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Plant Profile: Hollow Root (Corydalis cava) Our Lady’s Hens

Karen Meyers May 6, 2025 0 Comments

The link between Corydalis cava and the Virgin Mary rests on two features of the plant, its rootstock and its cluster of flowers. The rootstock consists of a hollow tuber…

Poisinous Plants

Plant Profile: Dutchman’s Breeches (Dicentra cucullaria)

Karen September 18, 2023 0 Comments

Native to moist rich woodlands of eastern North America and the Columbia Basin in the Pacific Northwest, this herbaceous perennial is a spring ephemeral and a member of the fumitory…

Garden Games and Puzzles

Name This Plant Game: Spring Ephemerals 1

Chuck April 16, 2010 0 Comments

This simple game tests your gardening knowledge by identifying five plants shown in photos from a list of possible names. Photos of each plant are accompaned by a clue describing…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Rue Anemone (Thalictrum thalictroides)

Karen April 13, 2010 2 Comments

The delicate flowers of rue anemone are held in clusters of three to five flowers with the center flower being larger than the lateral ones. They are borne on slender…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Spring Beauty (Claytonia virginica)

Karen April 7, 2010 0 Comments

When I read the Wind in the Willow to my granddaughter I envision the woodland where the animals wander filled with these delicate flowers. The white to pale pink flowers…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Virginia Bluebell (Mertensia virginica)

Karen March 25, 2010 2 Comments

A carpet of Virginia Bluebells in spring is a magnificent sight! These clump forming native plants colonize and naturalize readily providing beauty to a woodland garden for about 3 weeks…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Trout Lily (Erythronium americanum)

Karen February 25, 2010 3 Comments

One of the most endearing wild flowers is the dogtooth violet also called trout lily. The yellow nodding flower with its recurved petals and long brown stamens is borne singly…

Shade Garden

Seven Secrets to a Successful Shade Garden

Karen May 7, 2009 3 Comments

People often tell me that they love to garden but that the trees on their lot create so much shade they can’t do much. I usually smile sympathetically and listen…

Shade Garden

The Beauty of Spring Ephemerals

Karen March 24, 2009 3 Comments

The unique characteristics of spring ephemerals are discussed and many examples are given and described.

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Recent Posts

  • Book Review: Seed to Table
  • Meadow Garden: Mid-Sized Grasses
  • Plant Profile: Woodland Sunflower (Helianthus divaricatus)
  • Plants for a Mary Garden: Garden Fuchsia (Fuchsia magellanica) “Our Lady’s Eardrops”
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