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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Salt Grass (Distichlis spicata)

Karen September 23, 2026 0 Comments

This perennial grass is known by many names including marsh spikegrass, alkali saltgrass, seashore saltgrass, desert saltgrass, inland saltgrass, and spikegrass. It is native and widespread in the Americas where…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: California Wax Myrtle (Myrica californica aka Morella californica)

Karen September 21, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as Pacific wax myrtle or California bayberry, this evergreen shrub or small tree is native to the West coast from Los Angeles to British Columbia where it grows…

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Southeast

Karen Meyers September 17, 2026 0 Comments

Actea is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes anemone, monkshood, and delphinium. They are native to subtropical, temperate and subarctic regions of Europe,…

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Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to the Pacific Coast

Karen Meyers September 15, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as wolfbanes, leopard’s bane, devil’s helmet, or blue rocket, these herbaceous perennials are native to the mountainous parts of the Northern Hemisphere in North America, Europe, and Asia,…

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Mid-Atlantic

Karen Meyers September 10, 2026 0 Comments

Actea is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes anemone, monkshood, and delphinium. They are native to subtropical, temperate and subarctic regions of Europe,…

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Plant Profile: Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine)

Karen September 9, 2026 0 Comments

This evergreen large shrub or small tree is native to swamps and bogs of the southeastern coast of the US from Virginia to southeast Texas, south to Veracruz, Mexico, and…

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to the Rocky Mountain Area

Karen Meyers September 8, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as wolfbanes, leopard’s bane, devil’s helmet, or blue rocket, these herbaceous perennials are native to the mountainous parts of the Northern Hemisphere in North America, Europe, and Asia,…

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Southwest

Karen Meyers September 3, 2026 0 Comments

Actea is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes anemone, monkshood, and delphinium. They are native to subtropical, temperate and subarctic regions of Europe,…

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to the Midwest

Karen Meyers September 1, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as wolfbanes, leopard’s bane, devil’s helmet, or blue rocket, these herbaceous perennials are native to the mountainous parts of the Northern Hemisphere in North America, Europe, and Asia,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Laurustinus (Viburnum tinus)

Karen August 26, 2026 0 Comments

Native to shrubland and wooded rocky slopes of the Mediterranean area of Europe and northern Africa, this evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of the moschatel family, Adoxaceae,…

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