Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Over 40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
#America250 #nativetrees #MGNV
As the nation celebrates its 250th birthday, not many trees from the late 1700s survive in Alexandria and Arlington. Almost all succumbed by the thousands to farming, logging, industrial and residential development, and climate change. But there are a few here and there, bearing witness to the generations of people and events that over the last 250 years transformed a heavily forested corner of Virginia into an urban cityscape.
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What is a small or secondary spike called?
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Attractive foliage and showy flowers recommend this readily adaptable plant. The genus name derives from the Greek “penta” and “stemon” or “five stamen”— a reference to its characteristic fifth sterile stamen, a staminode.
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Action 5 in our Restoring Nature series offers strategies for managing mosquitoes without harming pollinators.
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Chelone (turtlehead) and Penstemon (beard-tongue), both members of the Plantaginaceae (plantain family), are described as having five stamens—four fertile and one sterile. What is the sterile stamen called?
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This native member of the Rose family has four-season interest—showy, fragrant spring blooms to a distinctive winter silhouette. It has high wildlife value, attracting a variety of pollinators, serving as host plant to many Lepidoptera, and providing support to birds.
