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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Choke Cherry (Prunus viginiana)

Karen July 14, 2019 0 Comments

Growing 20-30 ‘tall, choke cherry is a deciduous suckering shrub or small tree and a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes lady’s mantle, pyracantha, and almonds. It…

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Plant Profile: Common Hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)

Karen July 10, 2019 0 Comments

Common hawthorn is a thorny deciduous shrub or small tree and a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes cherry, lady’s mantle and almond. It is native to…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Tamarisk (Tamarix ramosissima)

Karen July 1, 2019 0 Comments

Native to Eastern Europe and parts of Asia, tamarisk is a deciduous shrub or small tree growing 6-15’ tall with a deep root system, smooth reddish brown bark and small…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Smallflower Tamarisk (Tamarix parviflora)

Karen June 19, 2019 0 Comments

Smallflower tamarisk is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to southeastern Europe but has become as an introduced species in the US has become invasive in western North America.…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Russian Olive (Elaeagnus angustifolia)

Karen October 24, 2018 0 Comments

Russian olive, also known as oleaster and oil-tree, is a thorny, deciduous small tree or large shrub growing up to 23’ tall and is native to southern Europe and western…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Karen September 12, 2018 0 Comments

Buttonbush, also called honey-bells and button-willow, is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to wetlands such as swamps, marshes, riverbanks, and floodplains from New Brunswick and Minnesota south to…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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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