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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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Silk Bay (Persea humulis)

Karen August 22, 2018 0 Comments

Silk bay is an evergreen shrub or small tree native to peninsular Florida where it grows in sandy low woods, and margins of swamps and ponds. It is a member…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Tan Oak (Notholithocarpus densiflorus aka Lithocarpus densiflorus)

Karen May 16, 2018 0 Comments

Tan oak is an evergreen shrub or tree native to western US from Oregon to California where it grows on dry, rocky slopes and in chaparral. It is a member…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bluebloosom (Ceanothus thyrsiflorus)

Karen May 14, 2018 0 Comments

Blueblossom, also known as wild/California lilac, is an evergreen shrub endemic to southern Oregon to southern California where it grows in open woods and chaparral of coastal mountains. It is…

Top Plant Picks for the Garden

Best Flowering Brambles (Rubus spp) for the Garden

Karen March 7, 2017 0 Comments

Brambles may not be at the top of your list of favorite garden shrubs but many are ornamental and deserve a place in the garden. The most common Rubus species…

Top Plant Picks for the Garden

Clerodenrums for the Garden

Karen February 7, 2017 0 Comments

Clerodendrums are shrubs, lianas, and small trees growing three to thirty nice feet high/long and native to subtropical and tropical regions in Africa and southern Asia. They belong to the…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sun Rose (Cistus ladanifer)

Karen October 24, 2016 0 Comments

Also known a rock rose and gum cistus, this flowering evergreen shrub is native to the western Mediterranean region. It is a member of the Cistaceae family, a small group…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Barberry (Berberis valdiviana)

Karen September 5, 2016 0 Comments

This native of Chile is a large evergreen shrub and resembles a holly. The shiny dark green leaves are pointed, and leathery. They are about three inches long and almost…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Long-Leaved Lacebark (Hoheria sexstylosa) ‘Stardust’

Karen September 5, 2016 0 Comments

Also called ribbonwood, this compact evergreen tree or shrub is a member of the mallow family (Malvaceae) and endemic to New Zealand and the Kermadec Islands where it grows in…

Nomenclature

Botanical Latin: Hebe

Karen April 19, 2016 0 Comments

Hebe (HEE bee) Greek hebe meaning youth; named for the Greek goddess of youth Hebe is the name of a genus in the plantain family (Plantaginaceae) and are closely related…

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