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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Lebanon Stonecress (Aethionema coridifolium aka A. jacunda aka Iberis jacunda)

Karen August 11, 2025 0 Comments

Native to the mountains of southern Turkey and Lebanon this evergreen compact subshrub is a member of the mustard family, Brassicacea, that also includes broccoli, cabbage, and asylum. It grows…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Barber’s Diascia (Diascia barberae)

Karen July 9, 2025 0 Comments

This mat forming tender perennial is native South Africa. It is a member of the figwort family, Scrophylariaceae, that also includes butterfly bush, mullein, and nemesia. Plants grow 12″ tall…

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Plant Profile: Snow-in-Summer (Cerastium tomentosum)

Karen June 25, 2025 0 Comments

Native to southern Italy, this short-lived perennial is a member of the carnation family, Caryophyllaceae, that also includes pinks, baby’s breath, and chickweed. The spreading plants form mats of densely…

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Plant Profile: Crystalline Ice Plant (Mesembryanthemum crystallinum)

Karen June 9, 2025 0 Comments

This evergreen prostrate annual or biennial is native to southern Africa, Sinai, Canary Islands, and southern Europe where it grows on cliffs, coastal bluffs, sand dunes and disturbed areas. It…

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Plant Profile: Narcissus Flowered Anemone (Anemone narcissiflora)

Karen June 4, 2025 0 Comments

Narcissus flowered anemone is a herbaceous perennial native to northwestern North America and Eurasia where it grows in high mountain grasslands, thickets, grassy meadows, pastures, open woods and along roadsides.…

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Plants for a Mary Garden: Heather (Calluna vulgaris) “Our Lady’s Adversary”

Karen Meyers May 27, 2025 0 Comments

The connection between heather and the Virgin Mary is obscure and speculative. Most of the legends about heather come from areas where it grows abundantly, such as Scotland, Ireland, and…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Prostrate Sand Verbena (Abronia umbellata)

Karen May 14, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as beach sand verbena and purple sand verbena, this tender perennial is often grown as an annual and is a member of the four o’clock family, Nyctaginaceae, that…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sweet Woodruff (Galium odoratum aka Asperula odorata)

Karen Meyers April 28, 2025 0 Comments

Also known as sweetscented bedstraw, this herbaceous perennial is native to Europe, Asia and northern Africa. It is a member of the coffee family, Rubiaceae, that also includes gardenia and…

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Plant Profile: Warley Rose Stonecress (Aethionema x warleyense)

Karen April 23, 2025 0 Comments

This evergreen subshrub is probably a cross of A. armenum and A. grandiflorum. It is a member of the mustard family, Brassicaceae, that also includes broccoli, cabbage, and asylum. Plants…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Pussytoes (Antennaria dioica var. rosea)

Karen March 26, 2025 0 Comments

Also called cat’s foot and mountain everlasting, this semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial is native to western and north-central US where it grows in many different habitats. It is a member of…

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