We've had several inches of snow in the last couple of days and more is theoretically on the way. I'm still drowning my sorrows in gardening catalogs.

Iresine Purple Lady is a new plant to me.

D'oh! I just noticed that it's an annual. Boo!

I believe that astilbe is a perennial. Can anyone verify?

This snowcap astilbe is strikingly white.

I think my grandma might have had a Money Plant.

I could be mis-remembering, but either way this seems a cool addition to the silver/white end of my color palette. It's listed as a biennial - what does that mean?

This run through this catalog was only for front yard potential. I'll probably head back through it for veggies later.

Originally published at LibrariAnne.