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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Golden-Eyed Grass (Sisyrinchium californicum)

Karen November 17, 2025 0 Comments

This tender semi-evergreen herbaceous perennial is native to moist soils around ponds, bogs, marshes, and other moist sites along the Pacific coast from central California to southern British Columbia. It…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Common Rush (Juncus effusus)

Karen October 3, 2022 0 Comments

Also known as soft rush and mat rush, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the rush family, Juncaceae, that includes plants resembling sedges and grasses. Common rush is native…

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Plants for a Plant Zoo: Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)

Karen August 16, 2022 0 Comments

Skunk cabbage may not be the first plant that comes to mind when considering plants for your plant zoo but it offers a lot and is ripe for consideration. Also…

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Plants of the Bible: Common Rush (Juncus effusus)

Karen July 29, 2022 0 Comments

Also known as soft rush and mat rush, this herbaceous perennial is a member of the rush family, Juncaceae, that includes plants resembling sedges and grasses. Common rush is native…

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  • Plant Profile: Adagio Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’)
  • Wildflowers: Buckeyes (Aesculus sp) Native to the Mid-Atlantic
  • Plant Profile: Sweet Grass (Muhlenbergia felipes aka M. sericea)
  • Book Review: Flower Academy
  • Wildflowers: Columbines (Aquilegia) Native to the Midwest
  • Plant Profile: Blue Lyme Grass (Elymus arenarius aka Leymus arenarius)
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  • Plant Profile: Sea Oats (Uniola paniculata)
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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Adagio Miscanthus (Miscanthus sinensis ‘Adagio’)

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Wildflowers: Buckeyes (Aesculus sp) Native to the Mid-Atlantic

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sweet Grass (Muhlenbergia felipes aka M. sericea)

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Book Review: Flower Academy

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