Plant Profile: Blue Haw (Viburnum cassinoides)
Karen 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 Profile: Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris aka R. lancifolia)
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…
Plant Profile: Common Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis aka Sambucus nigra subsp. canadensis)
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…
Shrubs for the Wettest Zone of a Rain Garden
The following shrubs are suitable for the area of a rain garden that is the deepest and holds the most water for the most amount of time. They can tolerate…
Plant Profile: Yellow Anise Tree (Illicium parviflorum)
Also known as hardy anise shrub, Ocala anise, swamp star-anise, and small anise tree this broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of the starvine family, Schisandraceae, consisting…
Trees for the Wettest Zone of a Rain Garden
The following trees are suitable for the area of a rain garden that is the deepest and holds the most water for the most amount of time. They can tolerate…
Plant Profile: Purple Anise (Illicium floridanum aka I. mexicanum)
Also known as Florida anise tree and poison bay, this broadleaf evergreen shrub is a member of the starvine family, Schisandraceae, consisting of 3 genera and 92 species. It is…
Plant Profile: Japanese Star Anise (Illicium anisatum)
Native to Japan and Korea, this broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of the starvine family, Schisandraceae, consisting of 3 genera and 92 species. The plant grows…
Plant Profile: False Indigo (Amorpha fruticosa)
This deciduous shrub is native to North America from eastern Canada throughout much of the US and into northern Mexico, where it grows along stream and pond edges, moist open…
Plant Profile: Bigelow Sneezeweed (Helenium bigelovii)
Native to moist mediows, streamsides, and marshes of California and Oregon this herbaceous perennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes daisy, yarrow and lettuce. It…