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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Poker Alumroot (Heuchera cylindrica)

Karen October 21, 2019 0 Comments

Also called roundleaf alum, this evergreen herbaceous perennial is a member of the saxifraxge family, Saxifragaceae, that also includes astilbe, bergenia, and tiarella. It is native to northwestern North America…

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Book Review: Tell Your Children

Karen October 18, 2019 0 Comments

With more and more people looking favorably on the legalization of marijuana there is a growing increase in the number of people concerned about legalization, and Alex Berenson is one…

Poisinous Plants

Poisonous Plants: Common Monkshood (Aconitum napellus)

Karen October 17, 2019 0 Comments

Also called wolfsbane and helmet flower, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes columbine, hellebore, and delphinium. It is native and endemic to…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Vanilla Leaf (Achlys triphylla)

Karen October 16, 2019 0 Comments

Also called sweet after death and deer foot, vanilla leaf is a herbaceous perennial native to western North America from British Columbia south to California where it forms a dense…

Plant Combinations

Plant Combination: Rose ‘Zephirine Drouhin’ and Clematis ‘Perle d’Azur’

Karen October 15, 2019 0 Comments

Enjoy the lovely combination of the cherry pink rose ‘Zephirine Drouhin and the sky blue clematis ‘Perle d’Azur over a long bloom time in summer. The rose begins to bloom…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Creeping Avens (Geum reptans)

Karen October 14, 2019 0 Comments

Creeping avens is a herbaceous perennial and a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes almond, apple, and lady’s mantle. It is native to high mountains in Central…

Garden Books

Book Review:

Karen October 12, 2019 0 Comments

Garden Day! by Candice Ransom is part of the Step into Reading Series that aims to help children have a successful reading experience beginning in preschool. Written for children 4-6…

Garden Books

Book Review: The End of Ice

Karen October 11, 2019 0 Comments

Journalist and author Dahr Jamail takes his readers on a tour of places all over the earth that bear witness to the effects of anthropogenic climate disruption from Denali and…

Weeds

Weeds and Their Control: Mayweed (Anthemis cotula)

Karen October 10, 2019 0 Comments

Also called common dog fennel and stinking chamomile, mayweed is an annual belonging the the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow and lettuce. It is native to Eurasia…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Blue Giant Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)

Karen October 9, 2019 0 Comments

Also known as lavender hyssop and anise hyssop, this clump-forming herbaceous perennial is a member of the mint family, Lamiaceae, that also includes basil, sage, and ajuga. It is native…

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