Natives

Willow Oak, a Beautiful Native Shade Tree

December 8, 2022
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Notable Natives Notable Natives: Willow Oak – A Beautiful Native Shade Tree By Susu Fiske, Inland Bays Garden Center | Special to the Coastal Point | Dec 8, 2022 Quercus phellos, Beech family (Fagaceae) One of my favorite trees, the Willow oak, is stunning in the fall! Willow oak trees are also called swamp willow […]

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Groundsel: A Highly-Tolerant Fall-Blooming Native

November 17, 2022
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Groundsel: A Highly-Tolerant Fall-Blooming Native By Su Fiske, Inland Bays Garden Center | Special to the Coastal Point Nov 17, 2022 Also called sea-myrtle, consumption weed, eastern baccharis, salt marsh-elder and salt bush, native groundsel is found all over this area, and I love that it is fall-blooming, with densely clustered white flowers. Groundsel (Baccharis […]

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Prairie Dropseed – A Grass with a Fragrance?

November 3, 2022
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Notable Natives: Prairie Dropseed – A Grass with a Fragrance? By Su Fiske, Inland Bays Garden Center | Special to the Coastal Point Nov 23, 2022   Sporobolus heterolepis or as we commonly know it, Prairie dropseed, does have a fragrance of a hint of coriander, cilantro or some say soap or buttered popcorn(hmm), licorice […]

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May 24, 2021

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bradford pear

Thinking about a Bradford Pear? Read this.

April 2, 2021
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It’s in full bloom now, so you may have noticed a small/medium sized tree blooming white along our roadsides the past few weeks – blooming white, in round flower clusters. It’s everywhere, up and down our major and minor roads and in fields. These trees are descendants of the Bradford Pear, a cultivated variety of […]

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