I've been foraging, eating, and growing Pawpaw trees for years - I'll teach you EVERYTHING about this tree you need to know!

Carex pensylvanica (Pennsylvania Sedge) is a valuable groundcover and a lawn substitute for shady areas. It is also an ideal turf alternative in dry shade areas, requiring mowing only once or twice a season to maintain a 2 in. height (5 cm). It can be used to underplant shrubs and perennials, and is excellent for erosion control. Pennsylvania Sedge is native to thickets and dry woodland areas in eastern and central North America. Easy to grow, low maintenance, water-wise, it is also fairly hardy and drought tolerant.

Here is a list of great Mid-Atlantic native ground covers. These plants provide wildlife benefits while making your garden greener.

Indian Tobacco (Lobelia Inflata) is an annual, or biannual wildflower native to Eastern and Central North America. It isn't a plant that most people would…

Information on the health benefits and side effects of the herb barberry (Berberis vulgaris) and the traditional and medicinal uses of its root

Want to get a low-growing, no-mow grass for your lawn or shady area? Find out is Pennsylvania Sedge is right for you!

Here is a list of great Mid-Atlantic native ground covers. These plants provide wildlife benefits while making your garden greener.

Here is a list of great Mid-Atlantic native ground covers. These plants provide wildlife benefits while making your garden greener.

Learn how to identify eastern hemlock, an evergreen tree native to eastern North America that is threatened by the Hemlock Woolly Adelgid.

Here is a list of great Mid-Atlantic native ground covers. These plants provide wildlife benefits while making your garden greener.

Erigeron pulchellus 'Lynnhaven Carpet' is an outstanding form of the US native (Canada south to Florida) Robin's plantain. Erigeron 'Lynnhaven Carpet' was selected on the Virginia Beach property of Clarice Keeling, near the Lynnhaven River, and subsequently named by Pennsylvania plantsman, Charles Cresson. Erigeron 'Lynnhaven Carpet' has larger than normal foliage on a thick, slowly-spreading, easy-to-grow groundcover that also comes with a 10-year, stain-resistant warranty. The evergreen, ground-hugging, fuzzy, grey-green leaves form a thick mat, topped in late spring with a profusion of very pale lavender daisies on 1' tall stalks...a butterfly favorite. Erigeron pulchellus is very drought tolerant in dry shade...a condition that many other plants find objectionable.

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Here is a list of great Mid-Atlantic native ground covers. These plants provide wildlife benefits while making your garden greener.

Dentaria laciniata or Cardamine concatenata The leaves of this early spring wildflower occur in distinctive whorls of three. Each leaflet is deeply cut, sometimes so much so that it looks like ther…

I only recently planted Golden Ragwort (Packera aurea) and in a year's time, it's 2 feet tall and blooming profusely, with yellow daisy-like flowers.

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Oxydendrum arboreum, sourwood or sorrel tree, is the sole species in the genus Oxydendrum, in the family Ericaceae. It is native to eastern North America, from southern Pennsylvania south to northwest Florida and west to southern Illinois; it is most common in the lower chain of the Appalachian Mountains. The tree is frequently seen as a component of oak-heath forests. Sourwood is a deciduous small tree that may grow 20 to 30 feet tall and a trunk 8 to 12 inches in diameter. Fall foliage is red to reddish-purple. Terminal inflorescences resemble the elongated, bony fingers of a witch. This plant blooms in early summer and blooms up the axis. Blooms are effective for 3 to 4 weeks. Flowers are fragrant and bloom poorly in the shade. This plant prefers acidic, peaty, moist, well-drained soils in full sun to part shade. It is tolerant of shade and dry soils and moderately tolerant of salt. It is intolerant of pollution and urban areas. It has a slow growth rate and no serious pest or disease problems. It makes an excellent specimen or understory tree or planted in small groups in a woodland garden. It does well with the protection of other tall shrubs and trees and does not tolerate drought or urban pollution. A very ornamental plant, it will flower in 4 to 5 years after planting from seed. Available in gallon pots.

Plant a dazzling carpet of color! Beautiful masses of deep blue flowers top creeping stems and create an attractive groundcover or accent in a rock garden. Excellent bank cover. More heat tolerant than garden phlox. An herbaceous perennial.

Vervain is not a well-known herb, but it has a huge place in the traditional medicinal practices of many cultures. Blue vervain is native to North America and was used by the Aztecs and Native Americans for its many health benefits. There's a lot of folklore surrounding vervain. One of its nicknames is

Unpalatable to deer, Pawpaw is increasingly prevalent in the upland understories deer frequent. It commonly grows in river valleys and bottomlands in the Mid-Atlantic Region from southern Pennsylvania through Virginia. Its fruit, with a complex tropical taste (some say banana-mango-citrus) and custard-like texture, is the largest edible fruit native to North America and gives rise to common names like False Banana and Custard Apple.

Late summer flowering, North American perennial Description: Deep blue, mist-like flowers in late summer and autumn; attractive burgundy stems Habit: Plants grow to 3 feet high and 4-5 feet wide; spreads by underground runners Culture: Prefers full sun to light shade and moist, rich loam; pinch back in early summer for a bushier plant Hardiness: Cold hard to USDA Zone 5 Origin: North America Attributes: Attracts bees and butterflies This handsome North American member of the Aster family occurs naturally in low moist ground, moist wooded slopes, savannahs, and along streams from New Jersey to Minnesota and the West Indies. The species is listed in the British Botanical Magazine in 1730 and appears in Philadelphia nurseryman John Bartram's broadside catalogue in 1793. Also known as Hardy Ageratum, this species resembles the cultivated annual Ageratum houstonianum, from Mexico. In 1851, New England garden writer Joseph Breck called it "the 'most beautiful' Eupatorium". It's late-season blooms attract bees and swallowtail butterflies.Blue Mist Flower (Conoclinium coelestinum) arrives in a 2.5" pot.

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An in-depth scientific analysis of Aronia Berry, focusing on its rich phytochemical profile, high ORAC score, and potential health implications. Explore the latest research on the antioxidant capabilities of Aronia Berry and its increasing popularity in both Eastern and Western countries.

The blazing star is a prairie plant that will attract butterflies and other pollinators to your garden.

Learn all the details on how to grow and plant Mountain Laurel (Kalmia latifolia), an evergreen shade loving shrub with beautiful spring flowers.

The best native flowers to plant in Pennsylvania, including native Pennsylvania wildflowers for central, eastern, southern and northern Pennsylvania.

By Susan Sprout I have been looking for this plant. It can bloom from July to October, depending on where it grows. And depending on where I look since it is a native in North America all the way from Labrador to Georgia and Louisiana. According to a Pennsylvania native plant site on-line, it has been found growing in every county in our state. I … Continue reading Underfoot: INDIAN TOBACCO (Lobelia inflata) »

Eastern redbud trees are native to North America and adapt well to a variety of growing...

Drought tolerant, no-mow lawn! Fine-textured, green blades create a lush carpet. Highly adaptable to any soil. Ideal for shady slopes and erosion protection. Zones 3-8, part sun/shade, 12" tall x 12" wide at maturity.

Have you fallen in love with Virginia Bluebells? Want to learn all you need to know to propagate and grow them yourself? Then you've come to the right place!