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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rocky Mountain Beard-Tongue (Penstemon stricta)

Karen April 6, 2020 0 Comments

Rocky Mountain beard-tongue is a semi evergreen perennial native to western US from southern Wyoming and western Colorado to northeastern Arizona and northern New Mexico, with an isolated population in…

Critters: Animals in the Garden

Plants That Attract Beneficial Insects: Pot Marigold (Calendula officinalis)

Karen March 12, 2020 0 Comments

This short lived perennial is native to southern Europe and North Africa but has naturalized in much of Europe where it is grown as an annual. It is a member…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: California Interior Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium)

Karen March 4, 2020 0 Comments

Also known as eastern mojave buckwheat, this rounded evergreen shrub or subshrub is a member of the knotweed family, Polygonaceae, that also includes rhubarb, dock and sea grape. It is…

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Plant Profile: Blunt Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum miticum)

Karen January 13, 2020 0 Comments

Also called short toothed mountain mint, this herbaceous perennial is in the dead nettle family, Lamiaceae, that also includes rosemary, ajuga, and monarda. It is native to Eastern North American…

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Plant Profile: Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

Karen November 20, 2019 0 Comments

Also called fly-trap dogbane and bitterroot, this lanky herbaceous perennial is a member of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes milkweed, bluestar, periwinkle, and oleander. It is native to…

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Plant Profile: Chaste Tree (Vitex agnus-castus)

Karen July 24, 2019 0 Comments

Also called monk’s pepper, chaste tree is a sprawling deciduous shrub and a member of the mint family, Lamiaceae, that also includes basil, deadnettle and ajuga. It is native to…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Pineleaf Milkweed (Asclepias linaria)

Karen February 12, 2019 0 Comments

Also called pine-needle milkweed, this evergreen herbaceous perennial or subshrub is a member of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes periwinkle. It is native to Arizona, New Mexico, and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)

Karen January 9, 2019 0 Comments

Hoary vervain is a herbaceous perennial and a member of the vervain family, Verbanaceae, that also includes lantanas, verbena, and sandpaper vines. It is native to the Midwest, the Great…

Critters: Animals in the Garden

Plants That Attract Beneficial Insects: Butterfly Weed (Asclepias tuberosa)

Karen January 3, 2019 0 Comments

This clump-forming, long-lived, herbaceous perennial is native to eastern North America where it tends to grow on dry soil in full sun . It is a member of the dogbane…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Flat Topped White Aster (Aster umbellatus aka Doellingeria umbellate)

Karen October 22, 2018 0 Comments

Flat topped white aster, also known as parasol whitetop and tall white aster, is a bushyherbaceous perennial native to eastern and north central US where it is found in moist…

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