Water, Water, Water
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There are different kinds of water to use for watering houseplants. Learn about the different types so you can decide what works best for you and your plant collection.
PERENNIAL: Amsonia tabernaemontana (Eastern Blue-star)
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Showy blue blossoms in spring and attractive foliage color in fall are characteristics of this easy-to-maintain perennial. It is native to floodplain and mesic slope forests, open woodlands, and stream banks primarily in southeastern Virginia. It is not indigenous to NoVA.
Protecting Against Mosquito-borne Diseases – without Harming Pollinators
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Mosquitoes are a nuisance that keeps us from enjoying the outdoors, but in addition they can transmit disease. It is important to take steps to protect ourselves, families, and pets but it is all too easy to harm beneficial insects when fighting mosquitoes. Learn how to protect against mosquitoes without harming pollinators.
Join us TODAY at the Spring Garden Day Plant Sale!
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Join us Saturday, May 17, 2025 at the Spring Garden Day Plant Sale @ Green Spring Gardens.
Meet with VCE Arlington/Alexandria EMGs for help with plant selection, planting advice, and answers to all your questions.
TREE: Carya tomentosa (Mockernut Hickory) – New in 2025!
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Noted for beautiful golden fall color, this long-lived keystone plant hosts numerous moth species and feeds and shelters many types of animals. The species epithet “tomentosa” refers to the hair-covered undersurfaces of its leaflets, a characteristic that makes the tree easily identifiable.
New to the Glossary: Ament, Catkin
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Ament, another word for catkin, is a racemiform or spiciform inflorescence. Aments/catkins are unisexual and appear on monoecious species, like birch, hickory, hornbeam, oak, and walnut, which bear both male and female flowers on the same plant or dioecious species, like willow, that bear male and female flowers on separate plants.