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The Language of Flowers: Common Locust (Robinia psuedoacacia)

Karen March 26, 2019 0 Comments

Common locust is a medium sized deciduous tree growing forty to one hundred feet tall with attractive blue-green pinnately compound leaves and beautiful loose pendent clusters of very fragrant creamy…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rose Turtlehead (Chelone obliqua)

Karen March 25, 2019 0 Comments

Also called red turtlehead and pink turtlehead, this rhizomatous herbaceous perennial is a member of the plantain family, Plantaginaceae, that also includes foxglove, snapdragon, and angelonia. It is endemic to…

Garden Books

Detox Kitchen Vegetables

Karen March 22, 2019 0 Comments

Lily Simpson, author of Detox Kitchen Vegetables, brings to the reader her experience as founder of a food business that focuses on natural ingredients and cooking without wheat, dairy, or…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Canna Hybrids (Canna x generalis aka C. hortensis)

Karen March 20, 2019 0 Comments

Canna hybrids are the most commonly grown garden plants. They are herbaceous perennials in the Cannaceae family that is most closely related to ginger, banana, and bird of paradise. The…

Perennials

Asters for the Garden

Karen March 19, 2019 0 Comments

Aster is a large genus of herbaceous perennials and are members of the family that bear their name, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, sunflower, and lettuce. The genus includes weeds…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rose St. Patrick

Karen March 18, 2019 0 Comments

Green buds open slowly to flowers with exceptionally long petals with a golden yellow base and a touch of green on their edges that becomes more prominent in cool weather.…

Garden Books

Book Review: The Leafy Guide to Cannabis

Karen March 17, 2019 0 Comments

If you want to embrace a marijuana life style The Leafly Guide to Cannabis is a good start. Written by the Leafly Team, the book begins by giving a brief…

Garden Books

Book Review: Debate About Legalizing Marijuana

Karen March 15, 2019 0 Comments

Written for pre-teens, Marne Ventura’s book, The Debate About Legalizing Marijuana, present the pros and cons on the subject. The author begins with a short history of marijuana use and…

Weeds

Weeds and Their Control: Dog Fennel (Eupatorium capillifolium)

Karen March 14, 2019 0 Comments

Also called sneezeweed, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes sunflowers, daisies, and lettuce. It is native to eastern and south central US…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bulbine Lily (Bulbine bulbosa)

Karen March 13, 2019 0 Comments

Also called golden lily, leek lily, wild onion, yellow onion weed, and native leek, this succulent perennial is a member of the Asphodelaceae that also includes aloe, torch lily (Kniphofia),…

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