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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Grassleaf Scabiosa (Scabiosa graminifolia)

Karen November 5, 2025 0 Comments

Native to rocky slopes in southern Europe, this evergreen perennial is a member of the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, that also includes weigelia, Centranthus, and valerian. Plants grow up to 18″…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Orange Sneezeweed (Helenium hoopseii)

Karen November 3, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as owl’s claws, this clump-forming perennial a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow and lettuce. It is native to western United States from…

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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sweet Scabiosa (Scabiosa atropurpurea)

Karen October 29, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as mourningbride, and mournful widow, this annual is a member of the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, that also includes weigelia, Centranthus, and valerian. It is native to the Mediterranean…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Maximilian Sunflower (Helianthus maximiliana)

Karen October 20, 2025 0 Comments

Native to the Great Plains of central North America, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow, and lettuce. With a rhizomatous…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rayless Sunflower (Helianthus radula)

Karen September 15, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as pineland sunflower, this tender perennial is native to southeastern US from South Carolina to Florida and eastern Louisiana where it grows in sandy uplands, along moist to…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Thinleaf Sunflower (Helianthus decapetalus)

Karen September 10, 2025 0 Comments

Also called rough sunflower and ten-petal sunflower, this herbaceous perennial is native to the woodlands and forests of Eastern and Central US. It is a member of the daisy family,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Java Glorybower (Clerodendrum speciosissimum)

Karen September 8, 2025 0 Comments

This tropical evergreen shrub is also known as pagoda flower and giant salvia and is native to Java where it grows in forest clearings in the low mountains. It is…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Common Sunflower (Helianthus annus)

Karen September 1, 2025 0 Comments

Although there are many perennial sunflowers there is only one annual that is garden worthy but that one has dozens of cultivars and is very popular. A native of western…

Garden History

Plants for a Mary Garden: Fuller’s Teasel (Dipsacus fullonum) “Our Lady’s Little Brushes”

Karen Meyers August 12, 2025 0 Comments

The association between the the Virgin Mary and fuller’s teasel is tenuous and rests on tradition and folklore rather than on biblical evidence. According to legend, Mary was dedicated to…

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