Category: Plants
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Plant Profile: Broadleaf Lupine (Lupinus latifolius)
Broadleaf Lupine is a beautiful blooming perennial that fixes nitrogen in soil.
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Plant Profile: Red Osier Dogwood (Cornus stolonifera)
Cornus stolonifera is striking with its distinctive red stems and typically found in wet areas but tolerates seasonally drier soils.
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Alternatives to Invasive Purple Loosestrife
Purple loosestrife (Spike loosestrife, Purple lythrum) is a perennial plant introduced from its native range of Europe and Asia to BC in 1915. Purple loosestrife has a shrub-like appearance, with stiff, four-sided…
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Plant Profile: Wild Ginger (Asarum caudatum)
Asarum caudatum is a groundcover plant that thrives in shaded gardens and woodland settings.
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Invasive English hawthorn (Crataegus monogyna)
English hawthorn was once used to create hedgerows to contain livestock but now invades pastures and grasslands. It is a deciduous bushy, prickly shrub or small tree with white, scented blossoms and deep…
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Plant Profile: Thimbleberry (Rubus parviflorus)
Rubus parviflorus is a vigorous edible-fruit producing shrub perfect for informal hedges and bird and wildlife gardens.
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Plant Profile: Kinnickinnik (Arctostaphylos uva-ursi)
Arctostaphylos uva-ursi is a low-maintenance, drought-tolerant evergreen shrub that makes an excellent alternative to invasive English Ivy or Periwinkle.
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Plant Profile: June Plum (Oemleria cerasiformis)
Oemleria cerasiformis is a drought-tolerant deciduous shrub that is ideal for planting in woodland gardens, open spaces such as parks; effectively used for land reclamation and seasonally wet ditches.
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Invasive Shiny Geranium
In recent years, the small ground-covering invasive annual called “Shiny Geranium” (Geranium lucidum) has been spreading on Salt Spring Island. Patches of the weed are currently found on Quarry Drive Park, at…
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Plant Profile: Oregon Gumweed (Grindelia stricta)
Grindelia stricta, member of the Asteraceae family is a tough and adaptable plant, ideal on coastlines. Grows larger in deeper and richer soils; keep in dry areas to control size or prune…