Trillium: A Family to Call Its Own

All in the Family By Marion Blois Lobstein, Botany Chair, Prince William Wildflower Society and Professor Emeritus- NVCC One of the most beautiful and easily recognizable groups of spring wildflowers is the trilliums in the Trillium family (Trilliaceae), formerly in the lily family (Liliaceae). In northern Virginia, the more common trilliums are the sessile or…

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34th Spring Wildflower Garden Tour

The Prince William Wildflower Society welcomes the public to its 34th Annual Spring Garden Tour, an educational event to highlight the use of native plants in the garden. All featured gardens use a mix of native and nonnative plants. The Arrington and Wheatcraft gardens have been featured on past tours; the Attanaro garden is new…

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33rd Annual Spring Wildflower Garden Tour

The Prince William Wildflower Society welcomes the public to its Annual Spring Garden Tour, an educational event to highlight the use of native plants in the garden. All featured gardens use a mix of native and nonnative plants. Visit the gardens in any order on Sunday, April 25, between the hours of 12 noon and…

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32nd Spring Wildflower Garden Tour

The Prince William Wildflower Society welcomes the general public to its nearly Annual Spring Garden Tour, an educational event to highlight the use of native plants in the garden. None of our featured gardens uses natives exclusively. Visit these gardens on Saturday, April 20, any time between the hours of noon and 5 p.m., rain or shine. The…

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Where Have All the Lillies Gone? Long-Time Changin’ in the Liliaceous Families

By Marion Blois Lobstein, Botany Chair, Prince William Wildflower Society; Professor Emeritus-NVCC The traditional Lily family or Liliaceae was first described by French botanist Michel Adanson in 1763, but was officially named by A.L. deJussieu in 1789. The genus Lilium, on which the family name is based, has a long history in ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Roman…

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Botanizing with Marion

Marion Lobstein, Botany Chair for the Prince William Wildflower Society, continues to explain and expand on the changes of names (taxonomy) of our Virginia plants reflected in the new Flora of Virginia (Brit Press, 2012). Below is an archive of her recently published articles in Wild News: DEEP CUT: September 2022 • Summer-Early Autumn Plant…

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