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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…

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Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to New England

Karen Meyers September 22, 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,…

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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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Plant Profile: Bay Cedar (Suriana maritima)

Karen September 14, 2026 0 Comments

Native to tropical coasts in most regions of the world including southern Florida, this evergreen shrub is a member of a small plant family, Surianaceae, that consists of only 8…

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

Karen Meyers August 18, 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: Menzies’Goldenbush (Isocoma menziesii)

Karen August 12, 2026 0 Comments

This semi evergreen subshrub is native to sandy soils of California, Baja California, and Baha California Sur where it grows in areas such as coastal strand and coastal sage scrub.…

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Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to the Mid-Atlantic

Karen Meyers August 11, 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,…

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Plant Profile: Crisp Dune Mint (Monardella crispa)

Karen July 27, 2026 0 Comments

This rare herbaceous perennial is endemic to California where it grows on unstable sand dunes along the coastline of San Luis Obispo and northern Santa Barbara Counties. It is a…

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Plant Profile: Bladderpod (Peritoma arborea aka Cleome isomeris aka Isomeris arborea)

Karen July 22, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as burro fat, stink weed, and California cleome, this evergreen shrub is native to California and Baja California where it grows in a variety of habitats from coastal…

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  • Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to New England
  • Plant Profile: Salt Grass (Distichlis spicata)
  • Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to New England
  • Plant Profile: California Wax Myrtle (Myrica californica aka Morella californica)
  • Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Southeast
  • Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Pacific Coast
  • Plant Profile: Swamp Tupelo (Nyssa biflora)
  • Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to the Pacific Coast
  • Plant Profile: Bay Cedar (Suriana maritima)
  • Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to the Mid-Atlantic

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Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Acteae (Bugbane, Baneberry, Cohosh) Native to New England

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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Wildflowers: Monkshoods (Aconitum sp.) Native to New England

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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

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