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Bluestar: A Star in Our Loudoun Native Gardens

Oct 1, 2015

Vol. 20 Issue 3, Fall 2015 By Julie Borneman, Watermark Woods Photo by William S. Justice, hosted by the USDA-NRCS...

Common Milkweed: A Plant of Many Virtues

Jul 1, 2015

Vol. 20, Issue 2, Summer 2015 By Donna Quinn Common MilkweedPhoto by Nicole Hamilton Common Milkweed’s story is also a...

Red Twig Dogwood

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Vol. 19 Issue 4, Winter 2014   By Julie Borneman, Watermark Woods Native Plant Nursery Photo: USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database :...

Solidago – Glorious Goldenrod

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Vol. 18 Issue 3, Fall 2013 By Kerry Bzdyk Photo by Nicole Hamilton On one of those glorious and uncharacteristically...

Common Milkweed

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Vol. 18 Issue 1, Spring 2013 by Kerry Bzdyk Common Milkweed Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca) – a fascinating plant with an...

The White Oak

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Vol. 17 Issue 1, Spring 2012 By Liam McGranaghan With the death of the American Chestnut in the early 1900s,...

Pawpaw

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Vol. 15 Issue 3, Fall 2010 By Emily Cook When many of us hear the word pawpaw, we begin to...

Virginia Clematis

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Vol. 15 Issue 2, Summer 2010 By Mary Lopresti Virginia ClematisPhoto by SB Johnny via Wikimedia With approximately 297 different...

Spicebush – A Swallowtail Magnet and Benefit to Birds

May 21, 2010

Spicebush (Lindera benzoin) was one of the first native shrubs that I learned when I moved to Loudoun.  We have it...

Birdfoot Violet

Apr 1, 2010

Vol. 15 Issue 1, Spring 2010 By Kerry Bzdyk One of the great joys of a walk or hike in...

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