Native Bee Spotlight: Masked Bee (Hylaeus spp.) We get a lot of buggy visitors to our nursery in the spring and summer, and one of the more common visitors is one you may not have heard of: masked bees (Hylaeus spp.). These bees are nearly hairless and to the...
LGS Native Plant Nursery Proposed Spring Inventory 2026 We are looking forward to Spring here at Lauren’s Garden Service & Native Plant Nursery ! Below is our proposed inventory, with plants starting to arrive the first week of March. Reminder that this list...
Native Groundcover for Shade Gardens in Maryland Woodland Stonecrop – Sedum ternatum Growing Information Woodland Stonecrop is frequently found, as its common name describes, in moist woodlands and forested ravines, bottomlands, river banks, or rock...
Canva slides with Westwood church info We are so thrilled to share that, after a long and difficult year of weighing all of our options for alternative locations for Lauren’s Garden Service & Native Plant Nursery, my husband Kevin and I were able to purchase...
Native Pollinator Spotlight: Thread-waisted Wasp (Palmodes dimidiatus) We saw a curious scene on the nursery floor this past summer: a frantic black and red insect, which upon closer inspection turned out to be a thread-waisted wasp in the act of hunting prey,...
Maryland Native Keystone Plants: Oak Trees Support Wildlife Native oaks (Quercus spp.) play an essential role in the ecosystem, providing food and habitat for many animals. There are more than 100 animal species that rely on acorns as crucial food sources. Around 500...
