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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sea Lavender (Heliotropium gnaphalodes aka Argusia gnaphalodes aka Tournefortia gnaphalodes)

Karen October 19, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as sea rosemary, bay lavender, and iodine bush, this evergreen shrub is native to coastal areas of southern and central Florida. It is a member of the borage…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sugar Bush (Rhus ovata)

Karen October 7, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as sugar sumac, this evergreen shrub or small tree is native to chaparral in dry canyons and slopes in Southern California, Arizona and Baja California and is a…

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Plant Profile: California Wax Myrtle (Myrica californica aka Morella californica)

Karen September 21, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as Pacific wax myrtle or California bayberry, this evergreen shrub or small tree is native to the West coast from Los Angeles to British Columbia where it grows…

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Plant Profile: Dahoon Holly (Ilex cassine)

Karen September 9, 2026 0 Comments

This evergreen large shrub or small tree is native to swamps and bogs of the southeastern coast of the US from Virginia to southeast Texas, south to Veracruz, Mexico, and…

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Plant Profile: Tree Tobacco(Nicotiana glauca)

Karen August 24, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as mustard tree, juanloco, and palo loco, this short lived, evergreen shrub or small tree is native to South American from central northwest Argentina to southern Bolivia. It…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bladderpod (Peritoma arborea aka Cleome isomeris aka Isomeris arborea)

Karen July 22, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as burro fat, stink weed, and California cleome, this evergreen shrub is native to California and Baja California where it grows in a variety of habitats from coastal…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: American Olive (Cartrema americana aka Osmanthus americanus)

Karen June 3, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as wild olive and devilwood, this evergreen shrub or small tree is native to the coastal forests along the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico from Virginia…

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Plant Profile: Saw Palmetto (Serenoa repens)

Karen May 18, 2026 0 Comments

This very long lived evergreen palm is endemic to the subtropical and tropical Southeastern US where it grows in clumps or dense thickets as undergrowth in sandy coastal areas of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Carolina Desert-thorn (Lycium carolinianum)

Karen April 29, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as Christmas berry, this evergreen shrub is native to coastal areas of Cuba, Mexico, and southeastern US from South Carolina to Florida and west to Texas, where it…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Beach Elder (Iva imbricata)

Karen April 8, 2026 0 Comments

Also known as seashore elder, seacoast marshelder, and seacoast sumpweed, this evergreen shrub is native to coastal areas of the US from Virginia to Texas where it grows on sand…

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