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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: 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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Salt Marsh Bulrush (Scirpus maritimus aka Bolboschoenus maritimus)

Karen September 2, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as sea clubrush, cosmopolitan bulrush, alkali bulrush, and bayonet grass, this herbaceous perennial is native to salty, brackish or fresh marshlands habitats in much of the world and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Spiny Rush (Juncus acutus)

Karen August 19, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as Leopold’s rush, spike rush, sharp-leaved rush, and sharp rush, this evergreen, herbaceous grass-like perennial is native to western US, South America, north and south Africa, western and…

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Coneflowers (Rudbeckia sp.) Native to the Southwest

Karen Meyers May 14, 2026 0 Comments

Known as coneflowers and black-eyed-susans, the genus Rudbeckia is native to both damp woodlands and dry prairies of North America. It belongs to the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes…

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Monardas Native to New England

Karen Meyers February 5, 2026 0 Comments

Also called bergamot, bee balm, horsemint, and oswego tea, Monarda is a genus of annuals and herbaceous perennials belonging to the deadnettle family, Lamiaceae, that also includes mint, lavender and…

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Iris Native to the Southeast

Karen Meyers October 30, 2025 0 Comments

Iris is a genus of 310 species and is in the plant family Iridaceae that also included gladiolus, crocus and freesia. The plants are all perennial and grow 2-79″ from…

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Iris Native to the Southwest

Karen Meyers October 23, 2025 0 Comments

Iris is a genus of 310 species and is in the plant family Iridaceae that also included gladiolus, crocus and freesia. The plants are all perennial and grow from rhizomes…

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Iris Native to the Mid-Atlantic States

Karen Meyers October 9, 2025 0 Comments

Iris is a genus of 310 species and is in the plant family Iridaceae that also included gladiolus, crocus and freesia. The plants are all perennial and grow from rhizomes…

Garden History

Plants for a Mary Garden: Water Forget-Me-Not (Myosotis scorpoides) “Eyes of Mary”

Karen Meyers April 29, 2025 0 Comments

The small, delicate, blue forget-me-not flowers link the plant to the Virgin Mary. The modest, yet beautiful appearance of the flowers reflects Mary’s humility and the blue color symbolizes her…

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  • Wildflowers: Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium sp) Native to the Mid-Atlantic
  • Plant Profile: False Sunflower (Heliopsis helanthoides)
  • Wildflowers: Prairie Coneflower/Mexican Hat (Ratibida sp) Native to the Midwest
  • Plant Profile: California Croton (Croton californicus)
  • Wildflowers: Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium sp) Native to New England
  • Plant Profile: Western Ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya aka Ambrosia coronopifolia)
  • Wildflowers: Prairie Coneflower/Mexican Hat (Ratibida sp) Native to the Southeast
  • Plant Profile: Sea Lavender (Heliotropium gnaphalodes aka Argusia gnaphalodes aka Tournefortia gnaphalodes)
  • Wildflowers: Lady’s Slipper Orchids (Cypripedium sp) native to the Midwest
  • Plant Profile: Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata)

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Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium sp) Native to the Mid-Atlantic

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: False Sunflower (Heliopsis helanthoides)

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Prairie Coneflower/Mexican Hat (Ratibida sp) Native to the Midwest

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: California Croton (Croton californicus)

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