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Explore the vibrant colors and flavors of fall harvests, from root vegetables to fruits and grains. Learn about traditions, culinary uses, and economic impacts.
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Thimbleweed is an excellent spring flower for the shaded or woodland garden, with flowers from summer to early fall. It is a good choice for naturalized areas or native wildflower gardens. It is not an aggressive species.
A few fine, short, soft hairs grow on the plant. It has a ramified stem that grows 60 to 100 cm tall above the small leaves that grow around the flower (involucre). The stalks of the basal leaves are long. They are divided into three sections, which are further subdivided.
Botanical Name: Anemone virginiana
Also Called: Tall Anemone
En français: Anémone de Virginie
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Anemone virginiana is easily grown in average, dry to medium, well-drained, sandy-humusy soil. Though it prefers in full sun to part shade, it tolerates full shade. It is not as aggressive as most other anemone species.
You can propagate thimbleweed by seeds sown in fall or early spring. Or, divide older established plants.
Meadows, borders, and fence lines are its natural habitat. Ferns, False Solomon’s seal, may apple, yellow wood poppy, amsonia, asters, and sedges are all good companion plants.
This wild plant is spurned by animals due to its blistering sap. Even deer will avoid browsing the plant because all parts have a chemical which causes pain, blisters and irritation of the mouth that can develop into vomiting and diarrhea if ingested.
When consumed in large quantities, all parts of this plant are toxic. This plant is expectorant, astringent, and emetic. A decoction of its roots was used by indigeneous nations to treat coughs, tuberculosis, and diarrhoea.
Explore the vibrant colors and flavors of fall harvests, from root vegetables to fruits and grains. Learn about traditions, culinary uses, and economic impacts.
The calibrachoa Million Bells form excellent colorful ornaments for gardens, wonderful bedding plants and gorgeous hanging baskets.
Your Alocasia polly will bloom if the conditions are favorable. The foliage of Alocasia is what makes it such a stunning plant.
Grow Early Goldenrod, Solidago juncea, a resilient herbaceous perennial with bright yellow flowers. This adaptable wildflower of the Asteraceae family withstands poor, dry soils and full sun, and with minimal maintenance, can fill spaces with its profusion of flowers and slen,der shrub-like appearance. Learn when and how to care for it and how to distinguish it from its cousins!
Explore a collection of native trees that add beauty to urban landscapes while supporting local ecosystems with flowers and fruits that attract pollinators and birds.
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