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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Southern Wax Myrtle (Myrica cerifera aka Morella cerifera)

Karen January 4, 2012 0 Comments

Also called southern bayberry, candleberry, bayberry tree, and tallow shrub, this evergreen shrub or small tree is a native of wetlands in Southeastern United States. It is a member of…

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Plant Profile: Winter Heather (Erica carnea)

Karen November 7, 2011 0 Comments

Winter heather is a low growing compact evergreen shrub that gets up to 12” tall and up to 24” wide so makes a very good ground cover. It grows slowly…

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Plant Profile: Silverberry (Elaeagnus x ebbingei ‘Gilt Edge’)

Karen March 16, 2011 1 Comments

Variegated plants have a special gift for lighting up a dark area but this silverberry goes beyond that. The underside of its yellow and green leaves are covered with silvery…

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Plant Profile: Weeping Leucothoe (Leucothoe fontanesiana)

Karen March 2, 2011 0 Comments

Leucothoe is one of the rare plants that really loves the shade and is beautiful growing with azaleas, rhododendrons, and other ericaceous plants with its graceful arching stems, leathery shiny…

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Plant Profile: Sweet Bay (Laurus nobilis)

Karen December 6, 2010 4 Comments

Also known as bay laural, this aromatic evergreen shrub or small tree is native to the Mediterranean region and a member of the laurel family, Lauraceae, that also includes sassafras,…

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Plant Profile: Rosemary (Rosmarinus officinalis)

Karen November 15, 2010 0 Comments

This evergreen shrub is native the Mediterranean area where it grows on dry rocky hillsides. It is a member of the mint family, Lamiaceae, that also includes beebalm, basal, and…

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Plant Profile: David Viburnum (Viburnum davidi)

Karen April 14, 2010 4 Comments

The dark green glossy leaves of this compact evergreen shrub are enough to recommend it but it also has large clusters of snow white flowers in early spring that brighten…

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Plant Profile: Strawberry Tree (Arbutus unedo)

Karen January 12, 2010 0 Comments

Native to the Mediterranean region and western Europe, this broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of the heather family, Ericaceae, that also includes rhododendron, blueberry, and mountain…

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Plant Profile: Rollison Fetterbush (Leucothoe fontanesiana ‘Rollisonii’)

Karen December 29, 2009 0 Comments

An attractive U.S. woodland native in the mountains from Virginia to Georgia and Tennessee, Rollison Fetterbush is a good shrub for an ericaceous border, a shade garden, or as a…

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Plant Profile: Cherry Laurel (Prunus lauroceraus aka P. officinalis)

Karen December 24, 2009 2 Comments

Native to southeastern Europe and the Middle East this evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes, apple, lady’s mantle, and pyracantha.…

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