Featured Glossary Word: Sessile New in 2022!
sessile: attached directly by the base without a stalk
There are several plant parts that can be described as sessile.
Are Butterfly Bush Cultivars Labeled as “Sterile” Environmentally Safer?
“Environmentally safe” Buddleia davidii cultivars can still do damage to the native environment.
GROUND COVER: Sedum ternatum (Wild, Woodland, or Three-leaved Stonecrop)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This lovely ground cover, the most widespread native member of the Sedum family in eastern North America, favors rocky banks, cliffs, and woods. Its tiny white star-like flowers with five pointed petals rise in showy clusters above succulent foliage in the spring.
Featured Glossary word: Node New in 2022!
Featured Glossary Word: Node New in 2022!
node: the point on a stem where a leaf or leaves are, or have been attached; the point at which subsidiary parts (buds, adventitious roots) begin to grow; the solid construction on a culm; a knot, swelling, or enlarged lump
Between the Rows – A Guide to Vegetable Gardening: June 2022
Vegetable gardening information and events for June 2022
FERN: Osmunda spectabilis (Royal Fern)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
One of North America’s largest native ferns is frequent to common in moist woods through much of the Mid-Atlantic Region. Previously known as Osmunda regalis (as well as Osmunda regalis L. var. spectabilis), its unique fronds are cut into rounded leaflets. Another common name “flowering fern” refers to its tassel-like fertile clusters.
Featured Glossary word: Sporangium