Skip to content

KarensGardenTips.com

Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden.

KarensGardenTips.com

Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden.

  • Home
  • About
  • Garden Resources
  • Plant Profiles: How To Grow
  • Recipes
  • Garden Books
  • Weeds
  • Glossary
  • Botanical Name Index
  • Help
    • Home
    • Karen
    • Page 16
Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Dakota Mock Vervain ( Glandularia bipinnatafida)

Karen March 12, 2025 0 Comments

This short-lived herbaceous perennial is a member of the verbena family, Verbenaceae, that also includes teak and lantana. It is native to open grasslands and prairies from Wisconsin to California,…

Vegetables

Edible Mushrooms: Gypsy Mushroom (Cortinarius caperatus aka Rozites caperata)

Karen March 6, 2025 0 Comments

The gypsy mushroom is a mycorrhizal fungus occurring singly, in small groups, or troops from summer into fall in the woodlands of the colder areas of Europe (especially Scandinavia) Asia,…

Vegetables

Edible Mushrooms: False Chanterelle (Hygrophoropsis aurantiaca)

Karen February 27, 2025 0 Comments

The false chanterelle is found in small clumps in coniferous woodland, especially pines, of Northern temperate zones including North America and Europe. It grows on litter, woodchips, sawdust, and rotten…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Golden Weeping Willow (Salix x sepulcralis) ‘Chrysocoma’

Karen February 26, 2025 0 Comments

This weeping deciduous tree is a cross between Salix babylonica that proived the weeping habit and Salix alba ‘Vitellina’ that provided frost hardiness and golden shoots. Salix is a member…

Garden History

Plants of the Bible: Phoenicean Juniper (Juniperus phoenicia )

Karen February 25, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as Arar this evergreen shrub or small tree grows on sandy or rocky ground throughout the Mediterranean area including Lebanon, Palestine, and western Saudi Arabia near the Red…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rock Purslane (Calandrinia umbellata)

Karen February 24, 2025 0 Comments

Rock purslane is a tender perennial usually grown as an annual. Native to western North America it is a member of the Montiaceae family that also includes Lewisia and Claytonia.…

Vegetables

Edible Mushrooms: St. George’s Mushroom (Calocybe gambosa

Karen February 20, 2025 0 Comments

St. George’s mushroom can be found in spring growing in troops or rings in grasslands, woods, fields, parks, gardens and roadsides of Europe. The mushroom stands two to four inches…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)

Karen February 19, 2025 0 Comments

Also called noble goldenrod, this rhizomatous herbaceous perennial is native to central and eastern US where it grows in open woods and fields. It is a member of the aster…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Stiff Sunflower (Helianthus rigidus aka H. pauciflorus))

Karen February 17, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as prairie sunflower this herbaceous perennial is native to central US and is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow, and lettuce. It…

Vegetables

Edible Mushrooms: The Hedgehog Mushroom (Hydnum repandum)

Karen February 13, 2025 0 Comments

Wide spread in North America, the hedgehog mushroom belongs to a group of fungi that produce their spores on spines instead of gills. It is found singly, in large groups,…

Posts pagination

1 … 15 16 17 … 410

« Previous Page — Next Page »

Karen’s Seasonal Tip

Karen’s Archive Tip

Categories

Karen’s Book Reviews

Karen’s Archive Plant

Keywords (Tags)

Bible garden bird garden border butterfly garden children's literature coastal garden container garden container gardening cottage garden culinary herb deciduous shrub Deciduous tree dried arrangement educational game erosion control evergreen shrub Evergreen tree Floristry fragrance garden fresh arrangement ground cover hedge herbaceous perennial Herb garden invasive plant meadow garden medicinal herb native plant native plant garden plant identification poisonous plant pollinator garden rock garden Rose Garden seaside garden shade garden Vegetable Garden water garden weed weed control wildflower wildflower garden wildlife garden woodland garden xeriscape

Recent Posts

  • Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Mid-Atlantic
  • Plant Profile: Apennine Anemone (Anemone apennina)
  • Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Midwest
  • Plant Profile: Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus)
  • Wildflowers: Monkshood (Aconitum sp) Native to the Southwest
  • Plant Profile: Tree Tobacco(Nicotiana glauca)
  • Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Rocky Mountain Area
  • Plant Profile: Spiny Rush (Juncus acutus)
  • Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to the Southeast
  • Plant Profile: Pigmy Stonecrop (Crassula connata)

Archives

You Missed

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Mid-Atlantic

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Apennine Anemone (Anemone apennina)

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Midwest

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus)

KarensGardenTips.com

Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden.

Copyright © All rights reserved | Blogus by Themeansar.