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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)

Karen February 27, 2019 0 Comments

Also called snakehead and balmony, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the plantain family, Plantaginaceae, that also includes foxglove, snapdragon, and angelonia. It is native to North America from…

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Plant Profile: Rose ‘Touch of Class’

Karen February 25, 2019 0 Comments

Also known as Marechal Leclerc, this French Hybrid Tea commemorates the hero of the liberation of Paris in 1945, Marechal Philippe Leclerc. It has pointed coral buds that slowly open…

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Plant Profile: Canna glauca

Karen February 20, 2019 0 Comments

Canna glauca is a herbaceous perennial in the Cannaceae family that is most closely related to ginger, bird of paradise, and banana. It is native to the West indies and…

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Plant Profile: Bulbine alooides

Karen February 18, 2019 0 Comments

This spreading succulent perennial is a member of the Asphodelaceae that also includes aloe, torch lily (Kniphofia), and foxtail lily (Eremus). It is native to the rocky flats of the…

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Plant Profile: Winter-Blooming Bergenia (Bergenia crassifolia)

Karen February 13, 2019 0 Comments

Known by many names including leather leaf bergenia, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the Saxifracaceae family that also includes astilbe, foam flower (Tiarella), and coral bells (Heuchera). It…

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Plant Profile: Pineleaf Milkweed (Asclepias linaria)

Karen February 12, 2019 0 Comments

Also called pine-needle milkweed, this evergreen herbaceous perennial or subshrub is a member of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes periwinkle. It is native to Arizona, New Mexico, and…

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Plant Profile: Running Rock Cress (Arabis procurrens)

Karen February 11, 2019 0 Comments

A stoloniferous herbaceous perennial, running rock cress is a member of the mustard family, Brassicaceae, that also includes cabbage, alyssum, and candytuft. It is native to Southern Europe where it…

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Plant Profile: Cornish Bellflower (Campanula alliariifolia)

Karen February 6, 2019 0 Comments

Also known as spurred bellflower, this herbaceous perennial is in the Campanulaceae family that also includes ladybell (Adenophora), Lobelia, and balloon flower. It is native to the Caucasus and Turkey…

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Plant Profile: Mexican Daisy/Fleabane (Erigeron karvinskianus )

Karen February 4, 2019 0 Comments

Mexican daisy is a tender herbaceous perennial native to Mexico, Central America, and parts of South America but has naturalized elsewhere including the west coast of the US. It is…

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Plant Profile: Winter Begonia (Bergenia ciliata)

Karen January 30, 2019 0 Comments

Also called fringed bergenia and hairy leaf bergenia, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the Saxifragaceae family that also includes foamflower (Tiarella), coral bells (Heuchera), and astilbe. It is…

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