Between the Rows – A Guide to Vegetable Gardening:
May 2023
Vegetable gardening information and events for May.
Between the Rows – A Guide to Vegetable Gardening:
The Last Word
We’ve made bark our featured word for the month and added some other tree-related words (cambium, cuticle, epidermis, parenchyma, periderm, phelloderm, phloem, heartwood, sapwood, xylem) to our MGNV Glossary because April was all about trees. To learn more, click on the links to go directly to the individual Illustrated Glossary pages.
This Weekend! Glencarlyn Library Garden Spring Celebration and Plant Sale
Come celebrate Spring in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden!
Sunday, April 30, 2023 10:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m. Rain or Shine!
TREE: Liriodendron tulipifera (Tulip-Poplar, Tuliptree)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Common throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region, Tuliptree is aptly named from the shape of its flowers and leaves to the samara whorls persisting like wooden tulips until spring. It is an excellent shade or ornamental tree for a large property, sited best on lower or concave slopes. It was the favorite tree of Mr. President and the First Lady, bald eagles that nested 80 feet high in a Tulip-Poplar in the U.S. National Arboretum.
Invasive Plant Video: Periwinkle
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 Periwinkle(vinca minor).
GROUND COVER: Silene caroliniana (Wild Pink)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This charming wildflower is native to dry forests, barrens, and outcrops throughout Virginia where it tolerates a range of soils. Its rose-pink flowers, which somewhat resemble those of phlox, bring bright color to the spring garden, and it remains evergreen in winter.