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SHRUB: Aronia melanocarpa (Black Chokeberry)

Posted on October 18, 2019 by

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

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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TREE: Acer rubrum (Red Maple)

Posted on February 15, 2019 by

Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
The Red Maple tolerates the widest variety of soil conditions of any North American forest species. Continue reading →

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MGNV has a new look!

Posted on December 7, 2017 by

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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