Between the Rows – A Guide to Vegetable Gardening:
January 2025
Vegetable Gardening information for January.
Between the Rows – A Guide to Vegetable Gardening:
25 Gardening Resolutions for 2025
What will you do differently in the garden this year? We asked Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia to share their gardening resolutions, and their responses range from personal care to gardening more intentionally to help the planet. So, if you’re up for something new, pick one or two from our list of 25 gardening resolutions for 2025.
TREE: Liquidambar styraciflua (Sweetgum)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Prevalent in the southeast, this low maintenance tree is prized for its timber. Its common name derives from sweet, gummy, aromatic sap with compounds used in medicine. It has distinctive star-shaped leaves and prickly seed balls that litter the ground fall to spring.
FERN: Polystichum acrostichoides (Christmas Fern)
Tried and True Native Plant Selection for the Mid-Atlantic
The common name, Christmas Fern, is derived from its evergreen nature and from the shape of its pinnae which suggest Christmas stockings. This native fern, with beautiful, leathery, lance-shaped fronds that grow in arching, circular clusters, is common throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region.
Houseplant Gift Guide
If your friends and loved ones are into houseplants, you don’t have to look far for good gifts this holiday season! Gardening is a hobby that comes with a lot of needed stuff, and with so many great things on the market, you can check off your shopping list in no time.
SHRUB: Hamamelis virginiana (Witch Hazel)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
In 1994, Bedford, Virginia boasted the largest recorded Witch Hazel tree at 34.8 feet in height. The last native* shrub to bloom in autumn, its fragrant, yellow, spider-like flowers illuminate the landscape as leaves fall. VNPS named Witch Hazel as Wildflower of the Year in 2002.