Maryland Native Plants for Spring Claytonia virginica – Spring Beauty Claytonia virginica, Spring Beauty, is low-growing spring ephemeral that features clusters of white to light pink flowers and narrow grass-like, green leaves. The leaves usually grow in pairs....
Maryland Native Plants Dryopteris marginals – Marginal Wood Fern Dryopteris marginalis is a clump-forming, evergreen native fern that is a wonderful addition to any shade garden. Commonly called Marginal Wood Fern, this native is a well-behaved, non-colonizing...
Cultivate Learning – February 2026 Classes New & exciting classes are in store + Ingrid’s Retirement Celebration – Check out Cultivate’s February 2026 class schedule below! Click here for our classes & event page! Click here to check...
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...
