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Five Spring Perennials for the Cottage Garden

Karen — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 10:00:53 +0000

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Spring means renewed growth in the garden with bulbs and flowering trees contributing splashes of color all over the landscape. Perennials are not usually in full force during this time but there are many that provide interesting foliage as well as flowers. Some of these [...]

Plant Profile: Hepatica (Hepatica nobilis)

Karen — Mon, 03 May 2010 15:39:34 +0000

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This is one of those plants that has a certain aura because of its association with the “doctrine of signatures”, a belief that links the shape of a plant with the plant’s use as a medicinal herb. As a history buff I find such plants irresistibly interesting [...]

Plant Profile: Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)

admin — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 13:55:35 +0000

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Read 'Plant Profile: Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com. Envision a gently flowing brook under trees newly leafed out in spring with a mass of fragrant blue flowers blowing in the breeze underneath. Those blue flowers could be Wild Blue Phlox and they are lovely! The flowers are borne in loose clusters above semi [...]

Plant Profile: Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)

Karen — Tue, 13 Apr 2010 11:43:10 +0000

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Read 'Plant Profile: Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com. The delicate flowers of rue anemone are held in clusters of three to five flowers with the center flower being larger than the lateral ones. They are borne on slender stems so they blow easily in the wind giving movement to the deciduous forest floor where [...]

Plant Profile: Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)

Karen — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:33:04 +0000

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Read 'Plant Profile: Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com. When I read the Wind in the Willow to my granddaughter I envision the woodland where the animals wander filled with these delicate flowers. The white to pale pink flowers are striped with pink veins and the stamens are tipped with pink anthers. They are borne [...]

Plant Profile: Gayfeather (Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’)

Karen — Tue, 14 Jul 2009 09:47:11 +0000

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Read 'Plant Profile: Gayfeather (Liatris spicata ‘Kobold’)' at http://www.KarensGardenTips.com. Gayfeather is one tough plant! It can take heat, cold, drought, or poor soil and still come through with its tall fuzzy purple flower spikes. The plant first makes its appearance in spring as a tuft of grass-like leaves. Later, a leafy spike appears bearing the [...]

Plant Profile: Queen Anne’s Lace (Daucus carota)

Karen — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 10:37:09 +0000

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It is Queen Anne’s Lace time in the North Carolina Piedmont and I am rejoicing. I would give a lot to grow Queen’s Anne Lace in my garden but I know that she is a free spirit and I respect that so I harvest her [...]