Organic Vegetable Garden Pepper Fest 2022 – Sunday – 1 to 4
Pepper Fest! Come celebrate the end of summer at the Organic Vegetable Garden!
September 18 @ 1:00 pm – 4:00 pm
GRASS: Eragrostis spectabilis (Purple Lovegrass, Tumblegrass)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This native of dune grasslands, prairies, barrens, and open woodlands is considered an important species for soil stabilization along roadsides. In home gardens, its reddish-purple clouds of airy flowers are stunning in summer when backlit or sparkling with raindrops.
Featured Glossary word: Barren New in 2022!
Featured Glossary Word: Barren
barren: a substantial area of land, usually level, with limited growth of stunted trees and little other vegetation except perennial grasses or lithophytic (growing on rock) forbs.
The geographic areas known as barrens are of different causes and types. Many have in common that they are located in geographic areas sitting on several feet of gravel and coarse sandy soil, usually highly acidic, left behind by retreating glaciers during multiple ice ages.
September – Invasives
Identifying and removing invasive plants from our home landscapes has become an essential part of gardening. Such plants can be more than bothersome, they can smother or outcompete the native and non-invasive ornamental plants. Gardeners know we have to pick our battles with invasive plants and stay informed on the best methods to tackle them.
Between the Rows – A Guide to Vegetable Gardening: September 2022
Vegetable gardening information and events for September 2022
PERENNIAL: Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This lovely wildflower, a hummingbird (one feeding in the image) favorite, shines with brilliant scarlet flowers. Its natural habitat is the floodplain forests, freshwater marshes, and wet meadows throughout the Mid-Atlantic Region. The Virginia Native Plant Society honored Cardinal Flower as Wildflower of the Year in 1991.
Featured Glossary word: Bilabiate