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Plants for a Mary Garden: Common Lungwort (Pulmonaria saccharata)

Karen September 3, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Bethelehem sage, Virgin Mary’s milkdrops and Mary’s milk sile, this herbaceous perennial is native to France and Italy and is member of the borage family, Borageacea, that…

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Plants for a Mary Garden: Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)

Karen August 13, 2024 0 Comments

Native to woodlands in colder parts of Europe and Asia, this herbaceous perennial grows 6-12″ tall from a rhizomatous root system and often form large colonies. Each plant has one…

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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…

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Plant Profile: Dyer’s Broom (Genista tinctoria)

Karen July 22, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as dyer’s greenwood, dyer’s whin, waxen woad, and waxen wood, this deciduous shrub is native to meadows and pastures in southern Europe and Turkey. It is a member…

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Plant Profile: Silky Leaf Woodwaxen (Genista pilosa)

Karen July 15, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as hairy greenweed, silky leaf broom, and creeping broom, this deciduous shrub is native to central and western Europe from southern Sweden to the Mediterranean where it grows…

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Plant Profile: Lydian Woodwaxen (Genista lydia)

Karen July 8, 2024 0 Comments

Native to the Balkans, Turkey and Syria, this low growing shrub is evergreen in areas with warm winters and deciduous in areas with cold winters. It is a member of…

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Plant Profile: Oven Wattle (Acacia pravissima)

Karen April 17, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as wedge-leaved wattle and Tumut wattle, this evergreen shrub or small tree is native to southeastern Australia where it grows near streams or in moist sheltered sites, often…

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Genus Daphnes for the Gardens

Karen March 28, 2024 0 Comments

The genus Daphne is made up of over 70 evergreen or deciduous shrubs native to Asia, Europe and north Africa and is a member of the family Thymelaeaceae, a group…

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Plant Profile: Moonseed (Menispermum canadense)

Karen October 18, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as yellow parilla, this twining woody perennial vine is native to thickets, moist woods, and stream banks of eastern North America, from southern Canada to northern Florida, and…

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Plant Profile: Hart’s Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium aka Phyllitis scolopendrium)

Karen July 12, 2023 0 Comments

This perennial evergreen fern is a member of the spleenwort family, Aspleniaceae, that also includes maiden-hair fern, bird’s nest fern, and eared lady fern. It is native to central and…

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