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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Spanish Broom (Genista hispanica)

Karen July 29, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Spanish gorse, or anlaga, this deciduous shrub is native to southern France and northern Spain where it grows in scrub on open rocky hills. It is a…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Common Hyacinth (Hyacinthus orientalis)

Karen December 8, 2021 0 Comments

Native to rocky regions of southwestern Asia, including parts of Turkey, northwestern Syria, Lebanon and northern Israel, the common hyacinth become known as the Dutch hyacinth when it was introduced…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis)

Karen April 12, 2021 0 Comments

Blue Grama (Bouteloua gracilis) Also called mosquito grass, this warm-season tufted perennial is native to southern and western US where it was the dominant grass in the short grass prairie…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sweet Violet (Viola odorata)

Karen March 21, 2011 0 Comments

Native to Europe and Asia, the sweet violet is a herbaceous perennial belonging to the plant family Violaceae, that also includes pansies and johnny jump ups. It grows 4-10″ tall…

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Recent Posts

  • Book Review: Rekha’s Kitchen Garden
  • Edible Mushrooms: Meadow Wax Cap (Cuphophyllus pratensis)
  • Plant Profile: Bitter Apple (Solanum incanum)
  • Plants for a Mary Garden: Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) “Our Lady’s Candle”
  • Plant Profile: Crystalline Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)
  • Book Review: Bee & Flea and the Puddle Problem
  • Edible Mushrooms: Monk’s Head (Clitocybe geotropa aka Infundibulicybe geotropa)
  • Plant Profile: Narcissus Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora)
  • Plants for a Mary Garden: Bleeding Heart (Dicentra spectabilis) “Mary’s Heart”
  • Plant Profile: Yellow Bedstraw (Galium vernum)

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Edible Mushrooms: Meadow Wax Cap (Cuphophyllus pratensis)

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Plants for a Mary Garden: Great Mullein (Verbascum thapsus) “Our Lady’s Candle”

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