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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Adam’s Needle (Yucca filamentosa)

Karen November 13, 2020 0 Comments

Also known as Spanish bayonet, spoon-leaf yucca, needle-palm, and silk-grass, Adam’s needle is a clump-forming evergreen perennial and a member of the asparagus family, Asperagaceae, that also includes agave, lily…

Critters: Animals in the Garden

Plants That Attract Beneficial Insects: Fern-Leaf Yarrow (Achillea filipendula)

Karen November 12, 2020 0 Comments

This clump-forming perennial is a native of central and southwestern Asia but has naturalized in parts of Europe and North America. As a member of the aster family (Asteraceae), it…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Dwarf Morning Glory (Convolvulus tricolor aka C. minor)

Karen November 11, 2020 0 Comments

Native to southern Europe and North Africa, this annual or tender perennial is a member of the morning glory family, Convolvulaceae, that also includes sweet potato, water spinach, and dodder.…

Herbaceous Perennials

Genus: Geums for the Garden

Karen November 10, 2020 0 Comments

Often called avens, Geum is a genus of over 50 species of herbaceous perennials in the rose family, Roseaceae, that also include cherries, almonds, and lady’s mantle. Plants are valued…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)

Karen November 9, 2020 0 Comments

This deciudous flowering shrub is native to eastern North America from Maine to northern Florida and west to Ontaraio, Kansas, and Texas where it grows in moist areas of woods…

Garden Books

Book Review: It’s Winter

Karen November 6, 2020 0 Comments

With her book, It’s Winter, author Linda Glaser shares her enjoyment of winter through the eyes of a young girl as she catches a snowflake on her tongue, sinks her…

Shakespeare's Flowers and Gardens

Shakespeare’s Garden: Apricot

Karen November 5, 2020 0 Comments

The apricot, Prunus armeniaca, belongs to the rose family, Rosaceae, that includes almonds, peaches, plums, and cherries. It is a small deciduous tree, 26-29 feet tall, with a rounded crown,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: New Mexico Locust (Robinia neomexicana)

Karen November 4, 2020 0 Comments

Also known as southwest and desert locust, this deciduous multi branched shrub or small tree is native to areas in southwestern US where it can be an understory tree or…

Weeds

Weeds and Their Control: Chinese Lespedeza (Lespedeza cuneata)

Karen November 3, 2020 0 Comments

Also called Chinese bush clover, this semi-woody perennial is a member of the pea family, Fabaceae, that also lupines, mimosa, and alfalfa. It is native to China, Korea, Japan, Formosa,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Upright Calico Plant (Alternanthera dentata)

Karen November 2, 2020 0 Comments

Grown primarily for its foliage, this tender evergreen herbaceous perennial is native to the West Indies and Brazil and is a member of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae, that also includes…

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