Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
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Earlier this month, Geranium maculatum (wild or spotted geranium) was a featured Tried and True Native Plant Selection. The word protandrous described its flowers. Learn how protandry, and the related words protogyny and dichogamy, are important to cross-pollination by clicking on this link to go directly to the Illustrated Glossary page.
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Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This member of the Mint family, native to scattered regions of eastern North America, grows along stream banks and in thickets and open woods. Its distinctive red flowers attract a variety of pollinators, especially hummingbirds, and it offers herbal and medicinal benefits.
The Glencarlyn Library Community Garden coordinators are creating a new series of short videos about locally invasive plants and native alternatives. This series looks at individual invasive plants, discussing how to remove them and suggesting native plants to consider as replacements. This month's post is on Japanese Pachysandra(Pachysandra terminalis).
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Common names derive from leaf arrangement and from layers of horizontal branches tapering toward the top. Ecologist and entomologist Doug Tallamy calls this native “a great reminder that our plants are our bird-feeders.”
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