Maryland Native Host Plant Arctostaphylos uva-ursi – Bearberry Bearberry is a trailing evergreen shrub with paddle-shaped leaves on flexible branches. The thick, leathery leaves, rolled under at the edges, are yellow-green in spring, dark-green in summer,...
Maryland Native Plants for Winter Color Heuchera americana – Coral Bells Heuchera americana, Coral bells, is a native, clump-forming perennial with a basal clump of heart-shaped leaves. This plant provides multi-season color as it is semi-evergreen....
Maryland Native Plants for Winter Interest Cornus sericea ‘Budd’s Yellow’ Cornus sericea ‘Budd’s Yellow’, is a lovely addition to a garden for winter interest. A suckering shrub with an upright-spreading habit and yellow stems...
Winter Blooming Beauty Hamamelis virginiana – Witch hazel Hamamelis virginiana, commonly known as witch hazel, is a fall to winter blooming, deciduous shrub or small tree that is native to woodlands, forest margins and stream banks. The blooms are a...
Maryland Native Trees Pinus virginiana – Virginia Pine Pinus virginiana, Virginia Pine, is a host plant for various moth species including Wenzel’s Pitch-blister Moth and Eastern Pine Elfin. Virginia pine is a straggling, scrubby looking evergreen...
Edible Beauties Corylus americana – Hazelnut Corylus americana, commonly called American filbert or hazelnut, is a deciduous, rounded, multi-stemmed shrub which typically grows 8-16′ tall. This shrub occurs in dry or moist thickets, woodlands and wood...
