Skip to content

KarensGardenTips.com

Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden.

KarensGardenTips.com

Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden.

  • Home
  • About
  • Garden Resources
  • Plant Profiles: How To Grow
  • Recipes
  • Garden Books
  • Weeds
  • Glossary
  • Botanical Name Index
  • Help
    • Home
    • Plant Profiles: How To Grow
    • Page 76
Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Pincushion Flower (Scabiosa stellata)

Karen July 20, 2020 0 Comments

Also called starflower and drumstick scabiosa, this annual is native to southwestern Europe and North Africa and is a member of the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, that also includes weigelia, Centranthus,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Chinese Lantern (Physalis alkekengi)

Karen July 15, 2020 0 Comments

Also called bladder cherry and strawberry ground cherry, this herbaceous perennial is native to southern Europe and parts of Asia. It is a member of the nightshade family, Solonaceae, that…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Hyssop (Hysoppus officinalis)

Karen July 13, 2020 0 Comments

Hyssop is a small semi-evergreen subshrub up to 24″ tall native to southern Europe, the Middle East, and the area around the Caspian sea but has naturalized in parts of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Red Cuphea (Cuphea llavea aka C. blepharophylla)

Karen July 8, 2020 0 Comments

Also known as bat cuphea, this tender evergreen sub-shrub is native to Mexico but is grown as an annual or houseplant in areas with hard frost. It is a member…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

Karen July 6, 2020 0 Comments

Virginia mountain mint is a herbaceous perennial native to eastern US from Maine and north Dakota, south to Georgia and Oklahoma where it grows in wet prairies, and on stream…

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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

Posts pagination

1 … 75 76 77 … 199

« Previous Page — Next Page »

Karen’s Seasonal Tip

Karen’s Archive Tip

Categories

Karen’s Book Reviews

Karen’s Archive Plant

Keywords (Tags)

Bible garden bird garden border butterfly garden children's literature coastal garden container garden container gardening cottage garden culinary herb deciduous shrub Deciduous tree dried arrangement educational game erosion control evergreen shrub Evergreen tree Floristry fragrance garden fresh arrangement ground cover hedge herbaceous perennial Herb garden invasive plant meadow garden medicinal herb native plant native plant garden perennial plant identification poisonous plant pollinator garden rock garden Rose Garden seaside garden shade garden Vegetable Garden water garden weed control wildflower wildflower garden wildlife garden woodland garden xeriscape

Recent Posts

  • Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to New England
  • Plant Profile: Salt Grass (Distichlis spicata)
  • Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to New England
  • Plant Profile: California Wax Myrtle (Myrica californica aka Morella californica)
  • Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Southeast
  • Plant Profile: Swamp Tupelo (Nyssa biflora)
  • Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to the Pacific Coast
  • Plant Profile: Bay Cedar (Suriana maritima)
  • Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Mid-Atlantic
  • Plant Profile: Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine)

Archives

You Missed

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to New England

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Salt Grass (Distichlis spicata)

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to New England

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: California Wax Myrtle (Myrica californica aka Morella californica)

KarensGardenTips.com

Practical tips to help you get the most out of your garden.

Copyright © All rights reserved | Blogus by Themeansar.