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Plant Combinations

Plant Combination: Oakleaf Hydrangea (Hydrangea quercifolia) ‘Snowflake’ and Variegated Broad-leaf Sedge (Carex siderosticka ‘Variegata’)

Karen April 27, 2021 0 Comments

In sun or part shade this duo will provide long season interest. Fresh new leaves appear in spring followed by hydrangea’s extravagant clusters of flowers. The white of these flowers…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Blue China Vine (Holboellia coriacea)

Karen April 26, 2021 0 Comments

Also called sausage vine, this woody evergreen climber is native to central China where it grows in scrubby thickets and mountain slopes. It is a member of the family Lardizabalaceae,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Black Mustard (Brassica nigra)

Karen April 23, 2021 0 Comments

Native to areas of northern Africa, Europe, and Asia, this winter annual is a member of the cabbage family, Brassicaceae, that also includes broccoli, alyssum, and stock. It grows 4-8′…

Butterfly Gardens

Butterflies In The Garden and How to Attract Them: Regal Fritillary (Speyeria idalia)

Karen April 22, 2021 0 Comments

A native of tall and mixed grass prairies, the regal fritillary is found from eastern Montana to Maine south to eastern Colorado and western North Carolina where it lives in…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Blue Oat Grass (Helictotrichon sempervirens)

Karen April 21, 2021 0 Comments

Blue oat grass is a clumping, cool season, evergreen ornamental grass, native to Eurasia where it grows in meadows and on dry hillsides. It is a member of the grass…

Herbaceous Perennials

Genus Aloe for the Garden

Karen April 20, 2021 0 Comments

Aloes are succulents in the Asphodelaceae family that also includes daylily (Hemerocallis), red hot poker (Kniphofia), and foxtail lily (Eremurus) The genus includes over 500 species in that are native…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rose ‘Tournament of Roses’

Karen April 19, 2021 0 Comments

Named for the annual Tournament of Roses festival held on New Year’s Day in Pasadena, California, this Grandiflora rose bears flowers singly or in clusters of 5-7 flowers on long…

Garden History

Plants of the Bible: Black Mulberry (Morus nigra)

Karen April 16, 2021 0 Comments

Black mulberry is a deciduous tree originally from southwestern Asia and a member of the mulberry family that also includes figs, Osage-orange, and banyan. It has wide spreading branches that…

Recipes

Old Time Recipes for Home Made Wines: British Champagne

Karen April 15, 2021 0 Comments

The name British Champagne is a paradox, of course, because real champagne only comes from a certain area of France and is made to to exacting standards. Apparently this did…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Burning Bush (Kochia scoparia tricophylla aka Brassia scoparia tricophylla)

Karen April 14, 2021 0 Comments

Also known as summer cypress, this this half-hardy annual often grown as a shrub is native to central and southern Europe and Asia and was introduced into the US in…

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