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Nuts for Natives - Virginia and Maryland Native Plants for the Chesapeake Region

Native Plants Blog

We want you to be as excited about planting Chesapeake natives as we are. Blog posts highlight ways to garden with native plants, different styles of gardens and native alternatives for popular ornamental plants.

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6 days ago
4 min

Native Plant Garden Tour: What Can You Do in Five Years?

Sep 21
3 min

Native Plant Containers for Fall: Mum's Not the Word

Sep 14
3 min

Native Plant Garden Tour: A Little Bit of Country in the City

Sep 7
5 min

Native Plants for Fall: Four Faves

Aug 31
2 min

Virginia, DC & Maryland Native Perennial: Downy Skullcap

Aug 24
3 min

Natives in the Cutting Garden: Hillwood Estate, Museum & Gardens

Aug 17
3 min

Native Plants: Milkweeds for Monarchs in the Chesapeake

Aug 4
2 min

Native Plant Gardens: Cultivating the Curbside

Aug 3
2 min

Native Plant Nursery: A Little Farm & Nursery

Jul 27
2 min

Native Plant Gardens: Towson Style!

Jul 20
2 min

Native Plants: Woodland Stonecrop

Jul 13
3 min

Native Plants: The 2022 Garden Bloggers Fling

Jul 6
2 min

Native Garden Design Ideas: Paths

Jun 29
3 min

Native Plant Gardens: The Good, The Bad and The Ugly

Jun 22
2 min

Chesapeake Native Plants: Road Trip!

Jun 8
4 min

Native Plant Gardening: Replacing Small Ornamental Trees

Jun 8
2 min

Native Plant Nurseries: By Appointment or Check!

Jun 1
2 min

Maryland Native Garden: Waterside Woodland

May 25
4 min

Bethesda Backyard Native Nursery: Literally!

May 18
3 min

Brooklyn Bridge Park: The Ecosystem on Piers