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Plant of the Day

Saturday 16 August 2025

This wildflower species Prunella vulgaris (selfheal, all-heal, blue curls, carpenter's square, heart of the earth, hookweed, sicklewort, square stem, thimble flower) was growing in an area of abandoned grown. This creeping perennial can be considered invasive growing in short turf with full sun or partial shade.

Garden Valerian is a Useful but Invasive Herb discusses garden valerian both as a potentially invasive weed escaped from gardens and as an edible, medicinal herb. Like many other things in nature it can be both good and bad.

Pollinators in the Valerian Back in November I took a trip out to a wetter area in the Gothe State Forest than the area that my property backs up on. It was an interesting little day trip that gave me lots of new, interesting plants to see. There were a few of the sandhills plants like live oaks and longleaf pines, but for the most part the wetter habitat lead to a new variety of plants. There…