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Meadow Garden

Meadow Garden: Tall Native Flowering Perennials for Mesic to Wet Soil in Full Sun

Karen Meyers July 24, 2025 0 Comments

Including tall plants into a meadow garden enhances its ecological value, aesthetics, and functionality, while also supporting local biodiversity. Tall plants add visual interest and texture, create depth and dimension,…

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Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Common Foxglove (Digitalis purpureae)

Karen January 14, 2020 0 Comments

Also called lady’s glove, fairy gloves, and fairy bells, this herbaceous biennial or short-lived perennial is native to disturbed sites of Europe and Asia but naturalized in parts of North…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Blue Vervain (Verbena hastata)

Karen September 8, 2014 0 Comments

Blue vervain, also known as marsh vervain, is a clump forming herbaceous perennial native to most of the United States where it grows in moist soils such as wet meadows,…

Native Plants

Native Plants for Moist Places: Herbaceous Perennials

Karen August 30, 2012 0 Comments

How many times have you seen in a plant description the phrases “resents wet feet”? or “likes moist but well-drained soil”? Plant roots need oxygen and the water prevents them…

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  • Plant Profile: Bicolor Everlasting (Gnaphalium bicolor aka Pseudognaphalium biolettii )
  • Wildflowers: Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sp) Native to the Pacific Coast
  • Plant Profile: Beach Elder (Iva imbricata)
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Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Balsamroot (Balsamorhiza sp.) Native to the Rocky Mountain Area

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Marsh Elder (Iva frutescens)

Wildflower Garden

Wildflowers: Honeysuckle (Lonicera sp) Native to the Southeast

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Bicolor Everlasting (Gnaphalium bicolor aka Pseudognaphalium biolettii )

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