Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Irish Elegance’
Karen Scarlet buds open to 5 petaled flowers of apricot and yellow fading to pink and cream. The flowers are up to 5″ across and have 4-8 petals, a flat bloom…
Plant Profile: Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)
Also called fly-trap dogbane and bitterroot, this lanky herbaceous perennial is a member of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes milkweed, bluestar, periwinkle, and oleander. It is native to…
Plant Profile: Water Avens (Geum rivale)
Also known as purple avens, and chocolate root, is herbaceous perennial is a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes cherry, almond, and lady’s mantle. It is native…
Plant Profile: Large Flowered Aster (Aster grandiflorus aka Symphyotrichum grandiflorumum)
Native to North Carolina and Virginia this herbaceous perennial grows in dry woodlands, forest edges, and abandoned fields as well as was areas such as roadsides. It is a member…
Plant Profile: Island Alumroot (Heuchera maxima)
Also called Channel Islands coral bells, and Jill of the rocks, this evergreen herbaceous perennial is a member of the saxifrage family, Saxifragaceae, that also includes astilbe, tiarella, and bergenia.…
Invasive Plants and Their native Alternatives: Gold Coast Jasmine (Jasminum dichotomum)
Gold coast jasmine is an evergreen woody climber or rambling shrub native to tropical western and central Africa but was introduced in the 1920s as an ornamental into Florida in…
Plant Profile: Western Blue Flag (Iris missouriensis aka I. montana)
Also called Rocky Mountain iris and Missouri flag, this beardless rhizomatous iris is a member of the iris family, Iridaceae that also includes gladiola, crocus, and freesia. It is native…
Plant Profile: Whorled Milkweed (Asclepias verticillata)
Also known as horsetail milkweed, this deep rooted herbaceous perennial is a member of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes bluestar, periwinkle,and oleander. It is native to North America…
Plant Profile: British Columbia Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum)
This western wild ginger is a member of the pipevine family, Aristolochiaceae, that is known for its unusual flowers and is not a true ginger. It is an evergreen herbaceous…
Plant Profile: Rosa ‘Lovely Fairy’
This popular Polyantha rose produces clusters of 10-40 deep pink flowers in flushes throughout the season beginning a bit later but continuing well into fall. Each flower is up to…