Mid-Atlantic Gardening211 Stories
Gardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Rhus Aromatica ‘Gro-Low’ Handles Many Tough Sites
Plant ‘Gro-Low’ fragrant sumac in eastern and midwestern U.S. gardens for its tolerance of tough sites, spreading form and orange fall color
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Cornus Florida Benefits Wildlife
Flowering dogwood provides fiery red foliage in fall and beautiful springtime blooms
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Andropogon Gerardii
The king of the tallgrass prairie is a wildlife staple in natural gardens
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Symphyotrichum Shortii
Shade-tolerant Short's aster extends the fall season with color and food for pollinators
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Aronia Melanocarpa, a Star for Three Seasons
Plant black chokeberry in moist sites in eastern U.S. gardens for colorful spring flowers, red fall foliage and dark blue berries
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Viburnum Rafinesquianum Colors the Fall Woodland
Plant downy arrowwood in eastern and midwestern U.S. gardens for spring color in the shade and bright red fall foliage
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Solidago Speciosa
Showy goldenrod lives up to its name in eastern U.S. gardens, with bold, upright yellow flowers appearing in early fall
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Conoclinium Coelestinum
Blue mistflower is a critical late-season native for pollinators that blooms for weeks
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Chamaecrista Fasciculata Brightens City Boulevards
Plant partridge pea in eastern U.S. gardens for its bright yellow flowers, lacy foliage and drought tolerance
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Vernonia Noveboracensis
Stately New York ironweed attracts pollinators with its blooms at the end of summer and birds with its seeds in fall
Full StoryGardening GuidesGreat Design Plant: Stachys Officinalis ‘Hummelo’
The adaptable ‘Hummelo’ betony adds jolts of color to a sunny border or woodland edge
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