Posted by Radovan Hajek, US Perennials on Jan 21 2023
Calamintha nepeta ssp. nepeta is an excellent garden
perennial notable for its adaptability, durability, very long flowering period
and attractiveness for many pollinators. Named perennial of the year 2021 (announced
by Perennial Plant Association, USA), it’s still unknown in landscaping in many
parts of the eastern USA, which is why I decided to re-introduce this plant. If
you haven’t seen it in American gardens, don’t worry because this pe… Read more
Posted by Radovan Hajek on Feb 03 2022
"Monarda bradburiana is one of my personal “top ten” plants.
It’s a dramatically underused plant with a (currently) small following, a
following it certainly does not deserve. Most Monarda you’re
likely familiar with have a high susceptibility to diseases like
Powdery Mildew, leaving them totally defoliated and 100% ugly around
July and August. Monarda bradburiana on the other hand is still
boasting a mass of deep green, glossy leave… Read more
Posted by Radovan Hajek, US Perennials on Feb 02 2021
It’s wonderful that Botanic Garden and Research Center Mt.
Cuba in Delaware runs their trial gardens. One of many reasons, why
this place was voted the Best BotanicGarden in 2020.Quite recently Mt. Cuba started to observe attractiveness for
pollinators on the trialed plants. This is a difficult, maybe debatable task...Do the plants only attract or truly support the pollinators? There is still a lot of unknown, especially about the quality of n… Read more
Posted by Jackie Finch, Herald-Times, 08/29/2020, Bloomington, IN on Jan 06 2021
Growing up in the Czech Republic, Radovan “Rad” Hajek loved to watch
his grandmother work in her colorful flower garden. “Since I can
remember, being about 4, she always had a beautiful front garden full of
flowers, perennials and annuals,” he says.“One of my very early
memories with flowers was drawing pictures on the concrete with the
flower buds of spiderwort, Californian poppies and moss rose,” he adds.Rad also would trail along aft… Read more