Tag: red calamint
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August 2026 Newsletter
My tiny screened porch is my best “inside-out” spot. The over-planted front yard comes close to the screen. My “trifecta” of habitat trees fills the right half of the view: a pagoda dogwood, still in berry; a wax myrtle and a red cedar. Birds are always in these trees for food and shelter. The left…
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Emily Fields Questions
Tara asks: “I’ve noticed scarlet calamint all over my neighborhood recently and I would like to add some to my yard. Should I collect seeds, transplant an entire plant or two (or ten) or take cuttings? Emily says: “Red calamint, like so many other plants that grow in a sandy environment, are often hard to transplant.…
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What’s Blooming Aug ’25
St. Andrew’s Cross Hypericum hypericoides Red Basil (Red Calamint) Clinopodium coccineum Yellow-berried Holly Ilex aquifolium ‘Bacciflava’ Porterweed Stachytarpheta cayennensis