Book Review: The Book of Seeds
Karen The Book of Seeds presents seed profiles of 600 different species of plants in order to show the great diversity that exists among seeds. The seeds were chosen on the…
Plant Profile: Illinois Bundleflower ( Desmanthus illinoensis )
Also known as false sensitive plant and Illinois mimosa, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the pea family, Fabaceae, that also includes beans, lupine, and black locust. It is…
Plant Combination: Goldenrod (Solidago) ‘Golden Mosa’ and Golden Marguerite (Anthemis tinctoria) ‘Grallach Gold’
Gold and more gold from this cheerful late-summer combination of goldenrod and golden Marguerite. Although the flower color of the two plants is similar the size, shape and texture of…
Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Kardinal 85’
Long pointed almost black buds open to large flowers up to 4.5″ across with high centered bloom form. The flowers are carried mostly singly on very long stems and have…
Book Review: Losing Earth
Concern about climate change is nothing new and Nathaniel Rich’s book, Losing Earth, documents the decade from 1979 to 1989 to show what people knew, how government and industry reacted,…
Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: Daisy Wine
The name daisy probably originally referred to the English daisy Bellis perennis, a low growing herbaceous perennial native to Europe and Asia that was a favorite of English poets from…
Plant Profile: Rocky Mountain Bee Plant (Cleome serrulata)
Rocky Mountain bee plant is an annual and a member of the Cleomaceae, a family closely related to mustards. It is native to western North America where it grows in…
Edible Mushrooms: The Miller (Clitopilus prunulus)
Also called bread dough clitopilus, the miller is wide spread in North America and Europe growing alone, in small groups, or in troops in deciduous or coniferous woodlands in autumn.…
Plant Profile: Pickeral Weed (Pontederia cordata)
Pickerel weed is a deciduous emergent aquatic plant and a member of the Pontederiaceae a small family of tropical and subtropical aquatic plants including water hyacinth. It is native to…
Plants That Attract Beneficial Insects: Snapdragon (Antirrhinum majus)
Snapdragons are tender perennials usually grown as annual and are native to Europe, North Africa and the US. They are members of the plantago family, Plantaginaceae, that also includes foxgloves,…