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Tag Archives: Patriotic gardens
Blooming Red, WHITE, and Blue
Today we remember Independence Day with the white flowers found in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden and the Sunny and Memorial Rose Gardens in Bon Air Park on July 4, 2017 and 2018. Continue reading
Blooming RED, White, and Blue
As promised, here is a follow up to our Planning for the Red, White and Blue series on patriotic gardens. Enjoy your holiday and our pictures of some of the red, white, and blue flowers that we found blooming in local gardens on July 4 of years past. Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden
Tagged Achillea millefolium, Archilochus colubris, Lonicera sempervirens, Monarda didyma ‘Jacob Cline’, Patriotic gardens, pollinators, Red Flower Carpet®, red flowers, Rosa ‘Noare’, Ruby-throated Hummingbird, Salvia microphylla, Scarlet Beebalm, small-leaf sage, trumpet honeysuckle, yarrow
Planning for the Red, White, and Blue: Part 1
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. Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden
Tagged Patriotic gardens, Patriotic Gardens: Bulbs for a Red White and Blue Spring Garden, Patriotic Gardens: Developing A Statewide Corridor and Entrance Enhancement Program, Patriotic Gardens: How to Plant a Red White and Blue Garden, Patriotic Gardens: Red White and Blue in Fall and Winter Gardens, Patriotic Gardens: Red White and Blue Native Plants
