Featured Glossary Word: Dehisce
dehisce: to split or burst open
In botany, the word dehisce is used mainly when discussing plant parts such as anthers, sporangia, and fruit.
All that glitters is not gold
Please remember that just because it’s pretty doesn’t mean it’s nice. Unfortunately, Star-of-Bethlehem plants naturalize easily and are becoming a real NUISANCE. Beyond its nuisance appearance in your lawn or garden, agriculturally, it is a significant emerging weed problem.
Registration Change for Online Classes
We have made a change to our deadline time for registering for classes.
Please make sure you register by 8:00 p.m. the day before the class.
2022 Arlington County Fair – Competitive Exhibits
Calling home gardeners of all ages! Whether this is your first year of gardening or you’ve been growing flowers, fruits or veggies for a while, now is the time to enter the Competitive Exhibits at the Arlington County Fair and strut your stuff! Online entry deadline is August 15, 2022 at midnight.
TREE: Ostrya virginiana ([Eastern] Hop-hornbeam, Ironwood)
Tried and True Native Plant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic
Despite being one of the hardest of native* woods, Hop-hornbeam is undesirable in commercial forests. It provides interest as an ornamental though, with fluted trunk, exfoliating bark, and drooping clusters of sac- like pods that resemble the fruit of hops, hence its common name.
Featured Glossary word: Strobilus
Beautiful Native Shrubs Video
The Glencarlyn Library Community Garden coordinators have recently created a new series of short videos highlighting the beauty of native plants. We will be sharing these videos on our website every month as well as glossary words that go along with each month's topic. This month's focus is on native shrubs with outstanding flowers.