Plant Profile: European Hackberry (Celtis australis)
Karen Also known as nettle tree, European hackberry is a medium to large deciduous tree native to southern Europe, North African and Asia Minor. It has a straight trunk, many small…
Plant Profile: Elephant Ear (Alocasia macrorrhiza)
Also called giant taro, this tender herbaceous perennial is native to tropical areas from India to Queensland, Australia where it grows in the understory and along streams. It grows very…
Plant Profile: American Chestnut (Castanea dentata)
Native to Eastern US, the American chestnut is almost extinct in the wild because of the chestnut blight that was introduced on Japanese nursery stock in the late 1800s. Most…
Plant Profile: Flossflower (Ageratum houstonianum)
Flossflower is an annual belonging to the aster family (Asteraceae)and native to Mexico. It has become an invasive weed in some areas of the world while bred into a common…
Plant Profile: Sweetshade (Hymenosporum flavum)
Sweetshade is a slender evergreen tree native to New Guinea and Queensland and New South Wales, Australia where it grows in rainforests and tall open forest habitats. It is closely…
Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Konigin von Danemark’
The medium pink blossoms with lighter pink edges are carried in clusters of three to nine and often weigh down the branches. The long sepaled flowers have a rosette form,…
Plant Profile: Box-Elder (Acer negundo)
Box-elder is a short lived deciduous tree native to eastern and central North America and is also called ashleaf maple. It is often planted for its rapid growth while other…
Plant Profile: Silver Mullein (Verbascum bombyciferum)
Silver mullein is an evergreen biennial or short-lived perennial native to Turkey where it grows on dry, rocky hillsides and open woodlands. It belongs to the figwort family (Scrophylariaceae) along…
Plant Profile: Mexican Hyssop (Agastache cana)
Also called mosquito plant, Texas hummingbird mint, and double bubble mint, this herbaceous perennial is native to New Mexico and western Texas where it grows on dry slopes of mountainous…
Plant Profile: Vine Maple (Acer circinatum)
Vine maple is a deciduous small tree or large shrub native to the Pacific Northwest where it grows in mountainous area from British Columbia to Northern California. It has twisted…