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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Seaside Goldenrod (Solidago sempervirens)

Karen December 15, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as salt-marsh goldenrod, this succulent herbaceous perennial is native to coastal areas of eastern North America, parts of the Caribbean, Mexico, and Central America where it grows on…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Giant Feather Grass (Stipa gigantea)

Karen December 10, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as golden oats, this perennial cool-season grass is native to the mountains of Spain and Portugal, and a member of the grass family, Poaceae, that also includes rice,…

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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…

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Plant Profile: Spanish Broom (Spartium junceum)

Karen October 13, 2025 0 Comments

Known as rush broom and weaver’s broom, this flowering deciduous shrub is native to southwestern Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Azores where it grows on dry, sandy, sunny sites. It…

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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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Oleander (Nerium oleander)

Karen August 4, 2025 0 Comments

Oleander is an evergreen shrub or small tree and a member of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes blue star (Amsonia), periwinkle (Vinca), and milkweed (Ascelpius). Its native range…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Feathery Cassia (Senna artemisioides aka Cassia artemisiodes)

Karen July 30, 2025 0 Comments

Endemic to Australia, this compact evergreen shrub is also known as silver senna, wormwood senna and silver cassia. It is in the pea family, Fabaceae that also includes beans, lupine…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Soap Aloe (Aloe maculata aka A. saponaria)

Karen September 25, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as zebra aloe, this evergreen succulent perennial is native to southern and eastern South Africa, and south-eastern Botswana and Zimbabwe where it grows in a variety of habitats…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Indian Hawthorn (Raphiolepis indica)

Karen September 11, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Hong Kong hawthorn, this dense evergreen shrub is native to south China to Indo-China and temperate eastern Asia including Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. It is…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sea Purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum aka Portulaca portulacastrum aka Halimus portulacastrum )

Karen August 28, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as shoreline purslane, this evergreen succulent perennial is native to coastal areas throughout the world where it grows in salt and freshwater marshes, along beach dunes, and in…

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