Native Plant of the Week: Common Hackberry
Family: Cannabaceae Name: Celtis occidentalis - Common Hackberry Bloom Time: April - May Flower: Greenish Yellow Fruit: Fall Color:...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Mar 12
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: Pin Oak
Family: Fagaceae Name: Quercus palustris - Pin Oak Bloom Time: April - May Flower: Yellow-green Soil Condition: Average, Wet, Acidic...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Mar 5
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: Sweetbay
Family: Magnoliaceae Name: Magnolia virginiana - Sweetbay Bloom Time: May - June Flower: White Soil Condition: Moist, Wet, Acidic Light:...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Feb 26
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: Pussy Willow
Family: Salicaceae Name: Salix discolor - Pussy Willow Bloom Time: March - April Flower: Silver white Soil Condition: Average, Moist,...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Feb 19
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: American Beech
Family: Fagaceae Name: Fagus grandifolia - American Beech Bloom Time: April - May Flower: Yellow-Green Soil Condition: Average, Moist...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Feb 13
- 2 min
Native Plant of the Week: Eastern Red Cedar
Family: Cupressaceae Name: Juniperus virginiana - Eastern Red Cedar Bloom Time: January - March Flower/Cone: The pollen cones are small...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Feb 5
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: Striped Maple
Family: Aceraceae Name: Acer pensylvanicum - Striped Maple or Snakebark Maple or Goosefoot Maple Bloom Time: April - May Flower:...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Feb 1
- 4 min
Garden Obstacles: Native Plants for the School Year Garden
Many schools come to me for advice on what to plant in their courtyard or other area designated for a native plant garden. More...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Jan 29
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: Wild Black Cherry
Family: Rosaceae Name: Prunus serotina - Wild Cherry Bloom Time: May - June Flower: White Fruit: Dark Purple Fruit Time: August -...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Jan 22
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: Red Twig Dogwood
Family: Cornaceae Name: Cornus sericea - Red Twig Dogwood Bloom Time: May - June Flower: White Fruit: Summer Fruit Color: White Soil...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Jan 15
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: Scrub Oak
Family: Fagaceae Name: Quercus ilicifolia - Scrub Oak Bloom Time: Spring Flower: Red/yellow/green Soil Condition: Dry, Acidic Light: Sun...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Jan 8
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: Northern Bayberry
Family: Myriaceae Name: Myrica pensylvanica - Northern Bayberry Bloom Time: Spring Flower: Yellowish green catkins Soil Condition: Dry -...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Jan 1
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: Blackhaw
Family: Adoxaceae Name: Viburnum prunifolium - Blackhaw Bloom Time: April - May Flower: White Fruit: September - October Fruit Color:...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Dec 30, 2022
- 5 min
Garden Obstacles: Picking the Right Milkweed
I know it sounds weird calling milkweed a garden obstacle but many of you come to me looking for Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Dec 25, 2022
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: American Holly
Family: Aquifoliacae Name: Ilex opaca - American Holly Flower: White Bloom Time: May-June Fruit: Red Fruit Time: Fall - Winter Soil...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Dec 20, 2022
- 2 min
NYSDEC 2023 Seedling Sale - The NoNo's on their list!
This is the link for all the information you need to order: https://www.dec.ny.gov/docs/lands_forests_pdf/treenurserybrochure.pdf This is...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Dec 18, 2022
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: New England Aster
Family: Asteraceae Name: Symphyotrichum nova-angliae - New England Aster Bloom Time: September-October Flower: Purple Soil Condition:...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Dec 14, 2022
- 5 min
Native Plant Pickup Yard™ (NPPY)
Address: 104 Main Avenue, Lake Grove, NY 11755. It is a red house in a residential area, and the NPPY is on the north side of the house...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Dec 12, 2022
- 2 min
Native Plant of the Week: Common Winterberry
Family: Aquifoliaceae Name: Ilex verticillata - Winterberry Bloom Time: June - July Flower: White to light green Fruit: Red in late fall...
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Kimberly Simmen
- Nov 26, 2022
- 1 min
Native Plant of the Week: Path Rush
Family: Juncaceae Name: Juncus tenuis Bloom Time: July Flower: Green Soil Condition: Dry to wet Light: Sun to shade Height: 6" (without...
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