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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Gopher Apple (Licania michauxii  aka Geobalanus oblongifolius)

Karen March 23, 2026 0 Comments

Native to pinelands and coastal thickets of southeastern US, this wiry evergreen shrub is a member of the cocoplum family, Chrysobalanaceae, that consists of about 700 species of pantropical shrubs…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Adagio Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’)

Karen March 18, 2026 0 Comments

This warm-season perennial grass is a dwarf form of the very popular Chinese/Japanese silver grass. It is bred from a grass native to Japan, Korea and China, and is a…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sweet Grass (Muhlenbergia felipes aka M. sericea)

Karen March 16, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as gulf hairawn muhly, purple muhly, and dune hairgrass, this perennial grass is native to the coastal areas of Southeastern US and is a member of the grass…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Book Review: Flower Academy

Karen Meyers March 13, 2026 0 Comments

Alexander Campbell’s book, Flower Academy, presents a unique perspective on flower arranging. As the author says in his introduction he is interested in “the point in which a flower ceases…

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Plant Profile: Blue Lyme Grass (Elymus arenarius aka Leymus arenarius)

Karen March 11, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as sand lyme grass and sea lyme grass, this semi-evergreen, cool season, perennial grass is native to the coasts of northern and western Europe, and a member of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sea Oats (Uniola paniculata)

Karen March 9, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as spike grass, this warm season perennial grass is native to coastal beach communities of North America from Virginia to Florida west along the gulf to Texas and…

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Plant Profile: Buffalo Grass (Buchloe dactyloides)

Karen March 4, 2026 0 Comments

This warm season perennial short grass is native to North America where it is a component of the short grass prairie. It is a member of the grass family, Poaceae,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Yellow Sand Verbena (Abronia latifolia aka Abronia arenaria)

Karen March 2, 2026 0 Comments

Also called coastal verbena, this herbaceous perennial is native to the west coast of North America from Santa Barbara County, California, to the Canada-US border where it grows on beach…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Northern Sea Oats (Chasmanthium latifolium)

Karen February 25, 2026 0 Comments

A native of the moist wooded areas of central and eastern US and northern Mexico, this deciduous, cool season, perennial grass is also known as woodoats, inland sea oats, and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bottlebrush Grass (Elymus hystrix aka Hystixa patula)

Karen February 23, 2026 0 Comments

This cool season perennial grass is native to North America where it grows in woods and open clearings from Nova Scotia and Quebec to North Dakota and south to Virginia…

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  • Wildflowers: Buckeyes (Aesculus sp.) Native to New England
  • Plant Profile: Gopher Apple (Licania michauxii  aka Geobalanus oblongifolius)
  • Houseplants and Succulents For Dummies
  • Wildflowers: Columbines (Aquilegia) Native to the Southeast
  • Plant Profile: Adagio Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’)
  • Wildflowers: Buckeyes (Aesculus sp) Native to the Mid-Atlantic
  • Plant Profile: Sweet Grass (Muhlenbergia felipes aka M. sericea)
  • Book Review: Flower Academy
  • Wildflowers: Columbines (Aquilegia) Native to the Midwest
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