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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Littleleaf Mock-Orange (Philadelphus microphyllus)

Karen January 22, 2025 0 Comments

Littleleaf mock-orange is a bushy multibranched deciduous shrub native to the Southwest US from Wyoming to northern Mexico west to California where it grows in the scrub and brush habitats…

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Plant Profile: Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa)

Karen December 25, 2024 0 Comments

This herbaceous perennial is native to North America where it grows in prairies, dry rocky woods, tickets, and abandoned areas in most of the US. It is a member of…

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Plant Profile: Eastern Prickly Pear (Opuntia humifusa)

Karen November 20, 2024 0 Comments

Also called devil’s-tongue and Indian fig, this perennial cactus is native to eastern US from coastal Connecticut to the Florida Keys west to the lower Great Lakes, to the dry…

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Plant Profile: Edelweiss (Leontopodium alpinum)

Karen October 28, 2024 0 Comments

This clump forming herbaceous perennial is native to the rocky limestone soils of alpine areas in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. It is a member of the aster family,…

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Plant Profile: Dotted Gayfeather (Liatris punctata)

Karen October 16, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as dotted blazingstar and narrow-leaves blazingstar, this herbaceous perennial is native to the central plains of the US from Canada to northern Mexico. It is a member of…

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Plant Profile: Crown Vetch (Securigera varia aka Coronilla varia)

Karen October 14, 2024 0 Comments

Also called purple vetch, this herbaceous perennial vine is native to Europe, southwest Asia, and northern Africa but was introduced into the US for soil improvement and erosion control in…

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Plant Profile: California Fuchsia (Epilobium canum aka Zauschneria californica)

Karen October 9, 2024 0 Comments

California fuchsia, also known as hummingbird flower and firechalice, is a semi evergreen subshrub and a member of the evening primrose family, Onagraceae, that also includes Gaura and Clarkia. It…

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Plant Profile: Indian Hawthorn (Raphiolepis indica)

Karen September 11, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as Hong Kong hawthorn, this dense evergreen shrub is native to south China to Indo-China and temperate eastern Asia including Japan, Laos, Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam. It is…

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Plant Profile: Silver-Lace Vine (Polygonum aubertii aka Fallopia baldschuanica)

Karen September 9, 2024 0 Comments

This deciduous woody twining perennial vine is also known as Russian-vine, Bukhara fleeceflower, Chinese bindweed, and mile-a-minute vine. It is a member of the knotweed family, Polygonaceae, that also includes…

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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…

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