News & Updates
- Jefferson Chapter Native Plant Sale, Sunday, April 27 at Ivy Creek Natural Area in Charlottesville
- April Wildflower Walk at Ivy Creek, Saturday, April 19
- Solidagos -- The Keystone Goldenrods: Joey Thompson, a vegetation ecologist for the Virginia Department of Conservation and Recreation Natural Heritage Program, details the distinctions between Virginia's most common goldenrods. See the presentation (4/10/2025).
- Pawpaws - The Forgotten Fruit: Asimina triloba researchers and breeders Neal Peterson and Rodney Dever enlightened us with the history, benefits and current status of the pawpaw. Download presentation. (3/12/2025)
- Get all the news and updates in the Spring 2025 Declaration newsletter! Learn about all of our upcoming events and how you can get involved. (3/6/2025)
- Flora of Virginia 101: Learn more about the Flora of Virginia Project, including a demo of the App. See the presentation and download the cheat sheet. (2/12/2025)
- What Native Bees Need: Sam Droege shares the trees and plants native bees need in order to survive and thrive. See the presentation (video), see the amazing photos (EESC Instagram), and visit Jarrod Fowler’s website (website).
- Native Ferns: With Roger Gettig, Director of Horticulture at Thomas Jefferson's Monticello. See the presentation (video) 12/11/2024
- Native Meadows – Possibilities and Pitfalls: View Brian Yoder's presentation (slides) (FAQ) 11/13/2024
- Find more chapter meeting videos at our showcase!
- Update your calendar for upcoming local meetings, presentations, lectures, and other events described in the Jefferson Chapter Events Calendar.
- And keep up with Jefferson chapter activities and discussion on our Facebook Page!
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Plant Sale 2025 — Chelone glabra
Chelone glabra (White Turtlehead) grows 1-4 feet tall. Blooming in late summer it is found in wet woodlands and meadows. This is a good plant to grow near drainpipes. The white flowers sometimes have a pale pink or purple tinge. Bumblebees pollinate this plant and hummingbirds sometimes visit. The common…
Plant Sale 2025 — Trillium sessile
Trillium sessile is a long lived woodland plant that is often called Toadshade or Wake Robin. “Trillium” is from the Latin “tri” referring to the flower parts occurring in threes, and “llium” from the Latin “liliaceous” referring to the funnel-shaped flower. “Sessile” is from the Latin “sessil”, for sessile, stalkless,…
Jefferson Chapter Potting Party
Join us at Full Tilt Farm on Sunday, March 30 at 1PM to pot plants for our annual plant sale! We’ll be potting up member-provided divisions of such sale favorites Celandine Poppy, Green and Gold, Robin’s Plantain, Golden Ragwort, Wild Petunia, and White Wood Aster. Welcomed are other member-donated species…
By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society Did you know we have a wonderful native Wild Strawberry, also known as Scarlet or Virginia Strawberry? It is an adaptable low, herbaceous perennial that spreads by runners to form handsome, ground-covering semi-evergreen colonies. This diminutive strawberry rarely grows above 6” high but can spread indefinitely as…...
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April 18, 2025
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Coming soon: VNPS offers Mayapple artwork on T-Shirts and other apparel. Mayapples are perennial herbaceous plants with thick fibrous roots that arise from a creeping rhizome. Each year the rhizome elongates about 6 to 20 cm in length, terminating in a bud for the subsequent year’s leafy stem and one or more buds for continuation…...
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February 8, 2025
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By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society Red Maples, also called Swamp or Scarlet Maples, are known for their brilliant fall color. Now they may seem to be a surprising choice for the February Plant of the Month, but they are a true harbinger of spring, blooming in late winter often as early as…...
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February 5, 2025
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By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society Inkberry or Gallberry is a great choice for the December Plant of the Month. This handsome broadleaf evergreen shrub typically grows slowly to about 5 – 8’ high and wide and has plenty of winter interest with its small narrowly ovate to lance-like dark green leaves that…...
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December 26, 2024
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By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society Winged Sumac is a beautiful large deciduous shrub that shines throughout the year but is especially vibrant when it ignites into a fiery crescendo in fall. Typically growing from 7 – 15’ tall, this sumac often spreads into large colonies by root suckers. As fall turns into…...
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November 20, 2024
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By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society Sweet or Anise-scented Goldenrod is one of the earliest fall blooming Goldenrods to grace our open areas including open woods, fields, powerline cuts and roadsides each fall. Its golden plumes light up much of the Eastern United States from New Hampshire south to Texas on dry, often…...
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September 13, 2024
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By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society Common Cut-leaf Coneflower is a tall statuesque late summer-fall bloomer found throughout Virginia and stands above most perennials at heights 5 to 9 feet. Also known as Green-headed, Tall Coneflower, or Wild Golden Glow, it is widely distributed in open floodplain forests, alluvial swamps, seepage swamps, wet…...
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August 22, 2024
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By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society The July Plant of the Month, Common Milkweed, is a lovely, robust, herbaceous perennial festooned with showy clusters of flowers from June to August. A member of the Milkweed genus, Asclepias, it often gets a bad rap for its rhizomatous roots that can spread aggressively; however, this…...
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July 20, 2024
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