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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Crystalline Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

Karen June 9, 2025 0 Comments

This evergreen prostrate annual or biennial is native to southern Africa, Sinai, Canary Islands, and southern Europe where it grows on cliffs, coastal bluffs, sand dunes and disturbed areas. It…

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Edible Mushrooms: Monk’s Head (Clitocybe geotropa aka Infundibulicybe geotropa)

Karen June 5, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as trooping funnel, this mushroom is found during the fall in Europe and North America growing in fairy rings or troops in mixed woodlands including forest clearings and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Narcissus Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora)

Karen June 4, 2025 0 Comments

Narcissus flowered anemone is a herbaceous perennial native to northwestern North America and Eurasia where it grows in high mountain grasslands, thickets, grassy meadows, pastures, open woods and along roadsides.…

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Plant Profile: Royal Azalea (Rhododendron schlippenbachii)

Karen May 28, 2025 0 Comments

This dense flowering deciduous shrub is native to Korea, Manchuria, Japan and far east Russia where it grows in the understory of mountain forests. It is a member of the…

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Plant Profile: Beach Sunflower (Helianthus debilis)

Karen May 21, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as cucumberleaf sunflower, and East Coast dune sunflower, this short-lived tender perennial is a native of the Atlantic and Gulf Coasts of the US where it grows in…

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Edible Mushrooms: March Wax Cap (Hygrophorus marzuolus)

Karen May 15, 2025 0 Comments

The March wax cap grows singly, scattered or in clusters in the siliceous soil of mixed forests in the mountains of North America, Europe and Asia. It appears in the…

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Plant Profile: Prostrate Sand Verbena (Abronia umbellata)

Karen May 14, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as beach sand verbena and purple sand verbena, this tender perennial is often grown as an annual and is a member of the four o’clock family, Nyctaginaceae, that…

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Plant Profile: Caucasian Wingnut (Pterocarya fraxinifolia)

Karen April 30, 2025 0 Comments

Native to deep moist soils of the Caucasus, this suckering deciduous tree is a member of the walnut family, Juglandaceae, that also includes pecan and hickory. It grows up to…

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Edible Mushrooms: The Cep (Boletus edulis)

Karen April 24, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as the porcino (plural, porcini) mushroom, this distinctive fungus is a favorite of cooks. It is found in late summer and fall growing in deciduous woods especially oak…

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Plant Profile: Warley Rose Stonecress (Aethionema x warleyense)

Karen April 23, 2025 0 Comments

This evergreen subshrub is probably a cross of A. armenum and A. grandiflorum. It is a member of the mustard family, Brassicaceae, that also includes broccoli, cabbage, and asylum. Plants…

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