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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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: Silky Leaf Woodwaxen (Genista pilosa)

Karen July 15, 2024 0 Comments

Also known as hairy greenweed, silky leaf broom, and creeping broom, this deciduous shrub is native to central and western Europe from southern Sweden to the Mediterranean where it grows…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Lydian Woodwaxen (Genista lydia)

Karen July 8, 2024 0 Comments

Native to the Balkans, Turkey and Syria, this low growing shrub is evergreen in areas with warm winters and deciduous in areas with cold winters. It is a member of…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Genus Genistas for the Garden

Karen April 11, 2024 0 Comments

Genista is a genus of more than 144 species of shrubs and small trees in the pea family, Fabaceae, that also includes lupines, mimosa, and black locust. They are native…

Drought tolerance

Drought Tolerant Plants: Annuals and Perennials with Blue, Lavender and Purple Flowers

Karen February 8, 2024 0 Comments

Water is essential for plant growth but plants vary greatly in their need for it. Since the amount of water on earth is finite but the demand is not, we…

Drought tolerance

Drought Tolerant Plants: Annuals with White Flowers

Karen January 25, 2024 0 Comments

Water is essential for plant growth but plants vary greatly in their need for it. Since the amount of water on earth is finite but the demand is not, we…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Nippon Daisy (Nipponanthemum nipponicum aka Chrysanthemum nipponicum)

Karen November 29, 2023 0 Comments

Also called Montauk daisy and Japanese chrysanthemum, this deciduous flowering sub-shrub is native to cliffs and rocky sites in the coastal regions of Japan and is a member of the…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Western White Clematis (Clematis ligusticifolia)

Karen September 4, 2023 0 Comments

Also known by many other names including peppervine, old man’s beard, and creek clematis, this climbing woody or semi-woody vine is native to western US where it grows in streamside…

Plant Profiles: How To Grow

Plant Profile: Russian Pea Shrub (Caragana frutex)

Karen August 23, 2023 0 Comments

Native to Turkestan and Siberia, this deciduous suckering shrub is a member of the pea family, Fabaceae, that also includes beans, lupines and mimosa. It grows 6-10′ tall and forms…

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Wildflowers: Prairie Coneflower/Mexican Hat (Ratibida sp) Native to the Southwest

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