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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Oven Wattle (Acacia pravissima)

Karen April 17, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as wedge-leaved wattle and Tumut wattle, this evergreen shrub or small tree is native to southeastern Australia where it grows near streams or in moist sheltered sites, often…

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Book Review: Herbs: Gardens, Decorations, and Recipes

Karen December 1, 2023 0 Comments

Herbs by Emelie Tolley, celebrates herbs with their ability to stimulate the senses and bring joy to every aspect of life. With more than 450 photographs Tolley shares her visits…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Common Reed (Phragmites australis aka P. communis)

Karen September 14, 2022 0 Comments

Native to temperate wetlands world wide, this perennial aquatic grass is a member of the grass family, Poaceae, that also includes corn, rice, and bamboo. It is a vigorous grower…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bells of Ireland (Moluccella laevis)

Karen September 21, 2020 0 Comments

Also called lady in the bathtub, shell flower, and molucca balm, this annual is native to Turkey, Syria, and the Caucasus. It is a member of the mint family, Laminaceae,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Blood Flower (Asclepias curassavica)

Karen January 3, 2018 0 Comments

Blood flower, also known as cotton bush, Mexican butterfly weed, and scarlet milkweed, is a tropical perennial subshrub native to South America often grown as an annual in the US…

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