Virginia native plants gardens

Native Plants for Northern Piedmont — Plant Virginia Natives

How do I start? Many people wrestle with this question after deciding they want to transform their existing yard into a native plant garden. When Susan and Jim Graham first made that decision they described their existing yard as “ mostly turf grass with an azalea mustache;” a look typical of many of the landscapes…

Northern Virginia is home to lots of great native plants. Here are some of the best native trees, shrubs, grasses, and flowers in Northern Virginia.

Here is a list of Virginia native plants that are very attractive to pollinators and are well-suited for plantings in gardens.

If we want gardens to look less weedy then we need to stop pampering wild plants and give them what they want -- tough competition and limited resources.

Plants that like to get their feet wet.I used to think soggy ground was a gardening liability but now I realize it's a treasure. There are some phenomenal natives that thrive in moister areas. These ten are super easy to grow and all but the fringe tree are widely available should you be lucky enough to have some wetter ground. Ground cover:Green and gold creates a carpet of nearly evergreen plants only a couple of inches high. Green and gold is easy to grow and spreads. It blooms with…

Why reduce lawn? Turf grass is non-native from Europe. In Virginia, it creates a barren environment that offers little to birds and other wildlife. Occupying 40 million acres of the continental United States, lawns constitute the largest irrigated “crop” in the country.

Virginia is fortunate to have seven beautiful, full color Native Plant Guides for the Eastern Shore, Northern Neck, Northern Virginia, Southeast Virginia/Hampton Roads, Central Rappahannock, Capital/Richmond and Northern Piedmont regions. Since 2010, Virginia’s Coastal Zone Management (CZM) Program and its partners have developed, published, and distributed thousands of copies throughout Virginia and the Mid-Atlantic region.…

We’re visiting with Virginia Sherry today. A lifelong gardener, I am the founder of the nonprofit Native Plant Society of Staten Island (in 2019). As summer draws to a close, […] The post Virginia’s Mostly Native Garden appeared first on FineGardening.