Plant Profile: Bluebloosom (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)
Karen Blueblossom, also known as wild/California lilac, is an evergreen shrub endemic to southern Oregon to southern California where it grows in open woods and chaparral of coastal mountains. It is…
Garden Plants for Flower Arrangements: Garden Angelica (Angelica archangelica)
Garden angelica is a biennial native to cooler parts of Europe and Asia. It is a large plant and needs plenty of space in the garden. The first year it…
Plant Profile: Sweetbay (Magnolia virginiana)
Sweetbay is a deciduous to semi evergreen tree native to the eastern coastal plain of the US, from Massachusetts to Florida, west to Texas, Texas, where it grows in low…
Plant Profile: Cheddar Pink (Dianthus gratianopolitanus)
Cheddar pink is an evergreen herbaceous perennial native to southern England east to Poland amd the Ukraine. It is a member of the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, that also includes baby’s…
Plant Profile: Redbay (Persea borbonia)
Redbay is an evergreen tree or large shrub native to coastal areas of southeastern US where it grows in sandy low woods, swamps, pond margins, and pine savannas from North…
Plant Profile: New York Aster (Aster novi belgi AKA Symphyotrichum novi-belgi)
New York aster, also called Michaelmas daisy, is a herbaceous perennial native to the Atlantic Coastal Plain from Maine to Georgia where it grows in low areas, moist meadows, thickets,…
Botanical Latin: Convallaria
Convallaria (kon val AIR ee a)from the Latin word convallis meaning valley + the suffix aria meaning a place containing In Song of Solomon 2.1 of the Vulgate Bible the…
Plant Profile: Arizona Cypress (Cupressus arizonica aka C. glabra)
Arizona cypress is a coniferous evergreen tree native to western US from Texas west to Utah and California, south to central Mexico where it grows in woodland edges, clearings, and…
Plant Profile: Rock Candytuft (Iberis saxatilis)
Rock candytuft is a perennial subshrub with a woody base native to the western Mediterranean. It is a member of the mustard family, Brassicaceae, that also includes rockcress, alyssum, and…
Plant Profile: Allegheny Serviceberry (Amelanchier laevis)
This deciduous tree is native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia and Ontario, south to Georgia and west to Kansas where it grows in woodland edges, thickets, rock outcroppings,…