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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Common Lungwort (Pulmonaria saccharata)

Karen April 27, 2016 0 Comments

Also known as Bethelehem sage, this herbaceous perennial is native to France and Italy and is member of the borage family (Borageacea) along with forget-me-not (Myosotis spp.) and Siberian bugloss…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bishop’s Hat (Epimedium stellulatum ‘Wudang Star’)

Karen April 11, 2016 0 Comments

Also called fairy wings and short root barrenwort, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the barberry family, Berberidaceae, and native to the Wudang Mountains of central China where it…

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Plant Profile: Shieldleaf (Astilboides tabularis aka Rogeresia tabularis)

Karen November 23, 2015 0 Comments

This clump-forming perennial is native to northern China and Korea where it grows in moist shady areas. It has large bright peltate leaves up to three feet across that are…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Cassiope ‘Edinburgh’

Karen November 2, 2015 0 Comments

This dwarf alpine shrub is evergreen and native to North America. It has flexible branches that form an attractive clump covered with tiny dark green lance-shaped, overlapping leaves. The white…

Plant Combinations

Plant Combination: Hosta’ Royal Standard’ and Purple Leaf Japanese Maple (Acer palmatum var. dissectum’Tamukeyama’

Karen October 8, 2015 0 Comments

This hosta and Japanese maple combination is lovely for a partially shady spot that depends upon foliage. It combines a contrast in color with a contrast in texture for a…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Coral Plant (Berberidopsis corallina)

Karen September 21, 2015 0 Comments

Coral plant is an evergreen vine found native to forest ravines in Chile. It is now an endangered species due to forest clearance for timber production but is available in…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Hart’s Tongue Fern (Asplenium scolopendrium)

Karen September 9, 2015 0 Comments

This deciduous perennial fern is a native of Europe, the Middle East, North Africa and northern parts of Asia where it grows in moist limestone-rich soils. North America hosts a…

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Plant Profile: Lords and Ladies (Arum italicum)

Karen August 31, 2015 0 Comments

This herbaceous perennial is a native of the Mediterranean region and other parts of Europe and the East, but has naturalized in various parts of the world including scattered places…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Mouse Plant (Arisaema proboscideum)

Karen August 26, 2015 0 Comments

Mouse plant is a herbaceous perennial related to Jack in the Pulpit and is a native of Spain and Italy where it grows in shaded woodlands and marshy areas, It’s…

Herbaceous Perennials

Ajugas for the Garden

Karen June 23, 2015 0 Comments

Ajugas, also known as bugleweeds, native to Europe, Asia, and Africa, are low growing, creeing or clump forming members of the mint family, Lamiaceae. Although there are about forty species…

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