Best American Ginseng

It is a Texas state park that features desert and more mesic vegetation. The basins hold water or slowly funnel it to the ground. Hueco (pronounced "way-ko") Tanks is an oasis in the Chihuahuan Desert.

These songbirds are faithful visitors to any backyard feeder dispensing nyjer seed. The cheerful yellow plumage and happy song of the American goldfinch brighten a garden on even the grayest of days.

In any setting, its required care is minimal. What is an American bladdernut tree? If you are interested in growing an American bladdernut (), read on. It grows in almost any soil, including moist, wet and well-drained, and also tolerates alkaline soil.Don't...

And Canada, andThe also resilient Siberian ginseng (Eleutherococcus senticosus) bristles like a Cold War combatant, with prickles all over its stems. But they are the sort of plants which snag your attention!

A cousin stopped by in mid-July to give me a very generous amount of Aztec liliy and Peruvian daffodil bulbs she hadn't gotten around to planting earlier in the summer, due to the death of her mother.

Too much nitrogen will cause plants to grow leggy with dark foliage and fewer blooms.Optimum soil temperature for germination: 65° - 75° FOptimum soil temperature for germination: 50° - 60° F•Hummingbirds, butterflies and bees will visit your garden...

Wild gingers are often more appreciated in the wild than in gardens but between the beauty of their foliage and the fascinating blooms of the newly introduced Asian species, the Asarums are enjoying a surge in popularity.

I do not recommend that anyone experiment with Cow Parsnip or anything that resembles it unless they are fully acquainted with Cicuta maculata (Water Hemlock) and could distinguish the two species if they grew side by side.

No. I do not think so.You know, that front yard holly has served my landscape faithfully over the years, and yet I have often regarded it as a nuisance due to its spiky leaves. Are there more exquisite hollies?

Since that is the case, I have no doubt it made its way into one of those dastardly asphidity bags that I was talked into wearing on my treks up into the mountains. It was a vital element when commoners wanted to comment, and were afraid of the punishment...

Even though they are beautiful, none of them will benefit wildlife in the way my friend intends. Did you notice that not one of these trees is native? Selecting plants to support wildlife is something we must think about if we wish to continue to see...

The pots will need to winter outside where the seeds can be exposed to nature's varying seasonal temperatures that they need for germination.Indian pink is very popular with people who wish to attract hummingbirds to their garden.

While many more are not so aesthetically pleasing but do have an interesting history. Simply surviving the harsh Southwestern climate for centuries is a story in itself. In an environment of unrelenting heat and drought of historical proportions in much...

Large (about six inches long) elliptic to oval leaves with red veins whorl around the stem.Firebush loves the heat, and it thrives in full sun. All summer firebush has bloomed showy terminal clusters (cymes) of reddish-orange flowers held on red stems...

These were growing out of a large coldframe. Even zones 2-3 in North America, which may have colder winters than western Greenland, are quite warm, if not hot in summer. Once I did more reading on their climate, I was amazed to discover that the mean...

In the southern prairie there are fewMost of the trees that could be found in the wild southern prairie garden will be of small stature - not much help against our summer heat - but these plants will not mind.

Urban sprawl remains a concern for this native. Schisandra are shade loving, flowering vines with beautiful glossy green foliage that are native to the southeastern U.S. They are sweetly scented and deserving of a spot in your garden.

The tree will grow in sun or shade. I once had a pair of earrings made of 'Oregon myrtle wood', which a relative got me from a vacation in Oregon.In cultivation, the tree tends to grow slowly to 20 to 25 feet tall and wide.

There was this nice home near a very busy section of town, but the world moved slower here. Sometime in the late 1800s, this plant fell from the place it held and was largely forgotten.Now this plant is making a comeback in the native and wildflower movement...

In fact, it is illegal to collect rocks or other materials from all national (and most state) parks.This deposit of petrified wood extends far beyond the park boundaries, both above and below ground level, so legally collected or mined pieces are available...

It makes them more special if I cannot grow them. Mariposa lilies are wildflowers found in chaparral, grasslands, deserts, and open forests. Although these North American natives cannot be the biblical lilies of the field, "even Solomon in all his glory...

I have a few of those plants. I can thank plants like the red bird of paradise,for bringing me out of the "I can't grow anything here" rut. The garden centers and nurseries are counting on you giving in to temptation and taking something home -- whether...

Seeds will only germinate if the soil they land on or are planted in, is like that from which they came. When dry, the pods explode and send seeds flying into the dirt around the plant.Seeds should be planted in late fall in Florida, allowing them to...

This plant loves a good watering but it likes its root zone high and dry. This plant lives in the wild on high and dry areas with thin soil. You really need a good sized clump to make the impact, so take time and grow that first little plant and let it...

Erik did not see the huge icecap that covers much of the land since in the southern part of Greenland, that was located beyond sight.The people of Greenland are a mix of Inuit and Danes (Greenland is part of the Kingdom of Denmark although they have ruled...

Are commonly available and are choice plants for gardens in most parts of the United States and other temperate regions of the world. An internet search reveals that less than half that number can be found in the trade, but those that are available are...

This article will introduce you to the plant named after Lewis of the famous 'Lewis and Clarke expedition'. If growing in the open garden, nestle them between rocks facing north or northwest