Tag Archives: Scott Woodbury

Easter’s Plucky Buckeyes and Tiger Swallowtails

Native Plants, Trees and Shrubs
A photo of red buckeye in bloom

Like the great recession, the back-to-back summer droughts of 2012-13 were a test of mettle in the plant world. By Scott Woodbury (This article was first published in The Gateway Gardener April 2015 issue.) Like the great recession, the back-to-back summer droughts of 2012-13 were a test of mettle in the plant world. Many people lost more than hope and

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Purple Coneflower: Made for the Shade

Native Plants, Perennials
A photo of purple coneflower

A common misconception about purple coneflower is that they are sun-worshiping prairie dwellers. Not so. In nature they grow in the woods, open woods that is, or savannas where the trees are widely spaced, limbs are high and only patchy-filtered sunlight reaches the ground floor. By Scott Woodbury [This photo was original published in The Gateway Gardener June 2015 issue.]

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