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PERENNIAL: Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly Weed)

Posted on July 21, 2017 by

Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Butterfly Weed is one of the showiest native* wildflowers. Summer waves of orange blossoms brighten open fields, woods, and waysides. Later, spindle-shaped seed pods pierce the air in shades of green, yellow, brown. When pods split … Continue reading →

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PERENNIAL: Baptisia australis, Blue Wild Indigo

Posted on June 23, 2017 by

Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Baptisia is a bold plant that in early spring produces multiple stems of beautiful gray-green foliage.  By mid-spring the foliage is topped by 1- to 2-foot flowering spikes that are a magnificent blue … Continue reading →

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PERENNIAL: Polygonatum biflorum (Smooth Solomon’s Seal)

Posted on April 28, 2017 by

Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic This native understory plant of moist woods is noted for its graceful arching stems, its dainty bell-like flowers, and the conspicuous veins of its leaves.  Its name may come either from the scars … Continue reading →

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PERENNIAL: Mertensia virginica (Virginia Bluebells)

Posted on March 17, 2017 by

Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Spring has finally sprung when the pink buds of Mertensia virginica show themselves in late winter and early spring, evolving from being coiled up like a scorpion’s tail to opening to deep pink or blue … Continue reading →

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