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Butterfly season! #easterntigerswallowtail #joepyeweed #hocoMDgardeners

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Long-blooming Shrubby St John’s Wort (Hypericum prolificum) has been covered in pollinators #hypericumprolificum #nativeplantsofmaryland #sustainablelandscaping #chesapeakebaylandscapeprofessional #yellowblooms #pollinators🐝 #nativeshrubs #HoCoMDGardeners

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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

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Spigelia marilandica in full bloom 🌱 #USnativeplants #HoCoMDGardeners

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Wild Blue Indigo and Blue Eyed Grass 🌱 #HoCoMDGardeners #BlueBlooms #MarylandNativePlants

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My native Wisteria frutescens ‘Amethyst Falls’ in it’s second year 🌱 #HoCoMDGardeners #nativeplants

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Pomeranian in the garden 🌱 #HoCoMDGardeners

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The garden is glowing this morning 🌱 #nativeplants #HoCoMDGardeners

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Foamflower and Phlox brightening the garden 🌱 #HoCoMDGardeners #nativeplants #springblooms

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Bluebells, Christmas Fern and Trillium #HoCoMDGardeners #nativeplants #groundedinnature

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A multiflora daffodil up to seven flower head on the same stem - smallish 1.5 inch plus flowers.
#daffodil #narcissus #HoCoMDGardeners

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Trees for Bees - Live Green Howard County CLICK HERE to reserve your trees! About the Giveaway Launched in April 2022, Trees for Bees is part of Howard County Bee City, led by the Office of Community Sustainability.... Read more »

Trees (and shrubs) for bees giveaway is open!

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livegreenhoward.com/land/pollina...

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Narcissuses aka daffodils in many colors everywhere #HoCoMDGardeners #daffodil #spring

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Edgeworthia or paperbush flowers

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

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It’s starting to get crowded in here #foodgardening #HoCoMDGardeners #seedlings

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My Rhubarb survived its fall repotting!

#HoCoMDGardeners #DogintheGarden #containergarden #rhubarb #Pomeranian

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Purple giant crocus with pollen visible on petals

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

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Yellow daffodils

Yellow daffodils

Yellow daffodils everywhere! Just a few of the 1000+ narcissuses coming into bloom! #daffodils #narcissuses #HoCoMDGardeners

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White crocuses blooming

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

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A white hellebore aka Lenten Rose in my garden. Still in time for Lent. #HoCoMDGardeners #Lent #hellebore

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March/April Master Gardener Presentations

For more details: extension.umd.edu/locations/ho...

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Advocacy Alert: Recommendation Made to Eliminate Land Conservation Funding in Maryland - Preservation Maryland Today, the Maryland Department of Legislative Services, which provides analysis of the budget and policy issues for the Maryland General Assembly issued its report on the proposed budget for the […]

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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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preservationmaryland.org/advocacy-ale...

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Volunteer with CA

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.

#HoCoMDGardeners

columbiaassociation.org/engage/volun...

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Habitat Registration Whether you are a farmer of many acres or a gardener with a small lot, you can increase the number of pollinators in your area by making conscience choices to include plants that provide essential...

Howard County Bee City updated its map of registered pollinator habitats this past week! All these homeowners have added native plants and removed invasives.

hocobeecity.weebly.com/habitat-regi...

(select the Sustainability layer on the HoCo Interactive Map)

#HoCoMDGardeners #nativeplants

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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!
#HoCoMDGardeners #hellebore #Lent #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

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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

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Pruning Tree and Shrub Basics The basics of pruning trees and shrubs

I’ve been pruning in the cold all week. It’s nice to get outdoors

extension.umd.edu/resource/pru...

#HoCoMDGardeners #wintergardening #pruning #almostspring

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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.
#HoCoMDGardeners #amaryllis

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More amarylises a tad shaky but a 360 of our current red/pink blooms
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