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Plant Combinations

Plant Combination: Variegated Yucca (Yucca filamentosa) ‘Golden Sword’ and Honeysuckle (Lonicera nitida) ‘Baggesen’s Gold’

Karen August 20, 2019 0 Comments

Year round color is supplied by this gold drenched duo. Both are evergreen and but have leaves that contrast in texture, form, and size. While the leaves of Yucca ‘Golden…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rosa ‘White Pet’

Karen August 19, 2019 0 Comments

Also known as “Little White Pet’ this Polyantha rose has large upright clusters of pink flushed buds that open to small very double white flowers with a cupped to flat…

Garden Books

Book Review: Opiod Abuse

Karen August 16, 2019 0 Comments

Written for teens and young adults, Opioid Abuse, introduces readers to the opioid epidemic by considering four major issues involved: the effectiveness of opioids to treat chronic pain, the cause…

Poisinous Plants

Poisonous Plants: Snowberry (Symphoricarpus albus)

Karen August 15, 2019 0 Comments

Also known as waxberry, this deciduous flowering shrub is a member of the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, that also includes weigelia, scabiosa, and abelia. It is native to North America where…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rue (Ruta graveolens)

Karen August 14, 2019 0 Comments

Also called herb of grace, rue is an evergreen mounding subshrub and a member of the Rutaceae family that also includes oranges, limes, and skimmia. It is native to the…

Herbaceous Perennials

Genus Pigsqueak (Bergenia) for the Garden

Karen August 13, 2019 0 Comments

Bergenia is genus of semi-evergreen herbaceous perennials and belong to the saxifrage family, Saxifragaceae, that also includes Astilbe, Heuchera, Tiarella, and Rodgersia. It is native to central Asia but is…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Japanese Wisteria (Wisteria floribunda)

Karen August 12, 2019 0 Comments

Japanese wisteria is a deciduous flowering vine native to Japan and a member of the pea family, Fabaceae, that also includes lupines, mimosa, and black locust. The vine grows up…

Garden Books

Book Review: The Climate Report

Karen August 9, 2019 0 Comments

The Climate Report is the work of the US Global Change Research Program (USGCRP) that was established in 1989 as a result of an initiative of President Ronald Reagan. It…

Weeds

Weeds and Their Control: Scarlet Pimpernel (Anagallis arvensis)

Karen August 8, 2019 0 Comments

Scarlet pimpernel is an annual native to Europe, western Asia and North Africa but was widely introduced as an ornamental and is now is found in throughout the US. Although…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Pink Tickseed (Coreopsis rosea)

Karen August 7, 2019 0 Comments

Pink tickseed is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial and a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, sunflower, and lettuce. It is native to the East Coast of…

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