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Why Are My Jade Plant Leaves Wrinkled? - Featured image
4 min read Flowers And Houseplants

One of the more alarming signs that your jade plant isn’t doing so well is when its leaves begin to wrinkle. Ideally, you want your jade plant’s leaves to be thick, fleshy, and with a nice, smooth appearance. The good news is that there are some easy care tips that help revive your wrinkled jade...

Viola Adunca Growing And Care Guide - Featured image
4 min read Flowers And Houseplants

Western Dog Violet, also known as Viola adunca, is a low-growing, sprawling perennial that is native to both eastern and western North America. It forms a tidy bunch of heart-shaped, dark green leaves. Attractive, petite, lavender-blue flowers, 1 in. across (2.5 cm), with noticeable white throats and vivid orange stigmas, rise above the foliage in...

Viola glabella Growing And Care Guide - Featured image
6 min read Flowers And Houseplants

Viola Glabella, or the Pioneer violet, is an attractive and large yellow pansy-like flower with leaves shaped like a heart. It is native to the northwestern US and parts of Asia and found in riparian areas and moist open forests. What is Viola glabella? The 4 to 8-inch flower is one of the most recognizable...

Yucca Seeds: Harvesting, Propagation, & Care - Featured image
3 min read Flowers And Houseplants

Collecting yucca seeds and replanting them yourself is a great way to propagate new yucca plants. Yuccas aren’t just one plant but a genus of plant that contains around 50 species. Yuccas are native to hot, dry, and arid regions of the Americas and the Caribbean. They are tough, hardy plants with sword-like leaves and...

How To Grow Dahlias From Seed - Featured image
3 min read Flowers And Houseplants

Dahlias are a beautiful flower to cultivate in any garden because they come in a wide range of colors and sizes, and you can easily grow Dahlias from seed right at home. The plant size varies from species with plate-sized flowers on 6-foot plants to small border variants. Despite their wide variety, dahlias often have...

Dahlia Growing And Care Guide - Featured image
6 min read Flowers And Houseplants

Asteraceae, which also includes the zinnia, sunflower, chrysanthemum, daisy, and, of course, aster, is the family that includes Dahlia. Dahlias elicit admiration and joy. Cultivating vegetables? Dahlias should be planted in a row along the edge, away from your vegetables. They produce beautiful cut blooms. Dahlias thrive in humid, temperate regions. Dahlias beautify any sunny...

Why Mandevilla Leaves Turn Yellow & How To Fix It - Featured image
3 min read Flowers And Houseplants

Mandevilla, which is sometimes called rocktrumpet, is a flowering perennial vine when grown in hardiness zones 10 and 11. In cooler climates, it grows as an annual. Gardeners like keeping this vine because of the stunning, pink flowers with yellow centers that the vine produces. All plants can experience health problems, just like us. One...

Thimbleberry Growing And Care Guide - Featured image
5 min read Flowers And Houseplants

Although the Thimbleberry is beneficial for wildlife, are they also edible to people? Yes. They used to be a staple diet for the local native populations. So if berries are on your mind, consider growing thimbleberry. This native plant is a thornless shrub with deciduous leaves. It grows untamed in disturbed areas, among hills covered...

Dicentra formosa Growing And Care Guide - Featured image
5 min read Flowers And Houseplants

The western bleeding heart, Dicentra formosa, also known as the Pacific bleeding heart, is a blooming plant in the poppy family that can be found from California to British Columbia in damp, forested environments. From a horizontal rootstock, it is a perennial (tuber). The plant can grow as tall as 0.5 meters. The flower has...

Rosa Woodsii Growing And Care Guide - Featured image
6 min read Flowers And Houseplants

Rosa woodsii, also known as woods’ rose, is a wild-growing plant that is an important part of various ecosystems. The plant is a multi-branched, deciduous shrub growing up to 5 feet tall. What is Rosa woodsii? Rosa woodsii grows in USDA hardiness zones 3 to 8. Its flowers form from June to July, and the...

Showy Milkweed (Asclepias speciosa) Care Guide - Featured image
4 min read Flowers And Houseplants

If you want a hardy, native perennial wildflower in your garden that will wow guests, thrill your native pollinators, and attract Monarch butterflies, Showy Milkweed is just the flower for you. In this article, we’ll do a deep dive on this awesome wildflower, how to grow it, and what care considerations you should take. Additional...

Trientalis Latifolia Growing And Care Guide - Featured image
2 min read Flowers And Houseplants

If you’re a Pacific Northwest gardener with a shady, property and you need a flowering groundcover, there are few I’d recommend more than Trientalis latifolia, or starflower. It grows to be about 8 inches tall, creeps slowly, and produces lovely pink and white flowers from mid-spring to early summer. What is Trientalis latifolia? Trientalis latifolia,...