Tiny + Wild: Build a Small-Scale Meadow Anywhere
Tiny + Wild by Graham Laird Gardner describes how and why to create your own mini meadow in a small urban yard or neighborhood with homeowner association (HOA) requirements.
Between the Rows
A Guide to Vegetable Gardening: September 2024
Vegetable gardening information and events for September.
PERENNIAL: Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Fluffy, red-violet blooms atop 8-foot stalks draw bees and butterflies from mid-summer into fall. At home in wet meadows and freshwater marshes and along stream banks pretty much across the Mid-Atlantic Region, VNPS named New York Ironweed Wildflower of the Year in 1995.
Invasive Plant Video: Rose of Sharon
The Glencarlyn Library Community Garden coordinators have created a new series of short videos about locally invasive plants and native alternatives. This month's post is on the Common Daylily(Hemerocallis fulva).
GROUND COVER: Opuntia humifusa (Eastern Prickly-pear)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Eastern Prickly-pear is widespread throughout Virginia but common in only some localities. It is found in Fairfax County. It produces showy, pure yellow flowers and, like many of its desert relatives, it is edible, but handle with care!
Late Summer Houseplant Clean Up
The key to healthy plants is keeping them tidy. Now is a great time to do clean up and tend those forgotten plants so they have time to acclimate and put on a little more growth before winter dormancy sets in.