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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Yellow Foxtail Grass ( Alopecurus pratensis var. aureus)

Karen March 18, 2015 0 Comments

This cool-season grass is native to Eurasia where it inhabits meadows and woodlands. It slowly spreads to form a low growing mat of light yellow leaves with bright yellow-green stripes…

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Plant Profile: Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata)

Karen May 12, 2014 0 Comments

Native to the fields and prairies of central US, this mat-forming herbaceous perennial is a member of the mallow family, Malvaceae, that also includes hollyhock, hibiscus, and coffee. It grows…

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Plant Profile: ‘Goodness Grows’ Speedwell (Veronica ‘Goodness Grows’)

Karen October 17, 2012 0 Comments

Blue spikes in the garden are always welcome and ‘Goodness Grows’ is one of the best. The deep blue flowers clothe erect stems to form a bushy clump about 12”…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: ‘Ogon’ Dwarf Sweet Flag (Acorus gramineus ‘Ogon’)

Karen October 15, 2012 0 Comments

The cascading clumps of dwarf sweet flag make a graceful addition to a border and are especially useful where moist or wet soil prevails. Dwarf sweet flag likes boggy to…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Blue Fescue (Festuca glauca aka F. cinerea aka F. ovina)

Karen July 28, 2009 2 Comments

Also known as sheep’s fescue, this cool season perennial grass was orginally native to Europe but has been bred for color, texture, flowering habit, and size and now is represented…

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Plant Profile: Lily of the Valley (Convallaria majalis)

Karen May 1, 2009 4 Comments

Lily of the valley is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial native to the temperate parts of the Northern Hemisphere and grows best where summers are warm but not hot. Each plant…

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