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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Texas Mountain Laurel (Sophora secundiflora aka Dermatophyllum secundiflorum)

Karen September 20, 2023 0 Comments

Also called mescal bean, this evergreen multi-trunked shrub or small tree is native to brushy slopes and open plains of Texas, New Mexico, and Mexico. It is a member of…

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Plant Profile: Red Elderberry (Sambucus racemosa)

Karen September 13, 2023 0 Comments

Native to moist habitats of Canada, the US, Europe and northern temperate Asia, this deciduous tree-like shrub is a member of the moschatel family, Adoxaceae, that also includes viburnum. The…

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Plant Profile: European Privet (Ligustrum vulgare)

Karen June 19, 2023 0 Comments

Also called common privet, this semi-evergreen or deciduous shrub is native to central and southern Europe, north Africa, and southwestern Asia. It is a member of the olive family, Oleaceae,…

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Plant Profile: Greenbark Ceanothus (Ceanothus spinosus)

Karen May 1, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as redheart, this evergreen shrub is native to the scrub and chaparral of the coastal strip of southern California south of San Luis Obispo County to northern Baja…

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Plant Profile: California Juniper (Juniperus californica)

Karen April 26, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as California white cedar, sweetberry cedar, desert white cedar, and Cedros Island juniper this evergreen small tree is native to dry soils at moderate elevations in Arizona, California,…

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Plant Profile: Hollyleaf Cherry (Prunus ilicifolia)

Karen April 19, 2023 0 Comments

This evergreen shrub or small tree is native to the desert chaparral areas of the Mohave desert, coastal California, Baja California and Baja California Sur and is a member of…

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Plant Profile: Hairy Ceanothus (Ceanothus oliganthus)

Karen April 3, 2023 0 Comments

Native to dry habitats on the coastal mountains of California and Baja California, this evergreen shrub is a member of the buckthorn family, Rhamnaceae, that also includes jujube tree and…

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Plant Profile: Spiny Redberry (Rhamnus crocea)

Karen March 29, 2023 0 Comments

Also called hollyleaf buckthorn, this evergreen shrub is native to Baja California, California and Arizona, where it grows in dry washes and canyons in coastal sage scrub, chaparral, and various…

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Plant Profile: Chamise (Adenostoma fasciculatum)

Karen March 22, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as greasewood, this evergreen spreading or prostrate shrub is native to California and Baja California and is the most abundant species in the California chaparral. It is a…

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Plant Profile: Purple Sage (Salvia leucophylla)

Karen March 20, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as San Luis purple sage and gray sage, this semi-deciduous shrub is native to coastal Southern California and Baja California where it grows on dry open hillsides. It…

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