Blog post and photos by Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter With cold weather dragging on, I was in a funk. I NEEDED SPRING! I looked out and saw lots of purple violets and finally felt like spring was coming. I love the violets, even though…
Blog post by Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Photos by Dawn Weber and Kathy Bildner Plant name: American or common witch hazel (Hamamlis virginiana) Description Witch hazel grows as a multi-stemmed shrub or a small tree, as large as 15-20 feet high and wide. It…
Blog post and photos by Betty Struckhoff Member and former Board member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Master Gardener [Editor’s Note: To give you a more accurate idea of blooming time, Betty submitted this blog post with photos on September 8.] Plant name: Obedient plant (Physostegia virginiana) (also called…
Blog and photos by Besa Schweitzer Webmaster, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Seedbox (Ludwigia alternifolia) Description: Seedbox is a raingarden plant that provides good texture when planted with red and blue Lobelias and sedges. This plant has excellent fall color and winter interest. It grows about 2-feet tall and 3-feet wide….
Blog and photos by Fran Glass Secretary and Membership Chair, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitca) (also called blue cardinal flower or great lobelia) Description: This Missouri native perennial is clump-forming. It grows about two feet tall with showy flowers in August and September….
Blog and photos by Penny Holtzmann Board Member and Treasurer, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Missouri coneflower (Rudbeckia missouriensis) Description: This perennial occurs on limestone glades in the Ozarks and tolerates all the heat and drought that our Midwest summers can throw at them. Missouri coneflower only…
Blog and photos by Besa Schweitzer Webmaster, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Lizard’s tail (Saururus cernuus) Description: This plant is found in rain gardens and ponds. Lizard’s tail colonizes wet soil. It gets it’s name from the white drooping flower stalk you can find June through September. It’s arrow-shaped leaves grow…
Blog and photos by Fran Glass, Secretary and Membership Chair, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Ninebark (Physocarpus opulifolius) Description: This plant has showy clusters of white flowers in May and June. Height is 6-9 feet. Ninebark is a deciduous, Missouri-native shrub with arching canes and exfoliating bark which…
Blog and photos by Kathy Bildner Member, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Wild geranium (Geranium maculatum) Description: This plant is a perennial spring woodland flower. Wild geranium blooms mid-April to mid-May. It’s flowers have five pink petals rounded or slightly notched on the top. The fine veins in…
By Premsri Barton Member and Program Committee Volunteer, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Nannyberry, sheepberry, sweet viburnum (Viburnum lentago) Description: This plant is a native large shrub or small tree in Northeastern and Midwestern states. It’s also found from southern Canada to Kentucky and Virginia. It has…
