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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Dalmatian Bellflower (Campanula portenschlagiana)

Karen March 16, 2016 0 Comments

Dalmatian bellflower is a mound-forming herbaceous perennial native to the Dalmatian mountains in Croatia but widely grows in southern Europe. It is evergreen, vigorous, and low-growing so makes an excellent…

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Plant Profile: Viola labradorica

Karen June 3, 2015 0 Comments

Native to moist woodlands in Canada, northern United States and Greenland, Labrador violet does well even in much of the South. It is a low growing herbaceous perennial and spreads…

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Plant Profile: Lamb’s Tail (Chiastophyllum oppositifolium)

Karen May 25, 2015 0 Comments

Native to limestone outcroppings in shady mountin areas of the Caucasus, this rhizomateous perennial succulent slowly grows to form a low mound of large fleshy ovate leaves with scalloped edges.…

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Plant Profile: Leopard’s Bane (Doronicum caucasicum/D. orientale)

Karen May 13, 2015 0 Comments

Native to woodlands of Europe, North Africa, and temperature Asia, this short-lived herbaceous perennial is a member of the aster family, Asteraceae, that also includes sunflower, yarrow, and lettuce. The…

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Plant Profile: Siberian bell Flower (Campanula poscharskyana)

Karen April 29, 2015 0 Comments

This herbaceous perennial is native to the northern Balkans. It quickly spreads from the root crown by prostrate stems to form an attractive ground cover and will cascade down a…

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Plant Profile: Skunkleaf Polemonium (Polemonium pulcherrimum )

Karen April 8, 2015 0 Comments

This clump forming perennial is native to western North American from Alaska to California and into Arizona and New Mexico where it grows in dry rocky areas of mountains from…

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Plant Profile: Perky Sue (Hymenoxys scaposa aka Tetraneuris scaposa)

Karen February 2, 2015 0 Comments

A native of southwestern United States where it inhabits dry plains and rocky hillsides, Perky Sue is an evergreen herbaceous perennial also known as four nerve daisy and slender-stem bitterweed.…

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Plant Profile: Hop-Flowered Oregano (Origanum libanoticum)

Karen January 5, 2015 0 Comments

A native of Lebanon this ornamental oregano is a herbaceous perennial prized for the masses of shrimp-like, papery chartreuse bracts that hang from the wiry stems. Small pink to mauve…

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Plant Profile: Wall Germander (Teucrium chamaedrys aka T. x lucidrys)

Karen July 16, 2014 0 Comments

This broadleaf evergreen, creeping shrub is native to southern Europe and the Mediterranean. Its attractive aromatic foliage forms a low mound of dark green oval leaves with scalloped margins on…

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Plant Profile: Purple Poppy Mallow (Callirhoe involucrata)

Karen May 12, 2014 0 Comments

Native to the fields and prairies of central US, this mat-forming herbaceous perennial is a member of the mallow family, Malvaceae, that also includes hollyhock, hibiscus, and coffee. It grows…

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