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Native Plants

Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Baby’s Breath (Gypsophila paniculata)

Karen September 1, 2020 0 Comments

Baby’s breath is a herbaceous perennial native to central and eastern Europe and central and western Asia but naturalized in North America and is now considered invasive from new Brunswick…

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Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Oxeye Daisy (Chrysanthemum leucanthemum aka Leucanthemum vulgare)

Karen August 4, 2020 0 Comments

Oxeye daisy is a rhizomatous herbaceous perennial native to Europe and Asia but was introduced to North America and is now found throughout the US where it grows in lawns,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Chinese Lantern (Physalis alkekengi)

Karen July 15, 2020 0 Comments

Also called bladder cherry and strawberry ground cherry, this herbaceous perennial is native to southern Europe and parts of Asia. It is a member of the nightshade family, Solonaceae, that…

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Genus Alchemilla for the Garden

Karen July 14, 2020 0 Comments

Alchemilla is a genus of herbaceous perennials in the rose family (Rosaceae) that also includes cherries, spirea, and hawthorn. Most of the three hundred species of the genus live in…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Hyssop (Hysoppus officinalis)

Karen July 13, 2020 0 Comments

Hyssop is a small semi-evergreen subshrub up to 24″ tall native to southern Europe, the Middle East, and the area around the Caspian sea but has naturalized in parts of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Virginia Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum virginianum)

Karen July 6, 2020 0 Comments

Virginia mountain mint is a herbaceous perennial native to eastern US from Maine and north Dakota, south to Georgia and Oklahoma where it grows in wet prairies, and on stream…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Common Bird’s-Foot Trefoil (Lotus corniculatus)

Karen July 2, 2020 0 Comments

This herbaceous perennial is also known as eggs and bacon and bird’s-foot deer vetch and is native to grasslands of Eurasia and North Africa. It was introduced to the US…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: x Solidaster luteus ‘Lemore’

Karen July 1, 2020 0 Comments

This herbaceous perennial is the result of a cross between two plants native to North America, Aster ptarmicoides and Solidago canadensis (goldenrod). From its aster parent it inherited a more…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Woollyhead (Craspedia uniflora)

Karen June 10, 2020 0 Comments

Native to New Zealand and Australia, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, sunflower, and lettuce. It has simple, opposite green leaves…

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…

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