Garden Musings: What’s stalking flowers and foliage?
Enjoy another entry in our series of short form thoughts on gardening and gardeners.
Plant This, Not That: Replacing Burning Bush
For years I thought Burning Bush (Euonymus alatus) wasn’t a big problem, at least not around Northern Virginia. I wasn’t spotting it in wild areas like I was seeing other plants on Arlington’s invasive list. Then I learned.
Planting Trees
No discussion about how we can help cope with climate change would be complete without addressing the critical importance of trees. Trees offer habitat, nesting sites, and a variety of food to wildlife and the life functions of trees provide many other beneficial ecosystem services.
Making Wise Plant Choices, Part 4: Are Southern Species Best?
The new trend toward hotter summers and warmer winters is necessarily changing the way we garden. While the DC metropolitan area has previously been designated as Zone 7 on the USDA’s Plant Hardiness Zone Map, our current lowest average temperature of 14 degrees now would place our region in Zone 8, which is presently located around Virginia Beach, a little over 200 miles further south.
Garden Musings: October Morning
Sun rising. Watching its light move down into the forest, touching earth, I am touched, enlivened, inwardly aware Of the collaboration of sun/warmth/wind/water Summoning life on our planet … now …
Houseplants Move Back Indoors
Linda Cornish Blank shares great tips on moving houseplants back indoors after a summer outside.