Plant Profile: Beach Plum (Prunus maritima)
Karen Growing to 3-8′ tall, beach plum is a deciduous suckering shrub or small tree native to Northeastern US from Maine south to Maryland where it grows in sand dunes. It…
Plant Profile: Prairie Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera)
Karen Meyers Also called upright prairie coneflower and Mexican hat, this clump-forming herbaceous perennial is native to much of North American where it grows in prairies, plains, and disturbed areas. It is…
Plant Profile: California Juniper (Juniperus californica)
Also known as California white cedar, sweetberry cedar, desert white cedar, and Cedros Island juniper this evergreen small tree is native to dry soils at moderate elevations in Arizona, California,…
Plant Profile: Common Bird’s-Foot Trefold (Lotus corniculatus)
Also known as eggs and bacon and birdsfoot deervetch this herbaceous perennial is native to the grasslands of Eurasia and North Africa but has naturalized in the US and is…
Plant Profile: Wild Plum (Prunus americana)
This suckering deciduous tree is also known as American plum and yellow plum and is native to North America from Saskatchewan and Idaho south to New Mexico and East to…