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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Coral Aloe (Aloe striata aka A. hanburiana)

Karen June 30, 2025 0 Comments

This evergreen succulent perennial is native to the rocky slopes of coastal and karoo areas of South Africa and belongs to the Asphodelaceae family that also includes daylily (Hemerocallis), red…

Garden Books

Book Review: How to Keep Your Plants Alive

Karen Meyers June 27, 2025 0 Comments

How to Keep your Plants Alive, by Kit Carlson and Aaron Carlson, is a brief guide to successful houseplant gardening. After discussing the basics of growing plants indoors from light…

Meadow Garden

Meadow Garden: Medium-Height, Native, Flowering Perennials for Moderate to Dry Soil in Full Sun

Karen Meyers June 26, 2025 0 Comments

The following list of plants are 12-30″ tall and do well in average to lean soil. Most are native to the central part of the US and can grow in…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Snow-in-Summer (Cerastium tomentosum)

Karen June 25, 2025 0 Comments

Native to southern Italy, this short-lived perennial is a member of the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, that also includes pinks, baby’s breath, and chickweed. The spreading plants form mats of densely…

Garden History

Plants for a Mary Garden: Italian Daisy (Aster amellus) “Our Lady’s Birthday Flower”

Karen Meyers June 24, 2025 0 Comments

Italian aster is known as “Our Lady’s Birthday Flower” because of its later summer bloom about the time of Mary’s birth. The Bible does not provide information on Mary’s infancy…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Christmas Fern (Polystichum acrostichoides)

Karen June 23, 2025 0 Comments

This evergreen perennial fern is native to eastern North America from Florida and eastern Texas north to Nova Scotia and west to Minnesota where it grows in shady woodlands, stream…

Garden Books

Book Review: Tiny + Wide

Karen Meyers June 20, 2025 0 Comments

In his book, Tiny + Wild, author and landscape designer Graham Laird Gardner provides a guide for turning a small part of a yard into a mini-meadow. The area can…

Meadow Garden

Meadow Garden: Tall Native Flowering Perennials for Moderate to Dry Soil in Full Sun

Karen Meyers June 19, 2025 0 Comments

The plants in the following list are 30″ or more tall and will stand out among the majority of the plants in a meadow garden. They are suitable for lean…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Desert Four O’Clock (Mirabilis multiflora)

Karen June 18, 2025 0 Comments

Also called Colorado four o’clock, this herbaceous perennial is native to southwestern US from California to Colorado and Texas where it grows in deserts, grassland, hillsides, meas, and pinyon-juniper woodland.…

Garden History

Plants for a Mary Garden: Wood Anemone (Anemone nemerosa) “Candlemas Caps”

Karen Meyers June 17, 2025 0 Comments

The name “Candlemas Caps” reflects both the timing of the wood anemone’s blooming and the of the shape of the flowers. The term “caps” probably refers to the shape of…

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