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Groundcovers for Shade: Canadian Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense)

Karen August 28, 2025 0 Comments

A native of woodlands in Eastern North America, this herbaceous perennial has bright green, deciduous, kidney-shaped leaves. They are up to seven inches across and carried on hairy petioles one…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Japanese Spurge (Pachysandra terminalis)

Karen August 27, 2025 0 Comments

Native to Japan and north-central China, this evergreen herbaceous perennial also called carpet box, is a member of the boxwood family, Buxaceae. It grows 8-12″ tall from a rhizomateous root…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rubber Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus aka Ericameria nauseosus)

Karen August 25, 2025 0 Comments

Rubber rabbitbrush is a deciduous shrub and a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisies, yarrow, and lettuce. It is naive to the western third of the…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Pineleaf Beardtongue (Penstemon pinifolius)

Karen August 20, 2025 0 Comments

Native to southern New Mexico and Arizona, this long-lived evergreen perennial or subshrub is a member of the plantain family, Plantaginaceae, that also includes snapdragon, turtlehead, and foxglove. The compact…

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Plant Profile: Four Angled Sundrop (Oenothera tetragona)

Karen August 18, 2025 0 Comments

This short-lived perennial is native to eastern North America where it is found in open places and along woodsides. It is a member of the willowherb familiy, Onagraceae, that also…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Hybrid Japanese Anemone (Anemone x hybrida)

Karen August 13, 2025 0 Comments

Hybrid Japanese anemone is a herbaceous perennial often sold as A, japonica. It is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes delphinium, clamatis, and hellebore. Plants form…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Lebanon Stonecress (Aethionema coridifolium aka A. jacunda aka Iberis jacunda)

Karen August 11, 2025 0 Comments

Native to the mountains of southern Turkey and Lebanon this evergreen compact subshrub is a member of the mustard family, Brassicacea, that also includes broccoli, cabbage, and asylum. It grows…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Fern Bush (Chamaebatiavia millefolium)

Karen August 6, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as desert sweet, this sweetly-aromatic semi-deciduous shrub is native to western US from Oregon to California, east to Idaho, Utah, and Arizona where it grows in scrub, woodland,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Oleander (Nerium oleander)

Karen August 4, 2025 0 Comments

Oleander is an evergreen shrub or small tree and a member of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes blue star (Amsonia), periwinkle (Vinca), and milkweed (Ascelpius). Its native range…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Feathery Cassia (Senna artemisioides aka Cassia artemisiodes)

Karen July 30, 2025 0 Comments

Endemic to Australia, this compact evergreen shrub is also known as silver senna, wormwood senna and silver cassia. It is in the pea family, Fabaceae that also includes beans, lupine…

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