Youth Education Program Highlight: Fleet Elementary
Check out this great video about the Extension Master Gardener volunteer work with the Garden Club at Fleet Elementary School in Arlington.
TREE: Sassafras albidum (Sassafras)
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.
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2024 Master Gardener Virtual Classroom Content
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.
Between the Rows – A Guide to Vegetable Gardening: June 2024
Vegetable gardening information and events for June.
GROUND COVER: Polemonium reptans ([Spreading] Jacob’s Ladder, Greek Valerian)
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.
Invasive Plant Video: Asian Wisterias
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).