Flower Gardening

5 Stunning Flowers That Look Like Alliums (But Aren’t)

Among the most interesting and diverse of the fall-planted flower bulbs, alliums keep gaining in popularity year after year. These beauties are actually wild flowering onions with a huge range of attributes. Some feature enormous globular blooms, while others grow into a burst of tiny flowering clusters. From the eye-catching giant alliums such as Globemaster, … Read more

Flowers That Look Like Phlox: How to Tell the Difference

Phlox are beautiful and popular flowering perennials loved for their dense, colorful blooms. However, some flowers that resemble phlox are actually imposters. Learning to identify key differences helps avoid planting invasive or problematic plants. Why Identification Matters Garden phlox (Phlox paniculata) and creeping phlox (P. subulata) are go-to border plants with fragrant flower clusters in … Read more

7 Beautiful Flowers That Look Like Thistles

Thistles are flowering plants characterised by their sharp prickles – some are common weeds but many can be great additions to UK gardens. Sometimes, the word ‘thistle’ is used to refer only to specific genera – Cirsium, Carduus and Onopordum. And sometimes it is used more broadly to refer to a wider range of prickly … Read more