Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Over 40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Sassafras offers three-season interest: globelike clusters of chartreuse flowers in spring, three distinct leaf shapes, blue fruit in red cups in summer, and orange to crimson to purple foliage in fall. This native is common in wood edges throughout the Mid-Atlantic except for the northern Pennsylvania border.
Public education classes offered from January-May in 2024 are now on the website in the Master Gardener Virtual Classroom. Each video has been edited and captioned, and each page includes multiple resources.
Vegetable gardening information and events for June.
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
In the Mid-Atlantic, this attractive wildflower is most common in Pennsylvania. Although native to Fairfax County, its occurrence elsewhere in Virginia is spotty. It features leaflets arranged like ladder rungs (the ladder Jacob dreamt about in the Bible story), thus the common name.
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 Asian wisterias - Japanese Wisteria (Wisteria floribunda) and Chinese Wisteria (Wisteria sinensis).
Our houseplant expert answers questions about growing houseplants from seeds and dealing with fungus gnats.
