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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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Blue Haw (Viburnum cassinoides)

Karen August 14, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Appalachian tea, wild raisin, swamp haw, withe-rod and witherrod viburnum, this deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America from Newfoundland to Manitoba and Minnesota, south to…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Smooth Witherod (Viburnum nudum)

Karen August 12, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as withe-rod, possumhaw, and wild raisin, this deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America where it lives in swamps, bogs, and low woods. It is a member…

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Plant Profile: Swamp Rose (Rosa palustris aka R. lancifolia)

Karen August 7, 2024 0 Comments

This suckering deciduous shrub is native to eastern North America from Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, south to Florida and west to Arkansas and Ontario where it occurs along stream…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Sweet Gum (Liquidambar styraciflua)

Karen July 24, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as redgum, American storax, hazel pine, bilsted, satin-walnut, star-leaved gum, and alligatorwood, this deciduous tree is native to eastern US and Mexico where it grows in a variety…

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Plant Profile: Dyer’s Broom (Genista tinctoria)

Karen July 22, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as dyer’s greenwood, dyer’s whin, waxen woad, and waxen wood, this deciduous shrub is native to meadows and pastures in southern Europe and Turkey. It is a member…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Red Maple (Acer rubrum)

Karen July 17, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as scarlet maple, swamp maple, soft maple, Carolina red maple, Drummond red maple, and water maple, this deciduous tree is native to eastern and central North America. It…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Longleaf Pine (Pinus palustris)

Karen July 10, 2024 0 Comments

Also called Southern pine and Georgia pine, this evergreen coniferous tree is native to the Atlantic and Gulf Coastal Plains in southeastern US from Virginia west to Texas and south…

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Weeds and Their Control: Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta)

Karen June 27, 2024 0 Comments

Hoary vervain is a herbaceous perennial and a member of the vervain family, Verbanaceae, that also includes lantanas, s verbenas, and sandpaper vines. It is native to the Midwest, the…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Common Witch Hazel (Hamamelis virginiana)

Karen June 24, 2024 0 Comments

Also called American witch hazel and beadwood, this deciduous shrub or small tree is native to woodland margins and stream banks of eastern North America from from Canada to Mexico…

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