Dig Into Gardening
Dig into the joy of gardening with friendly tips, clever tricks, and expert advice — helping your plants thrive and your patch of paradise grow beautifully, no matter your experience level!
Discover New Plants
Discover extraordinary, unusual, and beautiful plants from around the world — each with growing and care tips to help you cultivate these weird and wonderful species in your own space.
Hosta ‘Empress Wu’
Giant plantain lily
An immense hosta with heavily veined blue-green leaves and tall spikes of pale violet flowers.
- Partial shade
- 1–1.5 m (3–5 ft)
- H7 · Zone 3
Salvia macrophylla ‘Purple Leaf Form’
Purple-leaved large-leaved sage
A tender, large-leaved sage with purple-toned foliage and vivid blue flowers.
- Full sun, Partial shade
- 1–2 m (3–7 ft)
- H2 · Zone 9
Opuntia humifusa
Eastern prickly pear
A low, cold-hardy cactus with flattened green pads, yellow flowers and reddish fruit.
- Full sun
- 10–30 cm (4–12 in)
- H7 · Zone 4
Musella lasiocarpa
Golden lotus banana
A compact banana relative with upright leaves and a long-lasting golden lotus-like flower head.
- Full sun, Partial shade
- 1–1.5 m (3–5 ft)
- H3 · Zone 8
Musa sikkimensis
Darjeeling banana
A tall Himalayan banana with broad green leaves, often reddish underneath when young.
- Full sun, Partial shade
- 2.5–5 m (8–16 ft)
- H3 · Zone 8
Heptapleurum delavayi
Delavay’s umbrella tree
A bold evergreen shrub with large, leathery, fingered leaves and late cream flower sprays.
- Full sun, Partial shade
- 2.5–4 m (8–13 ft)
- H4 · Zone 8
