Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Over 40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
The Glencarlyn Library Community Garden coordinators have created a new series of short videos about locally invasive plants and native alternatives. This month's post is on the Tree of Heaven (Ailanthus altissima). Information is also given for the Spotted Lanternfly, which feeds on the Tree of Heaven.
When we speak of our gardens sustaining local wildlife, we’re often thinking of the nectar and pollen that insects and hummingbirds collect from our flowering plants . . . Woody plants provide shelter and nesting spots for animals in our home landscapes with their evergreen foliage, holes and hollows, thorns and thickets.
