Between the Rows – A Guide to Vegetable Gardening: August 2022
Vegetable gardening information and events for August 2022
PERENNIAL: Eutrochium dubium (Three-nerved (Coastal Plain) Joe-pye-weed)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This shorter Joe-pye-weed has beautiful pink-headed stems that wave in the summer breeze and provide landing platforms attractive to butterflies and other insect pollinators.
Featured Glossary word: Pappus
Managing Houseplant Pests
An unhealthy houseplant is most often the result of improper care. Too much or too little water, light, or air circulation cause many plant problems. If a plant is struggling or stressed due to improper care, the likelihood of pest infestation increases. Providing a houseplant with the growing conditions it needs is the best way to keep it healthy and minimize pest infestation.
TREE: Prunus serotina ([Wild] Black Cherry)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Black Cherry, the largest of our native cherry trees, grows in a variety of habitats through much of the Mid-Atlantic Region and is noted for its exceptional support of wildlife.
Bees
Bees are the superheroes of pollinators. One of the best places to learn about these amazing insects is Bees: An Identification and Native Plant Forage Guide by Heather Holm. It is a wonderful guide to the bees of the eastern half of the United States, the important pollinator services they provide, and the native plants they feed upon.
PERENNIAL: Baptisia australis (Blue Wild Indigo)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
This prized garden plant with attractive gray-green foliage produces beautiful racemes of indigo blue flowers followed by blue-black seed pods (legumes).
Featured Glossary word: Dehisce
New in 2022!