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PERENNIAL: Coreopsis verticillata (Threadleaf Coreopsis)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic)
Threadleaf Coreopsis, with its showy flower clusters and airy foliage, is as popular in the garden today as it was in the 19th century. Its natural habitat, though, is mostly in Virginia and central North Carolina. Continue reading
Posted in Perennial, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged Coreopsis verticillata, perennial, thread-leaf coreopsis, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic, whorled tickseed
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Word of the Week: Whorl
While the word whorl has other meanings outside of botany, along with the arrangement of leaves (phyllotaxis) on the same stem, it is also the term used to describe the four main groups of flower parts: sepals, petals, stamens, and pistils. Continue reading
Posted in Illustrated Glossary, Word of the Week, WoW
Tagged Coreopsis verticillata, inflorescence, Lilium canadense, Monarda punctata, petals, phyllotaxis, pistil, sepals, stamens, Stellaria pubera, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic, Trillium grandiflorum, Veronicastrum virginicum (Culver’s-root), whorl
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The Long View – Meditations on Gardening: Gardening in the Time of Pandemic
Occasional essays by Christa Watters, Extension Master Gardener Photos © Christa Watters Gardening in the Time of Pandemic Gardening is a lot like life, as I’ve often noted in this space. It is one long lesson in patience, and the … Continue reading
Posted in The Long View – Meditations on Gardening
Tagged Achillea, Asclepias incarnata, Coreopsis verticillata, Echinacea purpurea, liatris spicata, rudbeckia fulgida, tulips
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PERENNIAL: Coreopsis verticillata (Threadleaf Coreopsis)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic)
Threadleaf Coreopsis, with its showy flower clusters and airy foliage, is as popular in the garden today as it was in the 19th century. Its natural habitat,* though, is mostly in Virginia and central North Carolina. If you are fond of its appearance but wary of self seeding plants, then try the sterile, compact cultivar ‘Moonbeam’ that spreads by rhizomes.
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Posted in MG in the Garden, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged Coreopsis verticillata, perennial, Threadleaf Coreopsis, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
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