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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Alpine Wallflower aka Kotschy Erysimum (Erysimum kotschyanum)

Karen June 20, 2022 0 Comments

Native to Asia Minor, this evergreen herbaceous perennial is a member of the mustard family, Brassicaceae, that also includes cabbage, broccoli, and alyssum. The plant forms a tuft of foliage…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Aegean Wallflower (Erysimum cheiri aka Cheiranthus cheiri.)

Karen June 8, 2022 0 Comments

Native to Greece, this perennial subshrub is often grown as an annual or biennial. It is a member of the mustard family, Brassicaceae, that also includes cabbage, alyssum, and common…

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Plant Profile: Western Wallflower (Erysimum capitatum)

Karen June 1, 2022 0 Comments

Also known as sanddune wallflower and prairie rocket, this herbaceous biennial or perennial is native to central and western North America and is a member of the mustard family, Brassicaceae,…

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Plant Profile: Calico Kitten (Crassula pellucida variegata)

Karen May 23, 2022 0 Comments

Indigenous to South Africa, calico kitten is an evergreen succulent shrub and member of the stonecrop family, Crassulaceae, that also includes sedum, jade plant, and hens and chicks. It grows…

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Plants of the Bible: Winter Crocus (Crocus hyemalis)

Karen May 13, 2022 0 Comments

Native to rocky areas and undergrowth of Israel, Lebanon, Palestine, and Syria, this perennial corm is a member of the iris family, Iridaceae, that also includes gladiolus, crocosmia, and blue-eyed…

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Plant Profile: Alligator Plant (Kalanchoe daigremontiana aka Bryophyllum daigremontianum)

Karen April 25, 2022 0 Comments

Also known as mother of thousands, devil’s backbone, and Mexican hat plant, this short-lived, succulent perennial is native to Madagascar and a member of the stonecrop family, Crassulaceae, that also…

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Plants of the Bible: Crocus cancellatus

Karen April 22, 2022 0 Comments

This perennial corm is native from southern Turkey to southwest Syria but found on rocky hillsides and open woods from North Africa to Palestine and Armenia. It is a member…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Tiger Jaws (Faucaria tigrina)

Karen April 18, 2022 0 Comments

Native to hot, dry areas of the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, this clump-forming succulent perennial is a member of the fig-marigold family, Aizoaceae, that also includes ice plant,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sheepbit (Jasione montana)

Karen April 13, 2022 0 Comments

Native to thin, dry, sandy soils of central Europe, North Africa, and western Asia, this biennial or annual is a member of the bellflower family, Campanulaceae, that also includes balloon…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Deer Fern (Blechnum spicant aka Struthiopteris spicant )

Karen March 30, 2022 0 Comments

This evergreen perennial fern is native to Europe, northern Asia, Japan and western North America from southern Alaska to the central California coast, mostly west of the Cascades. It belongs…

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