Plants

Native Plants

• • 2021 Wildflower of the Year: American Wisteria
  • April Showers… Many of us grew up with the rhyme “April showers bring May flowers.” Take a look at some of the spring flowers in bloom around the Richmond area this April and May.
  • Spring Ephemerals
  • May Wildflower of the Month: Coral Honeysuckle
  • June Wildflower of the Month: Swamp Milkweed.
  • 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

Invasive Plants

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