I have reported on my experience with several low-growing native ground covers that seemed to be relatively immune to deer. I thought I’d revisit this topic, since it’s both perennial and evergreen (sorry, couldn’t resist). In fact, many of our shade-loving native ground covers are semi-evergreen: the leaves mostly hang on over winter, growing more … Continue reading Ground covers revisited
Member Venil Ramiah brought this delicious drink to the final club board meeting of the club year. The final meeting was also the first face-to-face meeting of the board since the pandemic began. So in accordance with recent tradition, it combined a meeting with a pot luck lunch…
Birds normally eat our serviceberries before they fully ripen. Except this year…
We ventured into the unknown this year, and we’re glad we did it. We kept alive the plant sale tradition, both in working together and in earning money for the club. We’re really glad that several new members joined us in digging, donating plants, and helping out at the sale. They’re great! We raised less … Continue reading Successful online plant sale
Since I became interested in using more native plants, I have found several low-growing native ground covers that seem immune to deer. They have now been established for more than five years, so I have a pretty good idea what they will do—that is, if the rule sleep (first year), creep (second year), leap (third … Continue reading Adventures with ground covers
A little story: A major event in my development as a gardener occurred when my mother cleared a tangle of rampant vines and other vegetation from the wooded part of our back yard, which backed onto Rock Creek Park. This might have been in 1964; when our family visited the New York World’s Fair, she … Continue reading Spring ephemerals