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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)

Karen September 4, 2024 0 Comments

Native to swamps, woodland clearings, wetland forests, and outcroppings in eastern North America from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, south to northern Florida, Alabama and Arkansas, this deciduous shrub…

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Plant Profile: Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Karen July 24, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as redgum, American storax, hazel pine, bilsted, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, and alligatorwood, this deciduous tree is native to eastern US and Mexico where it grows in a variety…

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Genus Witch Hazels for the Garden (Hamamelis spp)

Karen March 14, 2024 0 Comments

Witch hazels, Hamamelis spp., are deciduous shrubs or small trees native to eastern North America and eastern Asia. They are in the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, that also includes lorpetalum,…

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Trees for Watersides

Karen September 8, 2022 0 Comments

A weeping willow tree planted beside a pond inspired Monet’s picture and still holds the attention of the thousands of tourists who visit Monet’s garden at Giverny. Water features can…

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Plant Profile: Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia)

Karen June 16, 2021 0 Comments

This vigorous deciduous woody vine, also known as woodbine, is native to eastern and central North America south to Mexico where it grows in a variety of habitats including forests,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Redbud Hazel (Disanthus cercidifolius)

Karen December 11, 2020 0 Comments

Native to the woodlands of China and Japan, this slender, branched, deciduous shrub is a member of the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, that also includes loropetalum, fothergill, and persian ironwood.…

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Plant Profile: Scarlet Oak (Quercus coccinea)

Karen October 4, 2017 0 Comments

Scarlet oak is a long-lived deciduous tree belong to the oak family, Fagaceae, that also includes beeches and chestnuts. It is native to central and Eastern US where it grows…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum var. heptalobum)

Karen July 8, 2015 0 Comments

There are many beautiful Japanese maples and this is one of them. With its elegant form and superb autumn coloration it is a fine choice for a courtyard, cottage garden,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sassafras (Sassafras albidum)

Karen August 25, 2014 0 Comments

A deciduous shrub or tree, sassafras is native to eastern North America from Canada to Florida westward to Kansas and Texas where it is found in woods and thickets. It…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Dawn Redwood (Metasquoia glyptroboides)

Karen September 11, 2013 0 Comments

This deciduous conifer was described from fossil evidence in 1941 and was thought to be extinct until 1944 when a few trees were found in central China. Since then seeds…

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