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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Leopard Plant (Farfugium japonicum aka Ligularia tussilaginea)

Karen March 21, 2022 0 Comments

Also known as tractor seat plant, this tender herbaceous perennial is native to moist meadows, stream banks, and coastal areas of Japan and eastern Asia and is a member of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

Karen February 28, 2022 0 Comments

Also known as swamp cabbage, clumpfoot cabbage, foetid pothos and polecat weed, this herbaceous perennial is native to wetlands and moist slopes of eastern North America. It is a member…

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Plants of the Bible: Yellow Flag (Iris pseudacornus)

Karen February 4, 2022 0 Comments

Also called water flag, this herbaceous perennial is a beardless rhizomatous iris native to the wetlands of Europe, western Asia and northwest Africa where it forms large colonies. It is…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Ostrich Fern (Matteuccia struthiopteris aka Onoclea struthiopteris)

Karen January 26, 2022 0 Comments

Native to eastern North America, Europe, and eastern Asia, this clump-forming, deciduous fern is a member of the Onocleaceae, a small plant family of ferns distinguished by having two kinds…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plants of the Bible: Calamus (Acornus calamus)

Karen November 12, 2021 0 Comments

This aquatic perennial goes by many name including beewort, flag root, gladdon, myrtle flag, sweet flag, pine root, sea sedge and sweet cane. It is native to Asia and Europe…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sweet Flag (Acornum calamus)

Karen August 7, 2021 0 Comments

This aquatic perennial goes by many name including beewort, calamus, flag root, gladdon, myrtle flag, pine root, sea sedge and sweet cane. It is native to Asia and Europe where…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bulrush (Cyperus papyrus)

Karen July 28, 2021 0 Comments

Also known as paper reed and Nile grass, this tender aquatic herbaceous perennial is native to lakes, rivers and swamps of northern Africa, and was cultivated in the Nile Delta…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: California Sea Lavender (Limonium californicum)

Karen March 11, 2020 0 Comments

Also called western marsh rosemary, this mounding evergreen herb or subshrub is a member of the leadwort family, Plumbaginaceae, that also includes thrift. It is native to western US from…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Water Avens (Geum rivale)

Karen November 18, 2019 0 Comments

Also known as purple avens, and chocolate root, is herbaceous perennial is a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes cherry, almond, and lady’s mantle. It is native…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Zigzag Iris (Iris brevicaulis)

Karen September 30, 2019 0 Comments

Also called short-stemmed iris, this rhizomatous perennial and a member of the iris family, Iridaceae, that also includes crocus, gladiolus, and freesia. It is native to Ohio southwest to Nebraska,…

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