Glorious Grasses Eragrostis spectabilis – Purple Love Grass Eragrostis spectabilis, also called purple love grass, is a warm-season bunchgrass with flat, coarse, basal leaves, followed by soft reddish-purple flowers in a loose, open inflorescence in August....
Spring Blooming Trees Cercis canadensis – Eastern Redbud Cercis canadensis, also known as eastern redbud is a deciduous, multi-trunked understory tree that displays brilliant clusters of rose-pink flowers on bare branches in early spring, before the foliage...
Maryland Native Plants for Spring Mertensia virginica – Virginia Bluebells Mertensia virginica, also called Virginia bluebells, is easily naturalized in moist, shady areas and works well in wildflower gardens. It is a native wildflower found in moist...
Cleanscapes: An eco friendly garden cost share program in Howard County, MD Cleanscapes is a program that will cover 75% cost of certain landscape projects if approved by the program. There are several requirements to be eligible for the program which can all be found...
Native Plants for Shady Rain Gardens Giant Solonmon’s Seal – Polygonatum commutatum Polygonatum commutatum, easily grows in average, medium to wet soils in part shade to full shade. This plant spreads by rhizomes to form colonies in optimum growing...
