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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Flat Topped White Aster (Aster umbellatus aka Doellingeria umbellate)

Karen October 22, 2018 0 Comments

Flat topped white aster, also known as parasol whitetop and tall white aster, is a bushyherbaceous perennial native to eastern and north central US where it is found in moist…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Virgina Sweetspire (Itea virginica)

Karen October 10, 2018 0 Comments

Virginia sweetspire is a deciduous to semievergreen shrub native to eastern North America from New Jersey and Missouri south to Florida and Louisiana where it grows on stream and pond…

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Grasses for Rain Gardens

Karen September 29, 2016 0 Comments

Rain gardens can be an important part of a water conservation program. Their efficacy is related to the plants they employ as the plants soak up water, filter it, cleanse…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Lemon Grass (Cymbopogon citratus)

Karen December 14, 2015 0 Comments

Lemon grass is an evergreen, clump-forming perennial native to southern India and Sri Lanka where it grows in dry stony areas. The bulbous lower leaf section of the plant is…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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: Marsh Marigold (Caltha palustris)

Karen February 11, 2015 0 Comments

This herbaceous perennial is native to the Northern Hemisphere where it is found growing in marshes, stream edges, and other wet areas. A member of the buttercup family, marsh marigold…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea/Senicio aureus)

Karen December 29, 2014 0 Comments

Ragwort is a semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial native to eastern North America where it grows in such places as the edges of streams, rivers, and ponds, wet to moist meadows and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Royal fern (Osmunda regalis)

Karen October 22, 2014 0 Comments

Royal fern is a deciduous perennial found on all continents except Australia. Its family, Osmundaceae, date back 230,000,000 years to the Permian days before man and other mammals but when…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Green Bullrush (Scirpus atrovirens)

Karen October 15, 2014 0 Comments

This herbaceous perennial is native to North America where it is found in wet lands such as marshes, low meadows, pond and stream edges, and drainage ditches. In spite of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Swamp sunflower (Helianthus angustifolius)

Karen October 8, 2014 0 Comments

Swamp sunflower, also know as narrowleaf sunflower, is a herbaceous perennial native to eastern United States from the mid-Atlantic to Florida, west to Texas where it grows in wet areas…

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  • Wildflowers: Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium sp) Native to the Mid-Atlantic
  • Plant Profile: False Sunflower (Heliopsis helanthoides)
  • Wildflowers: Prairie Coneflower/Mexican Hat (Ratibida sp) Native to the Midwest
  • Plant Profile: California Croton (Croton californicus)
  • Wildflowers: Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium sp) Native to New England
  • Plant Profile: Western Ragweed (Ambrosia psilostachya aka Ambrosia coronopifolia)
  • Wildflowers: Prairie Coneflower/Mexican Hat (Ratibida sp) Native to the Southeast
  • Plant Profile: Sea Lavender (Heliotropium gnaphalodes aka Argusia gnaphalodes aka Tournefortia gnaphalodes)
  • Wildflowers: Lady’s Slipper Orchids (Cypripedium sp) native to the Midwest
  • Plant Profile: Sugarberry (Celtis laevigata)

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Wildflowers: Lady’s Slipper Orchid (Cypripedium sp) Native to the Mid-Atlantic

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: False Sunflower (Heliopsis helanthoides)

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Wildflowers: Prairie Coneflower/Mexican Hat (Ratibida sp) Native to the Midwest

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Plant Profile: California Croton (Croton californicus)

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