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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Yellow Monkshood (Aconitum anthora)

Karen Meyers March 3, 2025 0 Comments

Also called anthora, yellow helmet flower, hanging wolfsbane, and healing wolfsbane, this evergreen herbaceous perennial is a member of the buttercup family, Ranunculaceae, that also includes delphinium, anemone, and hellebore.…

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Plant Profile: Showy Goldenrod (Solidago speciosa)

Karen February 19, 2025 0 Comments

Also called noble goldenrod, this rhizomatous herbaceous perennial is native to central and eastern US where it grows in open woods and fields. It is a member of the aster…

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Weeds and Their Control: Touch-Me-Not (Impatiens pallida)

Karen January 30, 2025 0 Comments

Also called, jewelweed, touch-me-not is an annual and a member of the balsam family, Balsaminaceae, that also includes busy lizzie. It is native to Canada and the US and grows…

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Weeds and Their Control: White Clover (Trifolium repens)

Karen Meyers January 23, 2025 0 Comments

Native to meadows and woodlands of Europe and Central Asia, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the legume family, Fabaceae, that also includes beans, lentils, and lupines. Although not…

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Plant Profile: Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

Karen December 25, 2024 0 Comments

This herbaceous perennial is native to North America where it grows in prairies, dry rocky woods, tickets, and abandoned areas in most of the US. It is a member of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa)

Karen September 4, 2024 0 Comments

Native to swamps, woodland clearings, wetland forests, and outcroppings in eastern North America from Newfoundland west to Ontario and Minnesota, south to northern Florida, Alabama and Arkansas, this deciduous shrub…

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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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Blue Haw (Viburnum cassinoides)

Karen August 14, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Appalachian tea, wild raisin, swamp haw, withe-rod and witherrod viburnum, this deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America from Newfoundland to Manitoba and Minnesota, south to…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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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