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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sea Purslane (Sesuvium portulacastrum aka Portulaca portulacastrum aka Halimus portulacastrum )

Karen August 28, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as shoreline purslane, this evergreen succulent perennial is native to coastal areas throughout the world where it grows in salt and freshwater marshes, along beach dunes, and in…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Golden Wattle (Acacia longifolia)

Karen April 3, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as long-leaved wattle, acacia trinervis, aroma doble, coast wattle, sallow wattle, and Sydney golden wattle, this flowering broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree is endemic to coastal areas…

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Plant Profile: Nippon Daisy (Nipponanthemum nipponicum aka Chrysanthemum nipponicum)

Karen November 29, 2023 0 Comments

Also called Montauk daisy and Japanese chrysanthemum, this deciduous flowering sub-shrub is native to cliffs and rocky sites in the coastal regions of Japan and is a member of the…

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Plant Profile: Blue African Lily (Agapanthus africanus)

Karen July 26, 2023 0 Comments

Also called lily of the Nile, this native of the Cape of Good Hope in South Africa is an evergreen tender perennial and a member of the amaryllis family, Amaryllidaceae,…

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Plant Profile: Perez’ Sea Lavender (Limonium perezii)

Karen July 10, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as marsh rosemary and sea foam, this herbaceous perennial is native to the coasts of the Canary Islands but is valued as a garden plant worldwide. It is…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bluff Lettuce (Dudleya farinosa)

Karen March 6, 2023 0 Comments

Also known as powdery liveforever, and powdery dudleya, north coast dudleya, and sea lettuce, this evergreen succulent is native to the coastlines of northern California and Oregon where is grows…

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Plants for a Plant Zoo: Gopher Apple (Licania michauxii  aka Geobalanus oblongifolius)

Karen February 21, 2023 0 Comments

If you live along the southeast coastline and want to attract the gopher tortoise, this wiry evergreen shrub provides a fruit that is favored by this very special reptile. Why…

Perennials Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Genus Erysium (Wallflowers) for the Garden

Karen December 15, 2022 0 Comments

Often called wallflower or blister-cress, Erysimum is a genus of about 150 species in the mustard family, Brassicaceae, that also includes cabbage, alyssum, and stock. The plants may be annuals,…

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Plants for a Plant Zoo: Coyote Brush (Baccharis pilularis)

Karen November 8, 2022 0 Comments

Called fuzzy wuzzy by early pioneers because of its fluffy, tufted seeds, this West Coast native was important to the Indians who used its leaves to reduce swelling and its…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plants for a Plant Zoo: Bearberry (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)

Karen November 1, 2022 0 Comments

Native Americans smoked it in ceremonial pipes, modern Americans use it for many things from treating urinary tract problems to skin lightening, but bearberry is most valued as an outstanding…

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