SE Virginia Native Plant Seasonal Color (taken from my plant design palette)
My clients all want “year-round interest” in their garden. If you do as well, a helpful tool for achieving this is to look at something like a seasonal color chart. You can put something like this together yourself, or if you live in the SE Virginia(ish) area, you can cheat and borrow mine!
Native Plant Design: No More Amoeba Beds!
Combine your landcape beds for lower maintenance, better native plant design!
Native Plant Design
Use “Cues to Care” to create a native plant design that looks as good to the neighbors as it does to wildlife.
Find Your Virginia Plant Community, Part 3 - Design Basics!
What is a Virginia native plant community, and how can you build one to create wildlife habitat? Part 3- Start to build your design!
Find Your Virginia Plant Community, Part 2!
What is a Virginia native plant community, and how can you build one to create wildlife habitat? Part 2- Find an appropriate native plant community, and choose your plants!
Find Your Virginia Plant Community, Part 1!
What is a Virginia native plant community, and how can you build one to create wildlife habitat? Part 1 - Identify your local native plants!
Getting New Plants Established (aka Native Plants are NOT 100% Maintenance-Free, Unless They’re Plastic!)
Getting your native plants established for long-term success and low-maintenance growth.
Plug On! The Ins and Outs of Landscape Plugs
“Wait? 150 Erigeron pulchellus?? Where are they all going?”
If you don’t know what a plant plug is, I want to take a minute to introduce you because they can be very economical, and really are for everyone!
Controlling Weeds without Chemicals
Don’t let your garden bed fall victim to weeds! Try out some of these methods to keep them at bay without using harmful chemicals.