Butterfly season! #easterntigerswallowtail #joepyeweed #hocoMDgardeners
Long-blooming Shrubby St John’s Wort (Hypericum prolificum) has been covered in pollinators #hypericumprolificum #nativeplantsofmaryland #sustainablelandscaping #chesapeakebaylandscapeprofessional #yellowblooms #pollinators🐝 #nativeshrubs #HoCoMDGardeners
Loving this combination of Hydrangea arborescens ‘Annabelle’ and Tradescantia virginiana! Bonus picture of pollinator powerhouse H. Arborescens ‘Haas Halo’ 🌱#hydrangeaarborescens #tradescantiavirginiana #nativeplantsofmaryland #plantcombination #partshadegarden #hocomdgardeners
Spigelia marilandica in full bloom 🌱 #USnativeplants #HoCoMDGardeners
Pomeranian in the garden 🌱 #HoCoMDGardeners
A multiflora daffodil up to seven flower head on the same stem - smallish 1.5 inch plus flowers.
#daffodil #narcissus #HoCoMDGardeners
Trees (and shrubs) for bees giveaway is open!
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Narcissuses aka daffodils in many colors everywhere #HoCoMDGardeners #daffodil #spring
Edgeworthia or paperbush flowers
Edgeworthia crysantha in bloom in central Maryland. Incredible fragrance and deer “proof”. Nonnative blossoms growing all winter at perfect deer height and none lost #HoCoMDGardeners #edgeworthia #deerresistant
My Rhubarb survived its fall repotting!
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Purple giant crocus with pollen visible on petals
Giant crocuses well more than 1.5 inches across with abundant pollen on the petals. Early bird food for native insects? - the first bee zoomed by this week #spring #crocus #pollen #HoCoMDGardeners
Yellow daffodils
Yellow daffodils everywhere! Just a few of the 1000+ narcissuses coming into bloom! #daffodils #narcissuses #HoCoMDGardeners
White crocuses blooming
White crocuses this time. Spring is definitely coming two weeks of no night frost peaking at 70 degrees. Bumper crop of narcissuses aka daffs coming up. #HoCoMDGardeners #spring #crocus
A white hellebore aka Lenten Rose in my garden. Still in time for Lent. #HoCoMDGardeners #Lent #hellebore
March/April Master Gardener Presentations
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“This is perhaps the most damaging recommendation for historic resources in parks, state public lands, and the long-term survival of Maryland’s rural, agricultural landscape in recent memory.”
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Free Weed Warrior class
Saturday, April 26 from 9 AM - 12 PM - Classroom training at Howard Community College
Saturday, May 3 from 9 AM - 12 PM - Field training; location TBD
Email sustainability@columbiaassociation.org to sign up.
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Howard County Bee City updated its map of registered pollinator habitats this past week! All these homeowners have added native plants and removed invasives.
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(select the Sustainability layer on the HoCo Interactive Map)
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The first hellebore is blooming just in time for Lent hence the name Lenten Rose. Please teach all the children to care for the environment!
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The nonnative hellebore flower petals making their first appearance in this harsh spring soon we ll be having flowers in the garden here in suburban Maryland. #spring # hellebores # Lenten rose #HoCoMDGardeners
Pruning on 2/2 was a little bracing in Maryland back at it tomorrow. Let’s keep on teaching our children how to take care of the environment #HoCoMDGardeners
I’ve been pruning in the cold all week. It’s nice to get outdoors
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The first of the white amaryllises bloomed today. Doubles so twice the petals. Note very subtle pinkish red edge on some of the petals.
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More amarylises a tad shaky but a 360 of our current red/pink blooms
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