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Meadow Garden

Meadow Garden: Mid-Sized Native Flowering Perennials for Mesic to Wet Soil in Sun

Karen Meyers July 31, 2025 0 Comments

The use of mid-sized native flowering perennials in a meadow garden adds color, texture, and biodiversity while blending well with the grasses that characterize a meadow. In addition, the plants…

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Plant Profile: Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea)

Karen February 5, 2020 0 Comments

Golden Alexander is a short lived herbaceous perennial and a member of the carrot family, Apiaceae, that also includes parsley, celery, and poison hemlock. It is a native native to…

Native Plants

Invasive Plants and Their Native Alternatives: Fennel (Foenicum vulgare)

Karen December 5, 2019 0 Comments

Fennel is a herbaceous perennial native to the shores of the Mediterranean but has naturalized in the US where it grows along roadsides, in pastures and in other open sites…

Rain Garden

Plants for Rain Gardens: Spring Blooming Native Perennials Wet Conditions

Karen November 16, 2017 0 Comments

The moisture conditions in a rain garden vary and four regions can be identified: areas with 1. shallow water most of the time, 2.wet soil with occasional standing water, 3.…

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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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Plant Profiles: How To Grow

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