The Glencarlyn Library Community Garden coordinators have created a new series of short videos highlighting the beauty of native plants. We will be sharing these videos as well as additional resources on our website every month as well as glossary words that go along with each month’s topic.
While most of the Glencarlyn videos have a science-based, instructional focus, the series on “Beautiful Native Plants” was created to simply celebrate the ornamental characteristics of many species that are either native to the Mid-Atlantic region or are environmentally friendly and grow well here. Based on a personal library of still photos and a few video clips, each presentation introduces viewers to around a dozen plants, providing scientific and common names and illustrating their full forms as well as details of buds, flowers, and foliage through the seasons. The videos are designed to be viewed with audio on to provide a background of music and the sounds of nature. You are invited to fall in love with beautiful native plants.
Beautiful Native Plants
Spring Ephemerals
Native Plants featured in the video
- Sanguinaria canadensis (Bloodroot)
- Jeffersonia diphylla (Twinleaf)
- Claytonia virginica (Spring Beauty)*
- Cardamine concatenata (Cutleaf Toothwort)
- Dicentra cucullaria (Dutchman’s Breeches)
- Dicentra canadensis (Squirrel Corn)
- Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells)*
- Primula meadia (Eastern Shooting Star)
- Trillium cuneatam (Little Sweet Betsy)
- Trillium erectum (Red Trillium)
- Trillium grandiflorum (Great White Trillium)*
- Trillium luteum (Yellow Trillium)
- Uvularia grandiflora (Large-flowered Bellwort)*
*Tried & True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Additional Resources:
Articles from MGNV
- Spring Ephemerals in the Glencarlyn Library Garden – April 10, 2015
- Spring Ephemerals in the Shade, Part 1 – April 18, 2018
- Spring Ephemerals in the Shade, Part 2 – April 25, 2018
- More Native Ephemerals – May 2, 2018
Illustrated Glossary
ephemeral [ ih-FEM-er-uhl ] noun: a plant that grows, flowers, fruits, and dies in a short period of time
Public Education Recorded Classes
- A Virtual Wildflower Walk with Alonso Abugattas – April 13. 2020
- Native Spring Ephemerals – February 3, 2021