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Allegheny Vine

by Kathy Purdy on August 3, 2009

You can't grow what you don't have, even if it won't grow when you have it.
Brian Bixley, Essays on Gardening in a Cold Climate

Good-bye, Corydalis, I hardly knew ye

by Kathy Purdy on May 6, 2007

Marcescence is the retention of dead plant organs that normally are shed. It is most obvious in deciduous trees that retain leaves through the winter. Several trees normally have marcescent leaves such as oak (Quercus), beech (Fagus) and hornbeam (Carpinus).
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