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Double-Check Your Plant Names!
Modern Phylogenetic Reclassification for Home Gardeners If you’ve ever picked up a plant tag and thought, “Wait… wasn’t this called something else?” — you’re not imagining things. Over the past few decades, botanists have been busy reshuffling plant genera based on modern DNA analysis. This field of study, called phylogenetics, looks at evolutionary relationships between
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Alchemilla alpina
Published by Brian Wagner on 11/4/25 in “Growing Flowers from Seed.” Alchemilla alpina (commonly called alpine lady’s mantle) is a flowering perennial native to the alpine regions in Europe, notably the Alps and Pyrenees (and also the mountains of Norway, interestingly enough). Some suspect it originated in the mountains of Scotland, but this story is lost
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Eriocapitella hupehensis
Published by Brian Wagner on 11/5/25 in “Growing Flowers from Seed.” Eriocapitella hupehensis (commonly called Japanese Anemone) was previously classified as Anemone hupehensis. Japanese Anemone is either hated or loved by gardeners. Personally, I love them. But they do have a strong underground spreading habit. Embed from Getty Images Japanese Anemone have basal leaves and throw
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Calendula officinalis
Published by Brian Wagner on 11/9/25 in “Growing Flowers from Seed.” Calendula officinalis, sometimes referred to as Pot Marigold in reference to orange being the color of the Virgin Mary in Catholicism, is a staple garden plant for many people. It has been heavily cultivated and bred – with many unique variations in colour and