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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Star of Bethlehem (Ornithogalum umbellatum)

Karen April 30, 2021 0 Comments

This perennial bulb goes by many common names including bird’s milk, grass lily, nap-at-noon, summer snowflake, starflower, and ten-o’clock lady. It is native to damp habitats in Europe, northern Africa,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plants of the Bible: Dove’s Dung ( Ornithogalum umbellatum)

Karen April 30, 2021 0 Comments

This perennial bulb goes by many common names including star of Bethlehem, bird’s milk, grass lily, nap-at-noon, summer snowflake, starflower, and ten-o’clock lady. It is native to damp habitats in…

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Plant Profile: Pine Muhly Grass (Muhlenbergia dubia)

Karen April 28, 2021 0 Comments

This evergreen, clump-forming, perennial grass is native to higher elevations of eastern Arizona, New Mexico, west Texas, and northern Mexico, and belongs to the grass family, Poaceae, that also includes…

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Plant Profile: Blue China Vine (Holboellia coriacea)

Karen April 26, 2021 0 Comments

Also called sausage vine, this woody evergreen climber is native to central China where it grows in scrubby thickets and mountain slopes. It is a member of the family Lardizabalaceae,…

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Plant Profile: Black Mustard (Brassica nigra)

Karen April 23, 2021 0 Comments

Native to areas of northern Africa, Europe, and Asia, this winter annual is a member of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae, that also includes broccoli, alyssum, and stock. It grows 4-8′…

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Plant Profile: Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens)

Karen April 21, 2021 0 Comments

Blue oat grass is a clumping, cool season, evergreen ornamental grass, native to Eurasia where it grows in meadows and on dry hillsides. It is a member of the grass…

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Plant Profile: Rose ‘Tournament of Roses’

Karen April 19, 2021 0 Comments

Named for the annual Tournament of Roses festival held on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California, this Grandiflora rose bears flowers singly or in clusters of 5-7 flowers on long…

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Plant Profile: Burning Bush (Kochia scoparia tricophylla aka Brassia scoparia tricophylla)

Karen April 14, 2021 0 Comments

Also known as summer cypress, this this half-hardy annual often grown as a shrub is native to central and southern Europe and Asia and was introduced into the US in…

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Plant Profile: Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis)

Karen April 12, 2021 0 Comments

Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) Also called mosquito grass, this warm-season tufted perennial is native to southern and western US where it was the dominant grass in the short grass prairie…

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Plant Profile: Sand Lovegrass (Eragrostis trichodes)

Karen April 7, 2021 0 Comments

Native to prairies, open woods, rocky slopes and roadsides of the western plains states, this perennial grass is a member of the grass family, Poaceae, that also includes bamboo, rice,…

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