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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: California Coffee Berry (Frangula californica aka Rhamnus californica)

Karen January 23, 2023 0 Comments

Native to California, southwestern Oregon, Arizona and Baja California, this large evergreen shrub grows in open woodland, brush canyon sides, and chaparral. It is a member of the buckthorn family,…

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Plant Profile: Hollyleaf Redberry (Rhamnus ilicifolia)

Karen January 18, 2023 0 Comments

This evergreen shrub is native to western North American where it grows in chaparral and wooded areas in Oregon, California, Baja California and Arizona. It is a member of the…

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Plant Profile: Bunchleaf Penstemon (Penstemon heterophyllus)

Karen January 16, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as foothills penstemon and foothills beardtongue, this evergreen herbaceous perennial is endemic to California where it grows in grassland, chaparral, and forests of all of the major coastal…

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Butterflies In The Garden and How to Attract Them: Common Sulphur (Colias philodice)garden

Karen January 28, 2021 0 Comments

The common sulphur probably was originally a northern and eastern species but it has now spread and can be found coast to coast except in southern California, south Texas, and…

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Plant Profile: Spreading Dogbane (Apocynum androsaemifolium)

Karen November 20, 2019 0 Comments

Also called fly-trap dogbane and bitterroot, this lanky herbaceous perennial is a member of the dogbane family, Apocynaceae, that also includes milkweed, bluestar, periwinkle, and oleander. It is native to…

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Plant Profile: Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Karen September 12, 2018 0 Comments

Buttonbush, also called honey-bells and button-willow, is a deciduous shrub or small tree native to wetlands such as swamps, marshes, riverbanks, and floodplains from New Brunswick and Minnesota south to…

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Plant Profile: Sweet Pepper bush (Clethra alnifolia)

Karen December 2, 2015 0 Comments

This suckering deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America where it may form dense colonies in moist to wet areas in woodlands and along the sea coast from Maine…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Silver Wattle (Acacia dealbata)

Karen June 22, 2015 0 Comments

Also called blue wattle and mimosa, this flowering evergreen shrub or small tree is native to southeastern Australia including Victoria, New South Wales, and Tasmania . It is a member…

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Plant Profile: Common Thyme (Thymus vulgaris)

Karen December 13, 2010 0 Comments

Also called English thyme, this well branched aromatic evergreen shrub is native to the western Mediterranean region to southern Italy. It is a member of the mint family, Lamiaceae, that…

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Plant Profile: Cherry Laurel (Prunus lauroceraus aka P. officinalis)

Karen December 24, 2009 2 Comments

Native to southeastern Europe and the Middle East this evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of the rose family, Rosaceae, that also includes, apple, lady’s mantle, and pyracantha.…

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