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To spread knowledge about native plants, Woodke assembles planters with selections of species, mixing native edibles and ...
Often growing in rocky ground with acidic soil in the wild, this species doesn’t go summer-dormant the way the popular ...
G round cover plants can be a blessing or an absolute nightmare. They seem so dainty and delicate in the nursery: compact, ...
False Cape State Park is your answer, serving up pristine Atlantic coastline the way nature intended. This might be the most “you gotta work for it” park in Virginia. No cars allowed! You’ll need to ...
Within three months, a shipment of small branches arrived in California. The branches carried not only cottony cushion scale, ...
As the summer heat approaches, now is a wonderful time to cultivate a shade garden. It will become a tranquil escape from the ...
At Veterans Acres in Crystal Lake, I discovered what I think are two different species — the Ohio spiderwort and the Virginia spiderwort.
From the coast to mountains and from mild climates to nearly arctic conditions, Maine encompasses more than a hundred types ...
There are a lot of words used to describe how plants look or smell — think fragrant, prickly, tall or climbing. But there are also words that describe how and where plants grow — like invasive or ...
In the ’80s, the BMA began to revitalize the spaces, largely with nonnative plants like English ivy. “Things that look nice on a median but don’t have a lot of ecological value,” Olsen said.
Source: Our Campaigns, Virginia Department of Elections, Dave Leip’s Atlas of U.S. Presidential Elections Notice that the 2021 election featured a historically-low amount of ticket-splitting.
The bill identifies 39 plants invasive in Virginia and requires that stores post educational signage to explain the dangers of planting an invasive species and encourage consumers to seek native ...