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

    • May 25
    • 4 min

    Bethesda Backyard Native Nursery: Literally!

    • Apr 6
    • 3 min

    Maryland and Virginia Native Plant Gardens: Go Wild with Hydrangeas

    • Feb 23
    • 2 min

    Fast Growing Native Perennials

    • Jan 19
    • 2 min

    Maryland and Virginia Native Plant Gardens: Shady Slopes

    • Dec 22, 2021
    • 2 min

    DC, Maryland & Virginia Native Plants: Christmas Fern

    • Feb 13, 2020
    • 4 min

    Replacing Ivy & Vinca with Natives

    • Oct 31, 2019
    • 2 min

    Virginia Creeper, the perfect native for a Chesapeake Halloween

    • Oct 4, 2019
    • 2 min

    October Chesapeake Bloomers

    • Sep 5, 2019
    • 2 min

    Clematis for the Chesapeake

    • Aug 15, 2019
    • 2 min

    Four Fave Ferns for the Chesapeake

    • Jun 27, 2019
    • 1 min

    Gorgeous Ginger Groundcovers: Plant This or That

    • Jun 13, 2019
    • 2 min

    Three Terrific Native Subs for Ivy

    • Jun 6, 2019
    • 1 min

    Astilbe: Plant This or That

    • May 30, 2019
    • 1 min

    5 Super Self Sowing Chesapeake Natives

    • May 16, 2019
    • 1 min

    Hydrangeas: Plant This or That

    • May 9, 2019
    • 2 min

    4 Top Natives for a Chesapeake Shady Side Garden

    • Apr 11, 2019
    • 1 min

    Siberian Bugloss: Plant This or That

    • Mar 12, 2019
    • 1 min

    Plant This or That: Daffodils

    • Feb 26, 2019
    • 1 min

    Forsythia: Plant This or That

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