Plant Profile: Eastern Redcedar (Juniperus virginiana)
Karen Eastern redcedar is an evergreen coniferous tree native to the woodland edges, old fields, meadows, and rocky ground of eastern North America from Nova Scotia and Ontario, south to Florida…
Shakespleare’s Garden: Crown Imperial Lily (Fritillaria imperialis)
This spring blooming bulb is a member of the lily family, Liliaceae, and native to Turkey, Iraq, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan. It stands three to four feet tall and has…
Plant Profile: Rose ‘Berries n Cream’
Known as ‘Calypso’ out side the US, ‘Berries and Cream’ produces clusters of five to fifteen flowers with ruffled petals that are irregularly striped and splashed with white and crimson.…
Plant Profile: Redbud (Cercis canadensis)
Redbud is a deciduous large shrub or small tree native to the open woodlands, woodland edges, meadows, and roadsides of Eastern US from Pennsylvania and Nebraska, south to Florida and…
Plant Profile: Tree Wormwood (Artemisia arborescens)
Also known as old woman, this tender everygreen shrub is native to the Mediterranean where it grows in rocky areas along the coasts of Portugal, Spain, France, Italy and Greece.…
Plant Profile: Annual Baby’s Breath (Gypsophila elegans)
Annual baby’s breath is a short lived annual native to the Caucasus where it grows in disturbed sites such as roadsides, meadows, and fields. It is a member of the…
Plant Profile: False Goat’s Beard (Astilbe biternata)
Astilbe biternata False goat’s bedard is a herbaceous perennial native to the southern Appalachian Mountains where it grows in moist mountain woodlands, roadsides, ditches, and seepage slopes. It belongs to…
Plant Profile: Red Mulberry (Morus rubra)
Red mulberry is a deciduous small to medium sized tree native the open woods, clearings, and roadsides from Massachusetts to Michigan, south to Florida and Texas. It is a member…
Plant Profile: Shingle Oak (Quercus imbricaria)
Shingle oak is a deciduous tree native to midwestern and eastern US growing in upland forests and wooded slopes from Pennsylvania to Minnesota, south to North Carolina and Kansas. It…
Plant Profile: Heath Aster (Aster ericoides AKA Symphyotrichum ericoides)
Heath aster is a herbaceous perennial native to central and eastern US where it grows in open areas including roadways and railroads. It is a member of the Asteraceae family…