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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Silver-Lace Vine (Polygonum aubertii aka Fallopia baldschuanica)

Karen September 9, 2024 0 Comments

This deciduous woody twining perennial vine is also known as Russian-vine, Bukhara fleeceflower, Chinese bindweed, and mile-a-minute vine. It is a member of the knotweed family, Polygonaceae, that also includes…

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Plant Profile: Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)

Karen September 4, 2024 0 Comments

Native to swamps, woodland clearings, wetland forests, and outcroppings in eastern North America from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, south to northern Florida, Alabama and Arkansas, this deciduous shrub…

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Plant Profile: Hopi Blanketflower (Gaillardia pinnatifolia)

Karen September 2, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as red dome blanketflower this herbaceous perennial is a native of northern Mexico, south-central and southwestern US where it grows on mesas, in grasslands, open forests and disturbed…

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Plant Profile: Sea Purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum aka Portulaca portulacastrum aka Halimus portulacastrum )

Karen August 28, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as shoreline purslane, this evergreen succulent perennial is native to coastal areas throughout the world where it grows in salt and freshwater marshes, along beach dunes, and in…

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Plants for a Mary Garden: St. Mary’s Thistle (Silybum marianum)

Karen August 27, 2024 0 Comments

Known by many names including holy thistle, milk thistle and our Lady’s thistle, this annual or biennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, sunflower,…

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Plant Profile: Smooth Alder (Alnus serrulata)

Karen August 26, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as tag alder, brookside alder, and hazel alder, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick south…

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Plant Profile: Winterberry (Ilex verticillata)

Karen August 21, 2024 0 Comments

This deciduous holly is native to eastern North America from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, south to Alabama where it grows in wetlands such as bogs, swamps, and along…

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Plant Profile: Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum aka Swida amomum)

Karen August 19, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as pale dogwood, swamp dogwood, red willow, silky cornel, kinnikinnick, and squawbush this deciduous shrub is native to parts of Canada and eastern and central US, from Vermont…

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Plant Profile: Blue Haw (Viburnum cassinoides)

Karen August 14, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Appalachian tea, wild raisin, swamp haw, withe-rod and witherrod viburnum, this deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America from Newfoundland to Manitoba and Minnesota, south to…

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Plant Profile: Smooth Witherod (Viburnum nudum)

Karen August 12, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as withe-rod, possumhaw, and wild raisin, this deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America where it lives in swamps, bogs, and low woods. It is a member…

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