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native plants – organic gardening – green thumb & green living
For today’s edition of Native Plant Spotlight, I actually had originally miss-identified for quite a while. But now I know better, and so, a good topic for this spotlight. About this time of year I see blooming along my bike path to work/running path network a tall, yellow, sunflower family flower. It seems to like…
“And here is where I put the sneezeweed…” “You just planted what?” That, I believe, was the reaction at my glee this past spring- upon my planting 7 plugs of Helenium autumnale – Common Sneezeweed. Maybe I should have used the Latin name. Sounds much prettier and wouldn’t have everyone preemptively reaching for a box…
You know what they say about assuming. For years, running along this boardwalk- nearly weekly- based on some of the plants before me – the Japanese Knotweed (Fallopia japonica), Phragmites & purple loosestrife, I assumed that all the plants that congregated in this marshy area at the head of the Alewife Brook were invasive. I…
Weeds to Wild 