Tag Archives: Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia

SHRUB: Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)

Posted on October 18, 2019 by MGNV Webmaster

Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This attractive native shrub, Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry), is a member of the Rose family and is often found in bogs, swamps, and moist thickets and sometimes on drier balds and rock outcroppings throughout eastern North America. Continue reading →

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TREE: Magnolia virginiana (Sweetbay or Swamp Magnolia)

Posted on June 21, 2019 by MGNV Webmaster

Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Lovely, lemon-scented, cup-shaped flowers appear mid-spring and bloom intermittently throughout the summer, followed in the fall by showy conelike fruit. Continue reading →

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MGNV has a new look!

Posted on December 7, 2017 by MGNV Webmaster

We are happy to unveil our new logo! Thanks to the Logo Committee: Sue McIver, Carol Goldberg & Elena Rodriguez and to Patti Maurer at Skinny Cat Designs 

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Fall Colors in the Shade Garden

Posted on November 27, 2016 by MGNV Webmaster

by Dina Lehmann-Kim, Master Gardener Fall on the East Coast usually conjures up the colors associated with the incredible display of the season’s changing leaves— brilliant oranges, fiery reds, and bright yellows. The Shade Garden has some of these, but … Continue reading →

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