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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Purple Wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei ‘Coloratus’)

Karen May 3, 2021 0 Comments

Native to China, Korea, and Japan, Euonymus fortunei is a woody evergreen or semi-evergreen member of the bitterseet family, Celastraceae, that also includes crucifiction thorn. The species can be grown…

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Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Baby’s Breath (Gypsophila paniculata)

Karen September 1, 2020 0 Comments

Baby’s breath is a herbaceous perennial native to central and eastern Europe and central and western Asia but naturalized in North America and is now considered invasive from new Brunswick…

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Weeds and Their Control: Brazilian Pepper Tree (Schinus terebinthifolia)

Karen March 19, 2020 0 Comments

Also called Christmasberry tree and Florida holly, this evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that also includes poison ivy, sumac, and smoke tree.…

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Plant Profile: California Interior Buckwheat (Eriogonum fasciculatum var. polifolium)

Karen March 4, 2020 0 Comments

Also known as eastern mojave buckwheat, this rounded evergreen shrub or subshrub is a member of the knotweed family, Polygonaceae, that also includes rhubarb, dock and sea grape. It is…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Brazilian Pepper Tree (Schinus terebinthifolius)

Karen December 23, 2019 0 Comments

Also called Christmasberry tree and Florida holly, this evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of the cashew family, Anacardiaceae, that also includes poison ivy, sumac, and smoke tree.…

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Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Butterfly Bush (Buddleja davidii)

Karen September 5, 2019 0 Comments

Butterfly bush is a deciduous medium to large shrub native to central China where it forms thickets along waterways. It is naturalized in the US, readily colonizes natural and disturbed…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rue (Ruta graveolens)

Karen August 14, 2019 0 Comments

Also called herb of grace, rue is an evergreen mounding subshrub and a member of the Rutaceae family that also includes oranges, limes, and skimmia. It is native to the…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Japanese Yew (Taxus cuspidata)

Karen June 26, 2019 0 Comments

Also called spreading yew, this evergreen tree or large shrub is native to Japan, Korea, and China. It has scaly reddish brown bark and can grow up to 50’ tall…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Heavenly Bamboo (Nandina domestica)

Karen December 12, 2018 0 Comments

Heavenly bamboo is a semi-evergreen to evergreen shrub growing 3-8’ tall and a member of the barberry family, Berberidaceae, that also includes heavenly barberry, Oregon grape (Mahonia), and barronwort (Epimedium).…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Texas Ranger (Leucophyllum frutescens aka Terania frutescens)

Karen September 19, 2018 0 Comments

Also known as cenizo, purple sage, Texas barometer bush, and silverleaf, this compact evergreen shrub is native to open canyons, arroyos, ditches, ravines, and hillsides in Texas and northern Mexico…

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