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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata) Draft

Karen December 23, 2020 0 Comments

Garden phlox is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial native to eastern US from Main west to Minnesota, south to Georgia and Louisianna where it grows in woodland clearings and borders, meadows,…

Native Plants

Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Dames Rocket (Hesperis matronalis)

Karen June 2, 2020 0 Comments

Dames rocket is a biennial or short-lived perennial known by a variety of names including dame’s violet, mother of the evening, and sweet rocket. It was introduced from Eurasia into…

Herbaceous Perennials

Summer Blooming Perennials for High Altitude Gardens

Karen May 30, 2017 0 Comments

Plants in high altitude gardens face unique challenges in terms of drying winds, intense sun, short growing season and frigid temperatures in winter. But none of those factors means that…

Garden Games and Puzzles

Name This Plant Game: Summer Blooming Perennials 3

Chuck July 16, 2010 0 Comments

This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…

Garden Journal

Garden Journal: July 11 2010

Karen July 13, 2010 0 Comments

And the heat goes….and on…and no rain. We had to increase the irrigation system to include the areas where hand watering was not sufficient. Most of the perennials struggle to…

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