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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Longspur Columbine (Aquilegia longissima)

Karen June 28, 2017 0 Comments

This rare herbaceous perennial is native to Texas and Arizona. It is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes peonies, hellebores, and clematis. The fragrant, nodding, pale…

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Plant Profile: Common Yarrow (Achillea millefolium)

Karen June 26, 2017 0 Comments

Common yarrow, also known as milfoil, is a rhizomateous herbaceous perennial native to the temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere Asia, Europe and North America where it grows in open…

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Plant Profile: Peach (Prunus persica)

Karen June 21, 2017 0 Comments

A native of China, the peach is a small deciduous short lived tree in the rose family, Rosaceae, and in the same genus as plums, cherries, almonds, and apricots. Nectarines…

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Plant Profile: Rose ‘City of York’

Karen June 19, 2017 0 Comments

Formerly called ‘Direktor Benschop’ this Floribunda type large flowered climber bears small clusters of buff colored buds that open to small creamy white cupped shaped flowers with prominent yellow stamens.…

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Plant Profile: Narrow-spiked Ligularia (Ligularia stenocephala)

Karen June 14, 2017 0 Comments

and is closely related to Senico (ragworts and groundsels). It has light green heart-shaped to triangular one to two feet long leaves that have toothed margins and are carried on…

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Plant Profile: Moonshine Yarrow (Achillea x ‘Moonshine’)

Karen June 12, 2017 0 Comments

‘Moonshine’ yarrow is a compact, clump-forming herbaceous perennial and member of the aster family, Asteraceae that also includes goldenrod, daisy, and lettuce. It is a hybrid between A. clypeolata and…

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Plant Profile: Alpine Columbine (Aquilegia alpina)

Karen June 7, 2017 0 Comments

A native of meadows in the Swiss Alps, this short lived perennial is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, and closely related to baneberry (Actaea spp.) and monkshood/wolfsbane (Aconitum…

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Plant Profile: Snakeweed (Polygonum bistorta aka Persicaria bistorta)

Karen June 5, 2017 0 Comments

Snakeweed is a clump forming herbaceous perennial native to Europe and western and central Asia where it grows near water and damp meadows. It is a member of the knotweed…

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Plant Profile: False Solomon’s Seal (Smilacina racemosa aka Maianthemum racemosum)

Karen May 29, 2017 0 Comments

3fa88309b94f01bdd5a927e152190f5f2e700444 Also known as treacledberry, this clump-forming herbaceous perennial is native to North America where it grows in woodlands. It is a member of the asparagus family, Asparagaceae, that also…

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Plant Profile: European Wild Ginger (Asarum europium)

Karen May 24, 2017 0 Comments

European wild ginger is a low growing evergreen herbaceous perennial native to the of forests and woodlands of eastern Europe and western Asia. It belongs to the pipevine family, Aristolochiaceae,…

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