What could be better than snow for a little relief from the heat in the garden? Snow-in-summer or Cerastium tomentosum is an herbaceous flowering perennial native to alpine regions of Europe.

It might be time to consider snow-in-summer or Cerastium tomentosum, an herbaceous flowering perennial native to alpine regions of Europe. A member of the Caryophyllaceae family that includes ...

Perennial groundcovers I have include pinks (Dianthus spp.), soapwort (Saponaria x lempergii), snow in summer (Cerastium tomentosa), and germander (Teucrium chamaedris). The first two are fragrant ...