Master Gardeners of Northern Virginia
Over 40 Years of Growing Gardens and Gardeners
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Glabrous and glaucous often describe plant parts, especially stems, leaves, and fruits. Glabrous surfaces are smooth, lacking hairs, bristles, and glands. Glaucous surfaces have a whitish, gray, or bluish-green bloom. Most conspicuous on fruits, like blueberries and eastern redcedar, blooms are waxy or powdery coatings that tend to rub off.
HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY! Veterans Memorial Rose Garden in Norwich, Connecticut is located on two acres of gently sloping land in Mohegan Park and displays ~2,500 rose bushes in 120 varieties. A video shows a common eastern bumble bee and a longhorn beetle foraging for pollen on neighboring roses in the garden.
#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Tall and upright, Gayfeather provides nice vertical form in a garden. Its purplish, feathery flower spikes contrast well with yellow-flowered, mound-forming plants. Natural populations are widely scattered in the Mid-Atlantic Region.
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In a series of essays, author Kelly Norris discusses principles, concepts, and methods designed to help gardeners rethink gardening with a focus on how the garden contributes to the local ecosystem while benefiting the humans who care for it.
Vegetable gardening information and events for July.
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Climate change has brought about the need for adaptive approaches to home vegetable gardening. These include general steps for reducing the garden’s carbon footprint: minimizing the use of power equipment and purchased fertilizers, building soil health, and conserving water.
