1987- and continuing to grow
This collection of Cultivation Notes began accumulating with the very first edition of the RIWPS Newsletter published in 1987. The authors of the Cultivation Notes deserve our warmest thanks for giving so generously of their time and expertise to help make better gardeners of all of us.
We are in the process of reviewing and updating some of our oldest Cultivation Notes. Many of these notes are simple scans of past documents. Notes are organized by general topics followed by individual plants
Topics
- Fern Propagation
- Ferns
- Lycopodiaceae: Mosses, How to start a moss garden
- Natural Propagation
- New Plants From Soft Wood Cuttings
- Propagating Woody Plants by Cuttings: Confessions of a Fraud
- Select Native Shrubs
- Tips for Planting a Ground Cover Layer that Supports Life
- To Dead Head or Not
- Viburnums: Native Shrubs for the Home Landscape
Individual Plants
- Amelanchier canadensis
Shadbush - Amelanchier spicata
Dwarf Shadbush - Anemone quinquefolia
Wood-anemone - Anemonella thallictroides
Rue-anemone - Aquilegia canadensis
Wild Columbine - Aralia nudicaulis
Wild Sarsaparilla - Arctostaphylos uva-ursi
Bearberry - Arisaema triphyllum
Jack-in-the-Pulpit - Aronia arbutifolia
Red Chokeberry - Asclepias incarnata
Swamp-milkweed - Asclepias tuberosa
Butterfly Weed - Aster acuminatus
Whorled Wood Aster - Aster divaricatus
White Wood Aster - Aster novae-angliae
New England Aster - Aster novi-belgii
New York Aster - Baccharis halimifolia
Groundsel-tree - Betula lenta L., Betula alleghaniensis Britt
Black Birch, Yellow Birch - Caltha palustris
Marsh Marigold - Carya ovata
Shagbark Hickory - Cephalanthus Occidentalis
Buttonbush - Chelone glabra
White Turtlehead - Cornus florida
Flowering Dogwood - Dicentra eximia
Wild Bleeding Heart
- Epigaea repens
Trailing Arbutus - Eupatorium spp
Joe-Pye Weed - Gentiana clausa
Meadow Closed Gentian
Meadow Bottle-gentian - Gentianopsis crinita
Fringed Gentian - Geranium maculatum
Wild Geranium
Wild Cranesbill - Halesia tetraptera
Carolina Silverbell - Hamamelis Virginiana
Witch Hazel - Hepatica nobilis
Hepatica - Hydrastis canadensis
Goldenseal - Ilex verticillata
Winterberry - Juncus tenuis
Path Rush - Kalmia latifolia
Mountain Laurel - Lilium canadense
Canadian Lily - Liatris scariosa
New England Blazing Star
Northern Blazing Star - Lilium superbum
Turk’s Cap Lily - Lindera benzoin
Spicebush - Liriodendron tulipifera
Tulip-tree - Lobelia cardinalis
Cardinal Flower - Lupinus perennis
Wild or Sundial Lupine - Lysimachia terrestris
Swamp Candles
- Mitchella repens L.
Partrige-berry - Panicum virgatum L.
Switchgrass - Penstemons
Beard-tongue - Polygonatum biflorum
Solomon’s Seal - Prunus Maritima
Beach plum - Quercus ssp
Native Oak Trees - Rhexia virginica
Meadow-beauty - Rhododendron ssp.
Native Azalea Species - Sanguinaria canadensis
Bloodroot - Sassafras albidum
Sassafras - Schizachyrium_scoparium
Little Bluestem - Solidago sempervirens
Seaside Goldenrod - Swida alternifolia
(Syn. Cornus alternifolia)
Alternate-leaved Dogwood - Swida sericea
Red-Osier Dogwood, Red Twig - Symplocarpus foetidus
Skunk Cabbage - Tiarella cordifolia
Foamflower - Trillium
- Vaccinium corynthosum
Highbush Blueberry - Vaccinium macrocarpon Ait.
Cranberry - Vernonia noveboracensis
New York Ironweed - Viburnums: Native Shrubs for the Home Landscape
- Viola pedata
Birdfoot Violet