Maryland Multi-Season Interest Native Plants Viburnum nudum Viburnum nudum is a rounded, multi-stemmed, upright-spreading shrub that supports your local wildlife and looks good while doing it! In spring it has aromatic white flowers and glossy dark green leaves....
Panicum virgatum is a clump-forming, warm season native ornamental grass that has great seasonal interest. When in flower, flower panicles may bring total plant height to 6′. Features medium green leaves which turn yellow (sometimes with orange tints) in autumn,...
This week LGS’s Native Plant Spotlight features the Highbush Blueberry (Vaccinium corymbosum). Technically speaking, there is a second blueberry native to Maryland: the Lowbush Blueberry (V. angustifolium). However, Maryland and Virginia are really on the...
A Conservation Landscape Installation in University Park, MD This spring a client from University Park, MD called us to remove turf grass and plant a rain garden and 2 conservation landscapes. Lauren developed a design that the client and municipality approved and the...
BIG Changes at Lauren’s Garden Service and Native Plant Nursery! LGS is excited to announce that we are moving to a new location! Our offices and nursery are moving to 13554 Triadelphia Road in Ellicott City. This location is less than five minutes from our...
What’s a cultivar? One of the most frequent questions that we get asked in the nursery is “are all of your plants native?” The answer to this is that we carry many native ‘straight species’ and a variety of native cultivars, or ‘nativars’. The straight...
