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Plant Profile: Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis aka Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis)

Karen July 31, 2024 0 Comments

Also called American elder, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to North America east of the Rocky Mountains, south to Bolivia, where it usually grows in moist areas…

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Plant Profile: Common Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

Karen June 24, 2024 0 Comments

Also called American witch hazel and beadwood, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to woodland margins and stream banks of eastern North America from from Canada to Mexico…

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Plant Profile: Hybrid Witch Hazel (Hamamelis x intermedia)

Karen June 17, 2024 0 Comments

This deciduous shrub or small tree is the result of a cross between H. mollis and H. japonica and is a member of the witch hazel family, Hamamelis, that also…

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Plant Profile: Chinese Witch Hazel (Hamamelis mollis)

Karen June 10, 2024 0 Comments

Native to forests and thickets in southeastern and southwestern China, this deciduous shrub or small tree is a member of the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, that also includes loropetalum, fothergill,…

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Plant Profile: Japanese Witch Hazel (Hamamelis japonica)

Karen June 3, 2024 0 Comments

Native to mountainous areas of Japan, this deciduous shrub or small tree is a member of the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, that also includes loropetalum, fothergill, and winter hazel. The…

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Plant Profile: Veitch’s Winter Hazel (Corylopsis veitchiana)

Karen May 29, 2024 0 Comments

This deciduous shrub or small tree is native to mountainous areas of central China and is a member of the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, that also includes lorpetalum and fothergill.…

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Plant Profile: Delavayi Summersweet (Clethra delavayi)

Karen May 27, 2024 0 Comments

This deciduous shrub or small tree is native to western China and is a member of the small plant family Cletheracae that is distantly related to azaleas. The plant grows…

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Plant Profile: Chinese Winter Hazel (Corylopsis platypetala)

Karen May 22, 2024 0 Comments

Native to South-Central and Southeast China, this deciduous shrub is a member of the witch hazel family, Hamamelidaceae, that also includes fothergill and loropetalum. Although it grows 8-10 feet in…

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Plant Profile: Chinese Alder (Clethra fargesii)

Karen May 20, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as bush pepper, common white alder, nana, and pink spire, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to woodlands and mountains of Central China and is a…

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Genus Genistas for the Garden

Karen April 11, 2024 0 Comments

Genista is a genus of more than 144 species of shrubs and small trees in the pea family, Fabaceae, that also includes lupines, mimosa, and black locust. They are native…

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