Archives for the "native plants" Category

Virginia’s Native Winterberry

Nature tosses a spray of scarlet orbs into the lackluster landscape this time of year, decorating the bare branches of Winterberry holly with much needed nourishment for local wildlife. Winterberry […]

8 Tips to Help Native Butterflies Thrive

When it comes to supporting native butterflies in your area, what you choose to plant in your garden can go a long way! As the coordinator for M&T Bank Butterflies […]

Tips for Attending the 2023 Fall Plant Sale

Summer is coming to an end, and that means it’s time for one of the most popular fall plant events in Central Virginia: Lewis Ginter’s Fall Plant Sale! This year’s […]

Tips for a Virginia Butterfly Garden

A native Virginia butterfly garden is a great way to help pollinators. How can you support native butterflies? Plant native plants! Tips for Planting a Native Butterfly Garden Start by […]

Looking Back at 2021

I’ve always appreciated New Year’s as a time for looking back and an opportunity to look forward. One of my favorite movies is “Ferris Bueller’s Day Off” and Ferris puts […]

CVNLA: Central Virginia Nursery & Landscape Association

Elizabeth Fogel is a woman on a mission. As the new president of the Central Virginia Nursery and Landscape Association, she wants to make the group more relevant than ever. […]

Elizabeth Fogel: Designing for Tomorrow

Senior Horticulturist Elizabeth Fogel studied the latest theories for sustainable and regenerative landscapes by visiting 10 eco-focused botanical gardens over the past two years. Her cross-country travel and hands-on research […]

Building Biodiversity

Landscaping in Layers Nature loves a layer. She cements courses of sediment into solid stone. She laminates an annual succession of circles into living trees. She layers an onion in […]

English Ivy: A “Dirty Dozen” Plant

Have you ever looked along a highway and observed all the trees covered in vegetation from trunk to branches? It was most likely English ivy (Hedera helix), the final of […]

Japanese Honeysuckle: A “Dirty Dozen” Plant

Our Dirty Dozen plant of the week is Japanese honeysuckle (Lonicera japonica). This ornamental vine is still widely available in the horticultural trade, even though it has invaded all of the […]