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September 24th meeting still happening despite regional flooding.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n

\"Landscape<\/a><\/p>\nVirginia Native Plant Society September Meetup<\/a>\nThursday. Sept, 24 at 6:30 pm
\nNorfolk Botanical Garden Rose Room, Norfolk, VA*\n*If you don’t have a membership to the botanical garden, when you pull up at the entrance tell them you are going to the VNPS meeting. Free and open to the public.\nSeptember’s Guest Speaker:\u00a0Kelly Morse, founder of ecological landscape design firm\u00a0 70|30 Design Studio<\/a>. Kelly will share three techniques to interweave design and ecological practices in your garden to invoke inspiration. Kelly’s ecological landscape design organization is based on the concept of creating custom gardens humans can love and enjoy – that also benefit pollinators and help wildlife thrive. Want to learn about combining art, gardening, and ecology?\n

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\n New York Aster, Symphyotrichum novi-belgii<\/a>\n <\/div>
\n By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society In Fall, many of our native ssters literally light up the landscape with their daisy-like flowers that are vivid lavender violet, blue violet, pale blue or even white. These late season bloomers are critical food sources for migrating Monarchs and other late butterflies, as well as pollinators\u2026Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Sweet-scented Joe-pye-weed, Eutrochium purpureum<\/a>\n <\/div>
\n By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society In late summer the vanilla-scented flowers of Sweet-scented Joe-pye-weed fill the garden and landscape with billowy clouds of long-lasting blooms covered with bees and butterflies. This gorgeous tall perennial can reach 4 \u2013 7\u2019 high topped with large dome-shaped pink to purple inflorescences up to 12 \u2013\u2026Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Fall or Garden Phlox, Phlox paniculata<\/a>\n <\/div>
\n By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society I am always dazzled by the vibrant, long-lasting blooms of Fall or Garden Phlox as they emerge in July attracting dozens of butterflies, skippers, clearwing moths, hummingbirds and other pollinators to their showy blooms. The large, fragrant pink to red-purple, lavender or rarely white flower clusters (actually\u2026Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Redring Milkweed, Asclepias variegata<\/a>\n <\/div>
\n By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society Milkweeds are wildly popular in many gardens but most of us grow only two or three species, including Butterflyweed and Swamp Milkweed and possibly Common Milkweed. There are thirteen species of milkweed in Virginia and one of my favorites blooms in late May and June, Redring or\u2026Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Common Blue Violet, Viola sororia\/communis<\/a>\n <\/div>
\n By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society The cheerful flowers of our native Common Blue Violet are one of the most anticipated signs of spring, bringing joy to both gardeners and pollinators alike. Blooming from March to June, with occasional rebloom in fall, our Common Blue Violet reaches only 3 \u2013 8\u201d tall with\u2026Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Plantain-leaved Pussytoes, Antennaria plantaginifolia<\/a>\n <\/div>
\n By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society Plantain-leaved Pussytoes is one of our most charming perennial groundcovers and begins blooming this month with fuzzy white, tufted flower heads that resemble the toes or paws of kittens. Other names for this appealing groundcover are Pussytoes, Everlasting, Mouse Ears, Ladies\u2019 Tobacco, and even Dog Toes. Who\u2026Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n Hepatica Heralds Spring<\/a>\n <\/div>
\n By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society Chapter One of the earliest signs of spring is the bloom of the Round-lobed Hepatica or Liverleaf, Hepatica americana. The lovely small flowers of this woodland wildflower look fragile but this hardy perennial blooms in the face of winter often as early as February. An array of\u2026Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>
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\n American Hazelnut, Corylus americana<\/a>\n <\/div>
\n By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society Our February Plant of the Month, American Hazelnut or Filbert, Corylus americana, is one of our earliest blooming native shrubs, a true harbinger of spring often flaunting its flowers as early as February. As a member of the Birch (Betulaceae) family, American Hazelnut is monoecious, meaning it\u2026Read more<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div> <\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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