Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Over 40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This Aster family member delights with charming composite flowers for three weeks from late March to May. It can naturalize to create colonies where its basal rosettes form a dense, year-round carpet in naturalistic gardens, flower borders, or rock gardens.
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Vegetable gardening information and events for May.
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If you are looking for generational impact in a living tree, consider Quercus alba (white oak).
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Bring your gardening questions to the EMG plant clinics in Arlington and Alexandria.
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Look closely at the relationship between soil and water and learn about techniques for managing water in home gardens.
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Its small flowers may be unremarkable, but Pawpaw fruit, with a complex tropical taste (some say banana-mango-citrus) and custard-like texture, is the largest edible fruit native to North America and gives rise to common names like False Banana and Custard Apple.
