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PERENNIAL: Phlox divaricata (Woodland Phlox)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This lovely wildflower is native to rich forests and fields in portions of the Mid-Atlantic Region including NoVA (except Prince William County). As the species name divaricata suggests, this shade-loving phlox has a spreading habit, making it a good woodland ground cover. Continue reading
Posted in MG in the Garden, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged Ground cover, perennial, Phlox divaricata, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic, Woodland Phlox
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Word of the Week: Stolon
Stoloniferous plants have runners (stems creeping horizontally usually above ground) that take root at the stem nodes, forming colonies (genets) of clones of the parent plants. Continue reading
Posted in Illustrated Glossary, Word of the Week, WoW
Tagged Carex pensylvanica, Fragaria virginiana, genet, Glechoma hederacea, guerilla growth, internode, Lamiastrum galeobdolon, node, phalanx growth, Phlox divaricata, Phlox stolonifera, Phlox subulata, Potentilla indica, ramet, stolon, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic, Vinca major, vinca minor, Word of the Week
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Word of the Week: Ephemeral
Some of the most popular and widely available ephemerals on the retail market are spring-blooming bulbs and corms like crocuses, daffodils, hyacinths, narcissi, snowdrops, and tulips…In the United States, the term “spring ephemerals” usually refers to native North American wildflowers whose natural habitat is a deciduous forest. Continue reading
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Tagged Claytonia virginica, crocuses, daffodils, Dicentra eximia, ephemeral, Erythronium americanum, Glossary, hyacinths, Lamprocapnos spectabilis, Mertensia virginica, Narcissus, Phlox divaricata, Podophyllum peltatum, Snowdrops, Stylophorum diphyllum, Thalictrum thalictroides, Trillium grandiflorum, tulips, Word of the Week
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