Maryland Native Plants Carex platyphylla – Broad-leaved Sedge Planting and Growing Carex platyphylla, also called broad leaved sedge or silver leaved sedge, is a native sedge that prefers to grow in rich, moist deciduous forests or cove forests but can tolerate...
Maryland Native Plants Asclepias purpurascens – Purple Milkweed Planting and Growing Maryland is home to many species of milkweed. Many are common, but some, like Purple Milkweed, are more rare. Purple milkweed (Asclepias purpurascens) is a flowering perennial...
The Dogwood Sawfly Dogwood sawflies (Macremphytus spp.) have a bad reputation as a garden pest. The larvae feed voraciously on the leaves of many dogwood species. Affected leaves appear skeletonized, and, in some cases, whole plants are nearly defoliated....
Native Plant Garden: One Year Later A thoughtfully designed native plant garden doesn’t reach its full potential on installation day. It grows more beautiful with every season! One of the greatest rewards of our work is seeing these landscapes mature into...
Maryland Native Plants Hibiscus moscheutos – Swamp Mallow Planting and Growing Hibiscus moscheutos, also called Swamp Mallow, is a native flowering perennial commonly found along riverbanks, pond edges, or in marshes and moist meadows. These hardy plants form...
Maryland Native Plants Thuja occidentalis – Northern White Cedar Cultivars for Landscaping Planting and Growing Thuja occidentalis, also called Northern white cedar or Arborvitae, is a woody, needled evergreen shrub in the cypress family (Cupressaceae). It is...
