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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Crown Daisy (Chrysanthemum coronarium aka Glebionis coronaria)

Karen June 16, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as garland chrysanthemum and edible chrysanthemum, this cool weather annual is native to the Mediterranean region but is common in California where it grows in disturbed areas and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Crystalline Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

Karen June 9, 2025 0 Comments

This evergreen prostrate annual or biennial is native to southern Africa, Sinai, Canary Islands, and southern Europe where it grows on cliffs, coastal bluffs, sand dunes and disturbed areas. It…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Prostrate Sand Verbena (Abronia umbellata)

Karen May 14, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as beach sand verbena and purple sand verbena, this tender perennial is often grown as an annual and is a member of the four o’clock family, Nyctaginaceae, that…

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Plant Profile: Indian Blanket (Gaillardia pulchella)

Karen Meyers February 5, 2025 0 Comments

Also called firewheel and sundance, this hairy annual is native to northern Mexico and southern and central US from Arizona east to Florida, and the Carolinas and north to Nebraska…

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Plants for a Mary Garden: Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis)

Karen Meyers January 21, 2025 0 Comments

This short lived tender perennial is native to southern Europe and North Africa but has naturalized in much of Europe where it is grown as an annual. . It is…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Tricolor Daisy (Chrysanthemum carinatum aka Ismelia carinata)

Karen December 11, 2024 0 Comments

Native to North Africa, this bushy cool weather annual is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes sunflower, yarrow, and lettuce. Plants grow 2-3′ tall and have…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Silverleaf Sunflower (Helianthus argophyllus)

Karen December 4, 2024 0 Comments

This annual sunflower is native to Texas where it grows in sandy areas near the seacoast. It is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Corn Marigold (Chrysanthemum segetum aka Glebionis segetum)

Karen November 6, 2024 0 Comments

Native to the eastern Mediterranean and western Africa, corn marigold is a rounded spreading annual and a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes sunflower, yarrow, and lettuce.…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Flowering Tobacco (Nicotiana alata)

Karen December 4, 2023 0 Comments

Also called jasmine tobacco, sweet tobacco, winged tobacco, tanbaku, and Persian tobacco, this annual or tender herbaceous perennial is native from southern Brazil to northeastern Argentina and is a member…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sweet Sultan (Centaurea moschata aka Amberboa moschata)

Karen June 14, 2023 0 Comments

Native to Asia Minor, this clump-forming cool climate annual is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow, and lettuce. It grows 1-3′ tall and has…

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