Follow Us!
REACH US VIA EMAIL!
- Contact the EMG Help Desk at mgarlalex@gmail.com for answers to all your qardening questions.
Upcoming Online Public Ed Events
Subscribe by email
Blogs by our Master Gardeners
For Master Gardeners
VCE
Previous Post Archives
Tag Archives: MGNV
GROUND COVER: Mitchella repens (Partridge-berry)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Partridge-berry is a sweet trailing plant with shiny rounded evergreen leaves with a distinctive stripe down the mid-vein. Continue reading
PERENNIAL: Solidago rugosa (Rough-Stemmed Goldenrod)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Golden sprays of flowers brighten the garden from late summer to frost, supporting 115 species of moths, butterflies, native bees, and other insect pollinators. Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged MGNV, Native plants, perennials, Rough-Stemmed Goldenrod, Solidago rugosa, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Comments Off on PERENNIAL: Solidago rugosa (Rough-Stemmed Goldenrod)
TREE: Chionanthus virginicus (White Fringetree, Old Man’s Beard)
An appealing addition to the landscape, this native is rare in Pennsylvania and historical in Delaware’s Piedmont, but frequent to common elsewhere in the Mid-Atlantic Region. The Virginia Native Plant Society named White Fringetree as Wildflower of the Year in 1997. Be aware though, it also appeals to deer! Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged Chionanthus virginicus, MGNV, Old Man’s Beard, Tree, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic, White Fringetree
Comments Off on TREE: Chionanthus virginicus (White Fringetree, Old Man’s Beard)
PERENNIAL: Eutrochium dubium (Eastern or Coastal Joe-Pye Weed)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This more diminutive Joe Pye Weed is native to the eastern coastal plain and can be found in swamps, shores, and wet meadows. Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged MGNV, Native plants, perennials, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Comments Off on PERENNIAL: Eutrochium dubium (Eastern or Coastal Joe-Pye Weed)