Plants

Native Plants

• • Witch hazels can bring winter interest to the garden
  • Native groundcovers
  • Pokeberry: Weed or Bird Food?
  • 24 species of St. John’s Wort are native to Virginia
  • 2025 Wildflower of the Year:  Mayapple (Podophyllum peltatum)
  • 2024 Wildflower of the Year:  White Turtlehead (Chelone glabra)
  • 2023 Wildflower of the Year:  Hollow Joe-Pye-Weed (Eutrochium fistulosum)
  • 2022 Wildflower of the Year: Buttonbush (Cephalanthus occidentalis)

Invasive Plants

• • Japanese Wisteria
  • The “Dirty Dozen” invasive plants
  • Japanese Honeysuckle
  • Chinese Privet
  • Two Weedy Evildoers
  • Lesser Celandine
  • Nandina