Plant Profile: Rock Spirea (Holodiscus dumosus)
Karen Rock spirea is a deciduous shrub also known as mountain spray, rock spirea, bush oceanspray, and glandular oceanspray, and is a member of the rose family, Roseaceae, that also includes…
Drought Tolerant Plants: Ornamental Grasses
Ornamental grasses are versitile and can soften the look of a garden as well as give a naturalistic feel. They are valued for their different textures and colors and the…
Plant Profile: Ozark Witch Hazel (Hamamelis vernalis)
Ozark witch hazel is a deciduous flowering shrub or small tree native to the Ozark Plateau from southern Missouri through northwestern Arkansas east to Oklahoma where it grows in moist…
Plant Profile: Garden Phlox (Phlox paniculata) Draft
Garden phlox is a clump-forming herbaceous perennial native to eastern US from Main west to Minnesota, south to Georgia and Louisianna where it grows in woodland clearings and borders, meadows,…
Weeds and Their Control: Trailing Blackberry (Rubus ursinus aka R. macrophyllus)
Also called dewberry, trailing blackberry is a deciduous mounding shrub or trailing vine and member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes apple, almond, and lady’s mantle. It is…
Plant Profile: Shrubby Deer Vetch (Lotus rigidus)
Also known as wiry lotus, broom bird’s-foot trefoil, and desert rockpea, this twiggy perennial is a subshrub native to southwestern US and Mexico from Utah and California, south to northwestern…
Plant Profile: Spicebush (Lindera benzoin)
This deciudous flowering shrub is native to eastern North America from Maine to northern Florida and west to Ontaraio, Kansas, and Texas where it grows in moist areas of woods…
Plant Profile:Horsefly Weed (Baptisia tinctoria)
Horsefly weed is a shrubby herbaceous perennial native to eastern US from Maine to Minnesota south to Georgia and Iowa where it grows in dry meadows, fields and open woodlands.…
Genus: Heucheras for the Garden
The genus Heuchera is in the saxifrage family, Saxifragaceae, that also includes foamflower (tiarella), pigsqueak, and false spirea (Astilbe). It consists of over fifty species of herbaceous perennials that are…
Plant Profile: Lewisia ‘George Henley’
Lewisias are herbaceous perennials native to north facing cliffs in western North America. They are members of the Montiaceae, a family that also includes Claytonia and purslanes. This cultivar is…