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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Oregon Manroot (Marah oreganus aka Echinocystis oregana) 

Karen October 4, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as coastal manroot and western wild cucumber, this perennial trailing or climbing vine is native to the streams, washes, and open areas from Canada to northern California west…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Poison Ivy (Toxicodendron radicans aka Rhus radicans)

Karen October 2, 2023 0 Comments

Poison ivy is a woody perennial shrub or climbing vine native to eastern, and mid-western United States where it grows well in shaded areas and is especially common along the…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Black Cherry (Prunus serotina)

Karen September 25, 2023 0 Comments

Also called rum cherry, and mountain black cherry, this deciduous tree is native to eastern North America, Pacific Northwest, Mexico, and Central America. It is a member of the rose…

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: Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)

Karen September 18, 2023 0 Comments

Native to moist rich woodlands of eastern North America and the Columbia Basin in the Pacific Northwest, this herbaceous perennial is a spring ephemeral and a member of the fumitory…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Western White Clematis (Clematis ligusticifolia)

Karen September 4, 2023 0 Comments

Also known by many other names including peppervine, old man’s beard, and creek clematis, this climbing woody or semi-woody vine is native to western US where it grows in streamside…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bigelow Sneezeweed (Helenium bigelovii)

Karen August 28, 2023 0 Comments

Native to moist mediows, streamsides, and marshes of California and Oregon this herbaceous perennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow and lettuce. It…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Common Sand Aster (Corethrogyne filaginifolia aka Lessingia filaginifolia)

Karen July 31, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as California aster, this herbaceous perennial or subshrub is native to western North America from the southwestern corner of Oregon through California to Baja California where is grows…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Coyotillo (Karwinskia humboldtiana)

Karen May 29, 2023 0 Comments

Native to the prairies, plains, meadows, pastures, and savannas of southern and western Texas as well as much of Mexico, this evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of…

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