Native plants are particularly suited to our climate, thus making them hardy and easy to grow. This makes native plants a welcomed addition to our gardens. What are some popular Louisiana native plants with ornamental appeal? Passion vine (maypop). Black-eyed Susan. Coneflowers. Hibiscus. Iris...
Louisiana Irisesare increasingly recognized as native plants well adapted to garden culture. They also make fine water garden or rain garden plants and love aquatic or bog conditions. While sometimes referred to as water irises, their only real requirement is to stay damp and not dry out. Louisi...
Acadiana flora: native and naturalized woody plants of south-central Louisiana By William Dean Reese, With The Assistance Of Garrie P. Landry. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 118) And Index.
create defined borders in the landscape and ensure interest throughout all seasons. The foliage is not the sole scenery provided by these plants, as the added aesthetic of fruit (hollies), flowers (azaleas) and fragrance (gardenias, sweet olives) of the plants on this list further...
A previous owner had an interest in native plants and had grown I. fulva, one of the Louisiana iris species. Being… Read more >> Joe Musacchia Joe Musacchia hails from about 60 miles south-east of New Orleans between Houma and Thibodaux. He is a Master Gardener, having completed ...
Maque choux (mock-shoo): A Native American dish made by scraping young corn off the cob and smothering the kernels in tomatoes, onion, and spices. Maringouin (mare-ain-gwen): Mosquito. Louisiana has plenty of these pesky bugs—but we don’t let that stop us from having a good time. ...
Laura Plantation, located near Vacherie in Louisiana, is a historic Creole plantation with a complex and multifaceted history of the region. Named after Laura Locoul Gore, a woman of African, European, and Native American heritage who lived on the plantation, Laura Plantation is renowned for its...
The exhibit of native drug plants received special recognition. Among other herbs were the Peruvian and cinchona-bark quinine, rhubarb, vegetable wax, and many others unknown to science. Sugar planters were astounded at the cane only three months old and 12 feet high, grown without cultivation, ...
Comai, L., Nature, "Expression in Plants of a Mutant AroA Gene from Salmonella typhimurium Confers Tolerance to Glyphosate", 1985, 317:741-744. Daum, Gunter, Biochem. And Biophys. Res. Comm., Reversible Activation and Inactivation of Phosphofructokinase from Ascaris suum by the Action of Tis...
2001. Improving native plants to protect and preserve Louisiana's coastal marshes. Louisiana Agriculture. 44: 4-6.Harrison, S.A., Croughan, T.P., Materne, M.D., Venuto, B.C., Breiten- beck, G.A., Cohn, M.A. et al. (2001) Improving...