Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Over 40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Summer sweet and spicy is the pleasant fragrance of this pollinator magnet that naturalizes readily in shady, damp places and coastal landscapes. The Virginia Native Plant Society honored #SweetPepperbush as Wildflower of the Year in 2015. It is not native to NoVA.
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Master gardeners enthusiastically sing the praises of native plants. For Native Americans, there was no question of the value of the native flora and fauna that thrived here.
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In botanical terms, what does the word persistent mean?
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This handsome, native, eastern North American evergreen is the State Flower of Pennsylvania and Connecticut. Its glossy, leathery leaves and dry capsules make lovely winter-season decorations. The Virginia Native Plant Society named #MountainLaurel as Wildflower of the Year in 1994.
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The second action item in our Restoring Nature series focuses on strategies to cultivate healthy soil.
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Kalmia latifolia (mountain laurel) flowers disperse their pollen using an explosive pollination method—vertical catapulting; which flower parts are involved in this process?
