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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: 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: Rose Glory Bower (Clerodendrum bungei)

Karen September 3, 2025 0 Comments

Also called, Mexican hydrangea, this suckering deciduous shrub is native to China, Vietnam, and Taiwan where it grows along roadsides and on mountainous slopes of mixed forests. It is a…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Fern Bush (Chamaebatiavia millefolium)

Karen August 6, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as desert sweet, this sweetly-aromatic semi-deciduous shrub is native to western US from Oregon to California, east to Idaho, Utah, and Arizona where it grows in scrub, woodland,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Glossy Abelia (Abelia x grandiflora aka Linnaea × grandiflora)

Karen March 27, 2024 0 Comments

This broadleaf ever-green to deciduous shrub is a hybrid from A. chinensis and A. uniflora. It is a member of the honeysuckle family, Caprifoliaceae, that also includes weigela, pincushion flower…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Mock Orange (Philadelphus coronarius)

Karen November 22, 2023 0 Comments

Also known ans English dogwood, this deciduous shrub is native to southern Europe and Asia Minor, and is a member of the hydrangea family, Hydrangeaceae, that also includes tree anemone,…

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Plants of Ancient Pompeii: Oleander (Nerium oleander)

Karen November 7, 2023 0 Comments

Oleander is an evergreen shrub or small tree and a member of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes blue star (Amsonia), periwinkle (Vinca), and milkweed (Ascelpius). Its native range…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Mezereum (Daphne mezereum)

Karen June 26, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as February daphne, spurge laurel or spurge olive, this deciduous shrub is native to limestone soils in mixed woodlands of most of Europe and western Asia, north to…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: European Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)

Karen June 19, 2023 0 Comments

Also called common privet, this semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub is native to central and southern Europe, north Africa, and southwestern Asia. It is a member of the olive family, Oleaceae,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Hairy Ceanothus (Ceanothus oliganthus)

Karen April 3, 2023 0 Comments

Native to dry habitats on the coastal mountains of California and Baja California, this evergreen shrub is a member of the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, that also includes jujube tree and…

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  • Wildflowers: Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium sp) Native to the Mid-Atlantic
  • Plant Profile: False Sunflower (Heliopsis helanthoides)
  • Wildflowers: Prairie Coneflower/Mexican Hat (Ratibida sp) Native to the Midwest
  • Plant Profile: California Croton (Croton californicus)
  • Wildflowers: Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium sp) Native to New England
  • Plant Profile: Western Ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya aka Ambrosia coronopifolia)
  • Wildflowers: Prairie Coneflower/Mexican Hat (Ratibida sp) Native to the Southeast
  • Plant Profile: Sea Lavender (Heliotropium gnaphalodes aka Argusia gnaphalodes aka Tournefortia gnaphalodes)
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Wildflowers: Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium sp) Native to the Mid-Atlantic

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Wildflowers: Prairie Coneflower/Mexican Hat (Ratibida sp) Native to the Midwest

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Plant Profile: California Croton (Croton californicus)

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