Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
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Tried and True Native Plant Selection for the Mid-Atlantic
Native mostly in the northern Mid-Atlantic Region, Ostrich Fern is indigenous in only four areas in Virginia, including along the Potomac River in Arlington and Fairfax counties. It requires a large landscape to show off its long, finely dissected fronds, suggestive of ostrich plumes.
The Glencarlyn Library Community Garden coordinators have created 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 Privets Ligustrum japonicum & L. sinense) .
Instead of letting the winter blues settle in, take a page from all the pink decorations popping up in the stores and pick up a bright and cheery houseplant. Valentine’s Day may be over, but a new pink plant is a great way to weather the rest of winter.
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This beautiful, tall woodland grass grows in upright clumps and produces bamboo-like leaves that are held perpendicular at intervals on smooth, round culms (stems). Panicles stand above the foliage with drooping, eye-catching, oat-like spikelets that rustle and shimmer in the breeze.
The Arlington Friends of Urban Agriculture (FOUA)/Plot Against Hunger 2024 Spring Garden Kickoff will feature panel discussions, speakers from participating gardens and food pantries, seed giveaways, demonstrations and more.
Winter gardens have their own special beauty. The Winter Garden: Celebrating the Forgotten Season by Naomi Slade, is a love letter with beautiful photography that celebrates the winter garden, and an inspiring guide to creating your own vibrant winter landscape.
