Glorious Shade
In Glorious Shade—Dazzling plants, design ideas, and proven techniques for your shady garden, Jenny Rose Carey shows how any shady spot can be a wonderful mix of textures, colors, flowers, and seasonal interest.
GROUND COVER: Iris cristata (Dwarf Crested Iris)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Indigenous to wooded slopes and floodplain forests, this diminutive iris forms a lovely carpet in various shades of purple when it flowers in spring. Its colorful blooms and easy culture make it a valuable addition to a woodland garden.
Featured Glossary word: Crest
Keep Mosquitos & Ticks at Bay without Pesticides in May
As you enjoy the spring blooms this May, start strategizing ways to keep mosquitoes and ticks at bay in your yard without the use of pesticides. Our May 20 class, "Controlling Mosquitoes and Ticks in Your Yard Without Pesticides, describes an integrated pest management approach based on an understanding of the life cycles of these insects.
ROUND COVER: Erigeron pulchellus (Robin’s Plantain)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Native to rocky or open woods, stream banks, and fields and favoring dappled sun, this Aster family member delights with charming composite flowers for three weeks from April to early May. It can naturalize to create colonies where its villous basal rosettes form a dense, year-round carpet in naturalistic gardens, flower borders, or rock gardens.
Featured Glossary word: Rosette
Green Spring Gardens Big Plant Sale
May 14 9:00 am – 3:00 pm
Meet and support MGNV Extension Master Gardeners as we join many other vendors at the Green Spring Gardens Big Plant Sale. We have beautiful and unusual plants, including many Virginia natives, to fill your spring gardening needs. Extension Master Gardeners will be on hand to help with plant selection, answer your questions and offer gardening advice. This is an important fundraiser for MGNV!
Between the Rows – A Guide to Vegetable Gardening: May 2022
Vegetable gardening information and events for May 2022