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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum aka Swida amomum)

Karen August 19, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as pale dogwood, swamp dogwood, red willow, silky cornel, kinnikinnick, and squawbush this deciduous shrub is native to parts of Canada and eastern and central US, from Vermont…

Garden Books

Book Review: Held By The Land

Karen August 16, 2024 0 Comments

In Held By the Land, author Leigh Joseph presents a sensitive and unique approach to building a relationship with our natural surrounds. As an ethnobotanist and member of the Squamish…

Weeds

Weeds and Their Control: Spotted Knapweed (Centaurea maculosa)

Karen August 15, 2024 0 Comments

Spotted knapweed is an aggressive short-lived perennial brought to North America from Eurasia in the 1890s in contaminated crop seed. Since then it has spread to almost every state in…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Blue Haw (Viburnum cassinoides)

Karen August 14, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Appalachian tea, wild raisin, swamp haw, withe-rod and witherrod viburnum, this deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America from Newfoundland to Manitoba and Minnesota, south to…

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Plants for a Mary Garden: Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)

Karen August 13, 2024 0 Comments

Native to woodlands in colder parts of Europe and Asia, this herbaceous perennial grows 6-12″ tall from a rhizomatous root system and often form large colonies. Each plant has one…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Smooth Witherod (Viburnum nudum)

Karen August 12, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as withe-rod, possumhaw, and wild raisin, this deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America where it lives in swamps, bogs, and low woods. It is a member…

Garden Books

Book Review: Self-Love Potions

Karen August 9, 2024 0 Comments

Self-Love Potions by Cosmicvaleria (aka Valeria Kapusta) is a collection of herbal rituals and recipes aimed at enhancing one’s own happiness. Described as a witch and herbalist, the author brings…

Weeds

Weeds and Their Control: Brazilian Jasmine (Jasminum fluminense)

Karen August 8, 2024 0 Comments

Brazilian jasmine is an evergreen, climbing, woody vine and a member of the olive family, Olaceae, that also includes lilac, privet, and forsythia. It is native to tropical west Africa…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris aka R. lancifolia)

Karen August 7, 2024 0 Comments

This suckering deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, south to Florida and west to Arkansas and Ontario where it occurs along stream…

Garden History

Plants for a Mary Garden: Common Columbine (Aquilegia vulgaris)

Karen August 6, 2024 0 Comments

Also called Granny’s bonnet and European crowfoot, this herbaceous perennial is native to woodlands and meadows of Europe. It is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes…

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