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PERENNIAL: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)
Learn more about these lovely asters and watch a video with monarchs and other pollinators. Continue reading
Posted in Pollinators, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged monarch butterflies, New England Aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
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Taking a Closer Look at Roadside Wildflowers
Many of the wildflowers seen along local roadways or on day-trips to the beach or mountains (those yellow, orange, purple or pink blurs) can be viewed close-up in the Glencarlyn Library Community Garden in Arlington, VA. Continue reading
Posted in Glencarlyn Library Community Garden
Tagged Asclepias incarnata, Asclepias syriaca, Asclepias tuberosa, black-eyed Susans, blazing star, brown-eyed Susans, Butterfly Weed, common milkweed, dandelion, Eutrochium dubium, Heath aster, Hemerocallis fulva, ironweed, Joe-Pye Weed, liatris, liatris spicata, mullein, New England Aster, Orange Coneflower, orange daylily, rudbeckia fulgida, Rudbeckia triloba, Solidago altissima, Solidago rugosa ‘Fireworks’, Swamp Milkweed, Symphyotrichum ericoides, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, Tall goldenrod, Taraxacum officinale, Verbascum thapsus, Vernonia noveboracensis
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PERENNIAL: Symphyotrichum novae-angliae (New England Aster)
Learn more about these lovely asters and watch a video with monarchs and other pollinators. Continue reading
Posted in Pollinators, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged monarch butterflies, New England Aster, Symphyotrichum novae-angliae, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
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Stop by the Simpson Gardens 25th Anniversary Open House and see . . .
This video, filmed at Alexandria’s Simpson Gardens in early October by certified Master Gardener Mary Free, shows monarch butterflies foraging on asters, including native Symphyotrichum novae-angliae. You can view asters along with many other colorful, pollinator attracting flowers during the 25th Anniversary Open House at Simpson Park Gardens Sunday, September 30th. Continue reading
Posted in Simpson Gardens, Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tagged Symphyotrichum novae-angliae
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