Welcome to our expanded section on plants. We keep adding new resources here, so enjoy!
Illustrated Glossary – Continuing to Expand in 2023!

This glossary of horticultural and botanical terms supplemented with photographs and diagrams is intended to back up and bolster the wealth of original content provided on our website
Invasive Plants and Better Alternatives
- Factsheets for Invasive
- Grasses & Sedges,
- Ground Covers,
- Perennials,
- Shrubs,
- Trees, and
- Vines
- More About Invasive Plants
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic

- How to Use the Fact Sheets
- Factsheets for Native
- Annuals, Bulbs, & Corms,
- Ferns,
- Grasses & Sedges,
- Ground Covers,
- Perennials,
- Shrubs,
- Trees, and
- Vines
Best Bets: Plants for Particular Uses – Expanded in 2022!

- Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets for Deer Resistance - Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets for Dry Conditions - Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets for Fragrance - Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets for Controlling Erosion - Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets for Partly Shady/Partly Sunny Locations - Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets for Shady Locations - Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets for Sunny Locations - Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets for Wet Conditions - Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets to Plant Near Black Walnut Trees - Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets that are Salt Tolerant - Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets to Attract Pollinators - Tried & True Native Plants for Particular Uses:
Best Bets to Enrich Soil

Vegetables & Herbs – Expanded in 2022!
- Between the Rows
- Vegetable Gardening Online Resources
- Herbs: A Season by Season Growing Guide
- Video: How to Test Your Garden Soil
- Planting Dates for Arlington & Alexandria
- Urban Agriculture: Virtual Classes
- Arlington Friends of Urban Agriculture
Weeds

is known worldwide as a noxious weed.
Photo © Elaine Mills
- Virginia Tech Weed Identification Guide
- Video: Winter Weeds with Judy Funderburk
- Virtual Class: Weed ID & Management
- Weed Watch
- American Burnweed
- Clovers & Wood- Sorrels
- Dandelions
- Hairy Bittercress
- Plantains