vibrant purple blooms, this hardy perennial thrives in our Louisiana heat, is drought tolerant once established,...
by Megan | Jun 15, 2026 | Plant Facts
Our plant of the week this week is Hibiscus, a tropical flower great for the heat of summer. Did you know? Most hibiscus flowers bloom for only a single day. They open in the morning and wilt by late afternoon, though the plant produces new blooms all season. There...
by Megan | May 18, 2026 | Plant Facts
Happy Monday! For our Plant of the Week, today we’re looking at zinnias, one of our spring annuals! Their Latin name comes from German botanist Johann Gottfried Zinn, although Spanish explorers once called them “mal de ojos”, (“sickness of the eye”). A zinnia was even...
