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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rosa ‘ Jacques Cartier’ (Rosa ‘Marchesa Boccella’)

Karen April 6, 2015 0 Comments

With exceptional hardiness, this rose is also healthy and especially beautiful. The clear pink flowers are quartered and have an abundance of petals clustered around a green eye. They are…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Chinese Lantern Lily (Sandersonia aurantiaca)

Karen April 1, 2015 0 Comments

This tender perennial is native to South Africa and Swaziland where it used to be common in grasslands and forest margins but is now rare. It is now grown commercially…

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Plant Profile: European Beach Grass (Ammophilia arenaria)

Karen March 30, 2015 0 Comments

Introduced into the United States for dune stabilization, this coarse warm-season grass has become established throughout the Gulf and West Coast and in California it is considered a noxious weed.…

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Plant Profile: Hardy Fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica)

Karen March 25, 2015 0 Comments

Also known as garden fuchsia and hummingbird fuchsia, this deciduous sub-shrub is native to temperate areas of southern Chile and Argentina where it grows in scrublands, and forest clearings and…

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Plant Profile: Mexican Petunia (Ruellia brittoniana)

Karen March 23, 2015 0 Comments

This tender perennial is a native of Mexico, South America and the Caribbean but grows vigorously in southeastern United States and has become invasive in Florida where it is especially…

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Plant Profile: Yellow Foxtail Grass ( Alopecurus pratensis var. aureus)

Karen March 18, 2015 0 Comments

This cool-season grass is native to Eurasia where it inhabits meadows and woodlands. It slowly spreads to form a low growing mat of light yellow leaves with bright yellow-green stripes…

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Plant Profile: Black Cumin (Nigella sativa)

Karen March 16, 2015 0 Comments

Native to parts of Asia, this annual herb is also known as black caraway, fennel flower, nutmeg flower, and Roman coriander, but these names are generally misleading and do not…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Trailing Milkweed (Sarcostemma hirtellum)

Karen March 11, 2015 0 Comments

Trailing milkweed is a perennial vine native to southwestern United States and northeastern Mexico where it lives in hot desert areas. It is vigorous and quickly climbs over shrubs, and…

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Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Mutabilis’

Karen March 9, 2015 0 Comments

With a name that suggests its uniqueness, ‘Mutabilis’, meaning “changing”, has flowers that start out light yellow and turn orange, pink and finally crimson. At any given time flowers of…

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Plant Profile: Meyer Lemon (Citrus x meyerii)

Karen March 4, 2015 0 Comments

Meyer lemon is native to China where it is a popular patio and container plant. Brought to the United States in 1908 by Frank Meyer, it is believed to be…

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