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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plants for a Mary Garden: Larkspur (Consolida ajacis aka C. ambigua) “Mary’s Tears’

Karen Meyers April 1, 2025 0 Comments

The name “Mary’s Tears” is derived from the resemblance of the droplet-shaped larkspur flowers to tears and is associated with the sorrow and compassion of Mary especially during the Passion…

Native Plants

Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Bachelor ‘s Button (Centaurea cyanus )

Karen November 10, 2022 0 Comments

Also known as bluebottle, bluet, bluecap, and cornflower, this cool weather annual is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, sunflower, and lettuce. It is native…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Larkspur (Consolida ajacis aka C. ambigua)

Karen August 12, 2020 0 Comments

Also called doubtful knight’s spur and rocket larkspur, this cool weather annual is native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean. It is in the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes…

Annuals

Five Pink Annuals for your Garden

Karen May 17, 2011 1 Comments

Think ‘pink’. What do you see? Delicate pastel pink than suggests innocence, femininity, and romance? Or hot, shocking pink that is full of energy. Perhaps deep rose pink is more…

Garden Games and Puzzles

Name This Plant Game: Summer Blooming Annuals 6

Chuck September 10, 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…

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