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Volume 29 Issue 3, Summer 2024 by Kim Strader and Sheila Ferguson Beautiful and beneficial New York Ironweed. Photo by...

Know Your Hickories

Know Your Hickories

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Volume 28 Issue 3, Summer 2023 by Jennifer Lumley, Audubon at Home Ambassador I walked past a Mockernut Hickory (Carya...

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So Many Reasons to Plant Native Shrubs

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Courtesy of Plant NOVA Natives When it comes to the curb appeal of our houses and other buildings, the difference...

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Volume 27 Issue 2, Spring  2022 by Julie Borneman, Loudoun Wildlife President The one question I get most often at...

Please Your Bumblebees With P. digitalis

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Volume 25 Issue 3, Summer 2020 by Michele Savage I’m not new to gardening, but I am very new to native...

Gardeners and Wildlife Welcome Golden Alexander to Landscape

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Volume 25 Issue 2, Spring 2020 by Hope Woodward Without a doubt, one reason to include Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) in...

Native Green-and-Gold Is a Groundcover to Treasure

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Volume 24 Issue 4, Fall 2019 by Hope Woodward I first heard about Green-and-Gold from my neighbor, whose home has...

Native Plants for Rain Gardens

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Volume 23 Issue 3, Fall 2018 by Anne Owen An area of your yard that naturally collects rainwater, or a natural...

Native Ferns Have a Place in Our Plantings for Wildlife

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Volume 23 Issue 2, Summer 2018  by Anne Owen, Audubon at Home Ambassador With so much recent focus on the...

Native Phlox: A Virginia Garden Gem

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Volume 23 Issue 1, Spring 2018 by Kelsey Gentry Wild Blue Phlox (Phlox divaricata)Photo by Kelsey Gentry Walking through the...

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