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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Silky Dogwood (Cornus amomum aka Swida amomum)

Karen August 19, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as pale dogwood, swamp dogwood, red willow, silky cornel, kinnikinnick, and squawbush this deciduous shrub is native to parts of Canada and eastern and central US, from Vermont…

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Plant Profile: Eastern Hemlock (Tsuga canadensis)

Karen July 3, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Canadian hemlock, this coniferous tree is native to eastern North America and is a member of the pine family, Pinaceae, that also includes cedar and spruce. The…

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Weeds and their Control: Bracken Fern (Pteridium aquilinum)

Karen June 13, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as eagle fern, bracken fern is a herbaceous perennial and a member of the Dennstaedtiaceae family that includes 10 genera and 240 species of ferns. It is one…

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Plant Profile: Big-Leaf Witch Hazel (Hamamelis ovalis)

Karen June 5, 2024 0 Comments

This deciduous shrub was first found in 2004 in coastal Mississippi where it was growing under a canopy of pine and mixed deciduous hardwoods in shallow flat-bottomed ravines and on…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Chinese Alder (Clethra fargesii)

Karen May 20, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as bush pepper, common white alder, nana, and pink spire, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to woodlands and mountains of Central China and is a…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Japanese Clethra (Clethra barbinervis)

Karen May 13, 2024 0 Comments

This deciduous shrub or small tree is native to the open mountain forests of southern China, Japan and Korea and is a member of the small plant family, Clethraceae, and…

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Plant Profile: Yellow Anise Tree (Illicium parviflorum)

Karen March 18, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as hardy anise shrub, Ocala anise, swamp star-anise, and small anise tree this broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of the starvine family, Schisandraceae, consisting…

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Plant Profile: Japanese Star Anise (Illicium anisatum)

Karen February 28, 2024 0 Comments

Native to Japan and Korea, this broadleaf evergreen shrub or small tree is a member of the starvine family, Schisandraceae, consisting of 3 genera and 92 species. The plant grows…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Chinese Paperbush (Edgeworthia chrysantha) 

Karen January 29, 2024 0 Comments

Native to the woodlands of China, this deciduous shrub is a member of the Thymelaeaceae, a plant family that also includes Daphne. It grows up to 6′ tall and wide,…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Fraser’s Sedge (Carex fraseriana)

Karen January 24, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as lily leaf sedge, this evergreen herbaceous perennial is endemic to the southern Appalachian mountains and a member the Cyperaceae, a plant family of over 2,000 species that…

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