by Lauren's Garden Service | Apr 18, 2024
Glorious Grasses Eragrostis spectabilis – Purple Love Grass Eragrostis spectabilis, also called purple love grass, is a warm-season bunchgrass with flat, coarse, basal leaves, followed by soft reddish-purple flowers in a loose, open inflorescence in August....
by Lauren's Garden Service | Apr 11, 2024
Spring Blooming Trees Cercis canadensis – Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis, also known as eastern redbud is a deciduous, multi-trunked understory tree that displays brilliant clusters of rose-pink flowers on bare branches in early spring, before the foliage...
by Lauren's Garden Service | Apr 4, 2024
Maryland Native Plants for Spring Mertensia virginica – Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica, also called Virginia bluebells, is easily naturalized in moist, shady areas and works well in wildflower gardens. It is a native wildflower found in moist...
by Lauren's Garden Service | Mar 28, 2024
Native Plants for Shady Rain Gardens Giant Solonmon’s Seal – Polygonatum commutatum Polygonatum commutatum, easily grows in average, medium to wet soils in part shade to full shade. This plant spreads by rhizomes to form colonies in optimum growing...
by Lauren's Garden Service | Mar 21, 2024
Amazing Summer Blooms Hibiscus laevis – Halberd-Leaved Rose-Mallow Hibiscus laevis, commonly called smooth rose mallow or halberd-leaved rose-mallow, is a Maryland native herbaceous perennial which typically occurs in wet soils along streams, rivers, ponds,...
by Lauren's Garden Service | Mar 14, 2024
Maryland Native Shrubs for Birds Cornus alternifolia – Pagoda Dogwood Cornus alternifolia, also called pagoda dogwood, is a small deciduous tree or large multi-stemmed shrub that typically grows 15-25’ tall with distinctive tiered/layered horizontal...
