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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Common Bird’s-Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

Karen July 2, 2020 0 Comments

This herbaceous perennial is also known as eggs and bacon and bird’s-foot deer vetch and is native to grasslands of Eurasia and North Africa. It was introduced to the US…

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Plant Profile: x Solidaster luteus ‘Lemore’

Karen July 1, 2020 0 Comments

This herbaceous perennial is the result of a cross between two plants native to North America, Aster ptarmicoides and Solidago canadensis (goldenrod). From its aster parent it inherited a more…

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Plant Profile: Hairy Alumroot (Heuchera villosa)

Karen June 29, 2020 0 Comments

Hairy alumroot is an evergreen herbaceous perennial and a member of the saxifrage family, Saxifragaceae, that also includes tiarella, bergenia, and astilbe. It is native to Southeast from Virginia to…

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Plant Profile: Northern Maidenhair Fern (Adiantum pedatum)

Karen Meyers June 24, 2020 0 Comments

Northern maidenhair fern is a perennial deciduous clump-forming fern native to North America and Asia where it grows in humusy, moist well drained soils and rocky areas. It is a…

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Plant Profile: Rose ‘Double Delight’

Karen June 23, 2020 0 Comments

Long conical buds unfurl slowly to creamy white high-centered flowers with just a hint of red on the outer petals. As the flowers mature the red coloring grows, especially in…

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Plant Profile: Firecracker Plant (Cuphea ignea aka C. platycentra)

Karen June 22, 2020 0 Comments

Also known as cigar flower, this tender evergreen sub-shrub is native to Mexico and the West Indies but is often grown as an annual in elsewhere. It is a member…

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Plant Profile: Love in the Mist (Nigella damascena)

Karen June 17, 2020 0 Comments

Also called ragged lady and devil in the bush, this annual is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes anemone, columbine and delphinium. It is native to…

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Plant Profile: Purple Leaf Sand Cherry ( Prunus x cistena)

Karen June 15, 2020 0 Comments

Purple leaf sand cherry is a deciduous medium sized shrub or small tree and a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes almond, pyracantha, and ladies mantle. It…

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Plant Profile: Woollyhead (Craspedia uniflora)

Karen June 10, 2020 0 Comments

Native to New Zealand and Australia, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, sunflower, and lettuce. It has simple, opposite green leaves…

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Plant Profile: Trailing Abutilon (Abutilon megapotamicum)

Karen June 8, 2020 0 Comments

Trailing abutilon is a deciduous or partially evergreen shrub native to Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay where it grows in dry mountain valleys. It is a member of the mallow family,…

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