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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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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Plant Profile: Perennial Flax (Linum perenne)

Karen July 28, 2025 0 Comments

Native to Europe, this semi-evergreen short-lived perennial is a member of the flax family, Linaceae, that includes 250 species. It grows 1-2′ tall from a deep taproot and has thin…

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Plant Profile: Chinese Anemone (Anemone hupehensis)

Karen July 23, 2025 0 Comments

Also called Japanses anemone, this herbaceous perennial is a native of central China where it grows in scrub, grassy slopes, and streamsides. It is a member of the buttercup family,…

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Plant Profile: Bathhurst Burr (Xanthium spinosum)

Karen July 21, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as prickly burweed and spiny cocklebur, bathhurst burr is an annual that is possibly native to South America but found in disturbed habitats such as pastures, crops, grasslands,…

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Plant Profile: Woodland Sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus)

Karen July 16, 2025 0 Comments

This clump-forming herbaceous perennial is a native of central and eastern North America from Ontario and Quebec south to Florida and Louisiana, and west to Oklahoma and Iowa where it…

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Plant Profile: Treasure Flower (Ganzania rigens)

Karen July 14, 2025 0 Comments

Also called African daisy, this native to South Africa and Mozambique is a spreading tender perennial that has become naturalized on the shores of the Mediterranean and is now considered…

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Plant Profile: Barber’s Diascia (Diascia barberae)

Karen July 9, 2025 0 Comments

This mat forming tender perennial is native South Africa. It is a member of the figwort family, Scrophylariaceae, that also includes butterfly bush, mullein, and nemesia. Plants grow 12″ tall…

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