Plant comparisons
Pairs of plants that get confused, or that gardeners choose between: the real difference in a paragraph, then the two side by side.
- Russian sage vs English lavender 'Hidcote'
- Catmint 'Walker's Low' vs English lavender 'Hidcote'
- Catmint 'Walker's Low' vs Meadow sage 'Caradonna'
- Salvia 'May Night' vs Meadow sage 'Caradonna'
- Purple coneflower vs Black-eyed Susan
- Hosta vs Coral bells
- Panicle hydrangea 'Limelight' vs Smooth hydrangea 'Annabelle'
- Bigleaf hydrangea vs Panicle hydrangea 'Limelight'
- Oakleaf hydrangea vs Panicle hydrangea 'Limelight'
- Common boxwood vs Inkberry
- Common boxwood vs Japanese holly 'Soft Touch'
- Peony vs Itoh peony 'Bartzella'
- Siberian iris vs Bearded iris
- Lily of the valley vs Sweet woodruff
- Creeping phlox vs Creeping thyme
- Switchgrass 'Northwind' vs Feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster'
- Little bluestem vs Switchgrass 'Shenandoah'
- Feather reed grass 'Karl Foerster' vs Korean feather reed grass
- Maiden grass 'Gracillimus' vs Switchgrass 'Northwind'
- Tulip vs Daffodil
- Crocus vs Snowdrop
- Allium 'Globemaster' vs Ornamental onion 'Purple Sensation'
- Japanese painted fern vs Lady fern
- Ostrich fern vs Cinnamon fern
- Lenten rose vs Christmas rose
- Shrub rose 'Knock Out' vs English rose
- Lilac 'Miss Kim' vs Common lilac
- Arborvitae 'Emerald Green' vs Hicks yew
- Ninebark 'Diabolo' vs Smokebush 'Royal Purple'
- Threadleaf coreopsis 'Moonbeam' vs Threadleaf coreopsis 'Zagreb'
- Cranesbill 'Rozanne' vs Catmint 'Walker's Low'
- Rhododendron 'PJM' vs Evergreen azalea
- Dwarf Alberta spruce vs Dwarf Hinoki cypress
- Japanese pachysandra vs Allegheny spurge
- Pink muhly grass vs Purple fountain grass
- Delphinium vs Lupine
- Daylily vs Asiatic lily
- Burning bush vs Red chokeberry 'Brilliantissima'
- Butterfly bush vs Summersweet
- Japanese barberry vs Ninebark 'Little Devil'
- Japanese forest grass vs Sedge 'Everillo'
- Blue fescue vs Blue oat grass
- Astilbe vs Goat's beard
- Bleeding heart vs Fringed bleeding heart
- Butterfly weed vs Swamp milkweed
- New England aster vs Aromatic aster 'October Skies'