Winter Is the Time for Pruning
While the garden is dormant, you have a chance to find and correct landscape issues concerning many varieties of deciduous trees. This is the best time to prune this type of tree.
While the garden is dormant, you have a chance to find and correct landscape issues concerning many varieties of deciduous trees. This is the best time to prune this type of tree.
Find flowers that color the landscape red, white, and blue in the MGNV demonstration and other gardens on or around July 4 that you can plant to create your own patriotic garden.
Epic Tomatoes—How to Select and Grow the Best Varieties of All Time (Epic Tomatoes) by Craig LeHoullier, is a captivating book about growing heirloom tomatoes covering everything from deciding what to grow to harvesting and eating the results.
Happy President's Day! In Part 1 of Planning for the Red, White and Blue, we introduce you to five Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE) “Patriotic Gardens” publications to aid you in planting and planning for red, white, and blue color in all four seasons.
Part 3: Lichens and Mosses
Crevasses in oak and other barks form important habitats and microhabitats for ferns, orchids, fungi, and epiphytes. Epiphytes include mosses, algae, and lichens that are integral to biodiversity in North American woodlands.
Part 2: Five Birch Trees of the Mid-Atlantic Region
Learn about five birch trees native to different areas of the mid-Atlantic region. Their uses in a cultivated landscape are varied. Those with the showiest bark shine year-round as specimen, shade, or lawn trees.