Plant Profile: Hardy Kiwi (Actinidia arguta)
Karen Also known as tara vine, this deciduous woody climber is native to woodlands, mountainous forests, and streamsides of Japan, Korea, nothern China and far eastern Russia, and is a member…
Plant Profile: Black Cherry Plum (Prunus cerasifer) ‘Nigra’
Prunus cerasifer is native to southeastern Europe and western Asia and is a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes apple, almond, and lady’s mantle. The cultivar ‘Nnigra’…
Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Dainty Bess’
Beloved by Bob Hope, ‘Dainty Bess’ loose clusters of 3-5 single flowers on long stems in flushes throughout the season. Each flower has 5-6 pale pink ruffled petals with a…
Plant Profile: Purple Beach (Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea)
Purple beech is a deciduous tree resulting from a natural mutation of European beech (F. sylvatica), that is native to most of Europe from southern Sweden to northern Sicily and…
Plant Profile: Chilean Bellflower (Lapageria rosea)
Native to damp coastal woodlands of Chile and Argentina, this twining evergreen vine is a member of the Philesiaceae, a small family endemic to Chile. The plants grow over 30′…
Plant Profile: Japanese Honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica)
Japanese honeysuckle is a deciduous to semi-evergreen perennial vine and a member of the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, that also includes snowberry, weigelia, and abelia. It is native to eastern Asia…
Plant Profile: Persian Ivy (Hedera colchia)
Native to the cloud forests, stream valleys and mountains of the Near and Middle East, this evergreen climbing shrub is a member of ginseng familia, Araliaceae, that also includes Fatsia…
Plant Profile: Armand Clematis (Clematis armandii)
Native to central and southern China to northern Myanmar this fast growing evergreen vine is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes columbine, monkshood, and hellebore. The…
The Language of Flowers: Aspen (Populus tremula)
Aspen is a deciduous tree and belongs to the willow family, Salicaceae, that also includes poplars and cottonwoods. Populus tremula is native Europe and Asia and should not be confused…
Plant Profile: Purple Wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei ‘Coloratus’)
Native to China, Korea, and Japan, Euonymus fortunei is a woody evergreen or semi-evergreen member of the bitterseet family, Celastraceae, that also includes crucifiction thorn. The species can be grown…