Plants of the POP Learning Orchard: Herbaceous Nitrogen Fixers
HELPFUL ALLIES IN THE ORCHARD NITROGEN FIXATION The importance of nitrogen in the soil cannot be stressed enough. It is essential for all life forms,… Read More
Category Archives: Plant Profiles
PLANT SPOTLIGHT: Peeling Back The Hardy Banana
Finding Musaceae: A Small Odyssey i. It’s March of 2019, and a friend brings me to work with them for a few hours at the Fairmount… Read More
Plant Spotlight: HOPPIN’ OVER TO HOPS
THE STORY BEHIND AMERICAN HOPS OVERVIEW Did you know that hops, the flavoring agent found in beer, grows on a vine? And that it is… Read More
Plants of the POP Learning Orchard: Native Herb Row
MEDICINAL AND CULINARY NATIVE HERBS IN THE LEARNING ORCHARD AT THE WOODLANDS Scarlet Bee Balm, monarda didyma, in the new herb row at the Woodlands… Read More
Plants of the POP Learning Orchard: Nitrogen Fixing Shrubs
HELPFUL ALLIES IN THE ORCHARD NITROGEN FIXATION The importance of nitrogen in the soil cannot be stressed enough. It is essential for all life forms,… Read More
Plants of the POP Learning Orchard: Paw Paw Cultivars
Did you know that there a growing number of cultivated varieties of Paws Paws? Often thought of only as a wild, foraged fruit, for decades… Read More
Plant Spotlight: Hardy Kiwi Vine
There are a couple species of Hardy Kiwi (also called Kiwiberry) vines that will grow and produce in Philadelphia. Hardy Kiwi (Actinidia arguta) is a… Read More
Plants of the POP Learning Orchard: Fig Cultivars
The fig was one of the earliest fruit trees to be cultivated, so our history goes way back with these fruits. This might have something… Read More
HIERBA NUDOSA JAPONESA: COMESTIBLE, MEDICINAL, INVASIVA!
La hierba nudosa japonesa (Reynoutria japonica, Fallopia japonica o Polygonum cuspidatum) se introdujo originalmente en los Estados Unidos como planta ornamental a finales de 1800… Read More