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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum aka Swida amomum)

Karen August 19, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as pale dogwood, swamp dogwood, red willow, silky cornel, kinnikinnick, and squawbush this deciduous shrub is native to parts of Canada and eastern and central US, from Vermont…

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Plant Profile: Smooth Witherod (Viburnum nudum)

Karen August 12, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as withe-rod, possumhaw, and wild raisin, this deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America where it lives in swamps, bogs, and low woods. It is a member…

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Plant Profile: Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris aka R. lancifolia)

Karen August 7, 2024 0 Comments

This suckering deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, south to Florida and west to Arkansas and Ontario where it occurs along stream…

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Plant Profile: Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius)

Karen August 5, 2024 0 Comments

This mounding to rounded deciduous shrub is native to open woods, lakeshores, streambanks, rock outcroppings, and prairies in central and eastern US from New Brunswick to Ontario, south to Georgia…

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Plant Profile: Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis aka Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis)

Karen July 31, 2024 0 Comments

Also called American elder, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to North America east of the Rocky Mountains, south to Bolivia, where it usually grows in moist areas…

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Plant Profile: Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Karen July 24, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as redgum, American storax, hazel pine, bilsted, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, and alligatorwood, this deciduous tree is native to eastern US and Mexico where it grows in a variety…

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Plant Profile: Red Maple (Acer rubrum)

Karen July 17, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as scarlet maple, swamp maple, soft maple, Carolina red maple, Drummond red maple, and water maple, this deciduous tree is native to eastern and central North America. It…

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Plant Profile: Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)

Karen July 10, 2024 0 Comments

Also called Southern pine and Georgia pine, this evergreen coniferous tree is native to the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains in southeastern US from Virginia west to Texas and south…

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Plant Profile: Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)

Karen July 3, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Canadian hemlock, this coniferous tree is native to eastern North America and is a member of the pine family, Pinaceae, that also includes cedar and spruce. The…

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Weeds and Their Control: Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)

Karen June 27, 2024 0 Comments

Hoary vervain is a herbaceous perennial and a member of the vervain family, Verbanaceae, that also includes lantanas, s verbenas, and sandpaper vines. It is native to the Midwest, the…

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