Plant Profile: Largeflower Valerian (Valeriana pauciflora)
Karen This herbaceous perennial is native to Eastern US from Pennsylvania west to Illinois and south to include Maryland, Tennessee and West Virginia, Kentucky and Alabama where it grows in moist…
Plant Profile: Slender Mountain Mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
Also called common horsemint and narrow mountain mint, this herbaceous clump-forming perennial is a member of the mint family, Lamiaceae, that also includes rosemary, beebalm, and ajuga. It is native…
Plant Profile: Hoary Blackfoot (Melampodium cinereum)
Hoary blackfoot is a herbaceous perennial or subshrub native to Texas. Arkansas, and Colorado where it grows in open sites on sand, gravel, loam, or clay limstone soils. It is…
Plant Profile: Robin’s Plantian (Erigeron pulchellus)
Also known as rose petty, blue spring-daisy, and Robert’s plantian, this herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial is a member of the aster family Asteraceae, that also includes sunflower, yarrow, and…
Weeds and Their Control: Rubber Rabbitbrush (Chrysothamnus nauseosus aka Ericameria nauseosus)
Rubber rabbitbrush is a deciduous shrub and a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisies, yarrow, and lettuce. It is naive to the western third of the…
Plant Profile: Carolina Phlox (Phlox carolina)
Also known as thick-leaf phlox, this herbaceous perennial is native to southeastern US from North Carolina and Kentucky, south to Florida and Mississippi where it grows in woodland edges and…
Plant Profile: Smooth Phlox (Phlox glaberrima)
This herbaceous perennial, also called marsh phlox, is a member of the Polemoniaceae family that also include Jacob’s ladder. It is native to midwesternand southeastern US from Maryland to Wisconsin,…
Plant Profile: Rocky Mountain Beard-Tongue (Penstemon stricta)
Rocky Mountain beard-tongue is a semi evergreen perennial native to western US from southern Wyoming and western Colorado to northeastern Arizona and northern New Mexico, with an isolated population in…
Plant Profile: American White Water Lily (Nymphaea odorata)
Also known as fragrant water lily and beaver root, this aquatic deciduous perennial is a member of the Nymphaeaceae, a family of 75 species of aquatic plants including pond lilies.…
Plant Profile: India Physic (Porteranthus trifoliatus aka Gillenia trifoliata)
Also called fawn’s breath, bowman’s root and American ipecac, this clump-forming herbaceous perennial is a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes apple, lady’s mantle, and pyracantha. It…