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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Beach Strawberry (Fragaria chiloensis)

Karen December 23, 2024 0 Comments

A native of coastal meadows, bluffs, and dunes in the Northwest from Alaska to California, beach strawberry is a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes cherries, lady’s…

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Plants for a Mary Garden: Periwinkle (Vinca minor)

Karen November 5, 2024 0 Comments

Also called myrtle and the Virgin flower this perennial evergreen vine is a member of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes milkweed, oleander, and bluestar. It is native from…

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Plant Profile: Crown Vetch (Securigera varia aka Coronilla varia)

Karen October 14, 2024 0 Comments

Also called purple vetch, this herbaceous perennial vine is native to Europe, southwest Asia, and northern Africa but was introduced into the US for soil improvement and erosion control in…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)

Karen September 4, 2024 0 Comments

Native to swamps, woodland clearings, wetland forests, and outcroppings in eastern North America from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, south to northern Florida, Alabama and Arkansas, this deciduous shrub…

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Plant Profile: Smooth Alder (Alnus serrulata)

Karen August 26, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as tag alder, brookside alder, and hazel alder, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia and southern New Brunswick south…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum aka Swida amomum)

Karen August 19, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as pale dogwood, swamp dogwood, red willow, silky cornel, kinnikinnick, and squawbush this deciduous shrub is native to parts of Canada and eastern and central US, from Vermont…

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Plant Profile: Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)

Karen August 5, 2024 0 Comments

This mounding to rounded deciduous shrub is native to open woods, lakeshores, streambanks, rock outcroppings, and prairies in central and eastern US from New Brunswick to Ontario, south to Georgia…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Australian Blackwood ( Acacia melanoxylon)

Karen April 10, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as hickory, mudgerabah, and Tasmanian blackwood, this evergreen tree is native to southeastern Australia including Tasmania, and is a member of the legume family, Fabaceae, that also includes…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Golden Wattle (Acacia longifolia)

Karen April 3, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as long-leaved wattle, acacia trinervis, aroma doble, coast wattle, sallow wattle, and Sydney golden wattle, this flowering broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree is endemic to coastal areas…

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Plant Profile: False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)

Karen January 10, 2024 0 Comments

This deciduous shrub is native to North America from eastern Canada throughout much of the US and into northern Mexico, where it grows along stream and pond edges, moist open…

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Edible Mushrooms: Meadow Wax Cap (Cuphophyllus pratensis)

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