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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Creeping Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis ‘Prostratus’)

Karen February 10, 2025 0 Comments

This low growing, spreading evergreen shrub is a cultivar of a plant native to the Mediterranean and a member of the mint family, Lamiaceae, that also includes beebalm, basal, and…

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Plant Profile: Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)

Karen Meyers February 5, 2025 0 Comments

Also called firewheel and sundance, this hairy annual is native to northern Mexico and southern and central US from Arizona east to Florida, and the Carolinas and north to Nebraska…

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Plant Profile: Persian Stonecress (Aethionema grandiflorum aka A. pulchellum)

Karen February 2, 2025 0 Comments

Persian stonecress is an evergreen rounded subshrub native to eastern Turkey, the southern Caucasus, and northern Iran where it grows on limestone slopes . It is a member of the…

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Plant Profile: Carolina Lupine (Thermopsis villosa aka T. caroliniana)

Karen January 29, 2025 0 Comments

Native to the mountains of the Carolinas and Georgia, this clump-forming herbaceous perennial is known by many common names including Aaron’s rod, false lupine, blue ridge lupine, golden-banner, and bush…

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Plant Profile: Diascia vigilis

Karen January 27, 2025 0 Comments

This mat-forming semi-evergreen tender perennial is native to South Africa where it grows along mountain streams and damp edges of forest clearings. It is a member of the figwort family,…

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Plant Profile: Littleleaf Mock-Orange (Philadelphus microphyllus)

Karen January 22, 2025 0 Comments

Littleleaf mock-orange is a bushy multibranched deciduous shrub native to the Southwest US from Wyoming to northern Mexico west to California where it grows in the scrub and brush habitats…

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Plant Profile: Blanket Flower (Gaillardia x grandiflora)

Karen January 20, 2025 0 Comments

This hybrid short-lived perennial is the result of a cross between tall, perennial G. aristata and shorter, annual G. pulchella and is a vigorous, long blooming plant with a short…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Highway Iceplant (Carpobrotus edulis)

Karen January 15, 2025 0 Comments

Highway iceplant is a creeping perennial succulent and a member of the fig-marigold family, Aizoacea, that also includes “living stones”, and New Zealand spinach. It is native to coastal areas…

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Plant Profile: Germander Speedwell (Veronica chamaedrys)

Karen Meyers January 13, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as bird’s-eye speedwell, and cat’s eyes, this herbaceous perennial is native to Europe where it is found in meadows, hedgerows, and open deciduous woodlands. It is a member…

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Plant Profile: White Mugwort (Artemisia lactiflora)

Karen January 8, 2025 0 Comments

White mugwort is clump forming herbaceous perennial native to India and western China. It is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisies, sunflowers, and lettuce. Plants…

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