April is a Good Time to Transplant Your Seedlings to Pots
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Once your vegetable seedlings have developed a second set of leaves, transplanting is the next step.
Word Quiz of the Week
#MasterGardener #MGNV #Glossary
What type of fruit is an apple?
Green Spring Gardens:
MGNV’s Biggest Plant Sale is less than one month away!
Meet with VCE Arlington/Alexandria Extension Master Gardeners to choose the perfect plants for your garden! If you are planning to start or add to a native plant collection, they will help with plant selection, planting advice, and answer all your questions. In addition, there will be artists, food vendors, and bake sales.
VINE: Bignonia capreolata (Cross-vine)
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This semi-evergreen vine clings to stone, brick, and wood without support. Found in forests and along roadsides mainly in the South, its showy flowers are an early nectar source for butterflies and hummers. #Cross-vine refers to the cross-shaped pattern of the cut stem.
Let’s Build a Terrarium
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Learn the steps for easily building a terrarium. The practice of creating a closed environment in which our plants can live and thrive allows us to grow and enjoy some of the most humidity-loving species with very little effort after the initial set up.
Word Quiz of the Week
#MasterGardener #MGNV #Glossary
In casual conversation, you might hear this term used to describe a person who is easily cheated or deceived, but in botany, it describes a shoot originating underground from the root or stem of a plant; what is it?