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What are those plants? Culpeper County has been working hard to plant Virginia native plants around the county, so I made that a focus of this … [Read more...] about Plantings at the Bright Spot Park

The usual common name for Pieris japonica ‘Mountain Fire’ is Japanese Andromeda, which I will not use. I’ve never heard a homeowner call it … [Read more...] about Pieris japonica ‘Mountain Fire’

When I say “holly” it probably puts a very specific image in your mind: bright green, shiny leaves with lots of jagged edges, and bright red berries … [Read more...] about Compact Inkberry Holly | Ilex glabra ‘Compacta’

St Johns Wort (Hypericum ‘Hidcote’) is a plant I didn’t use a lot initially. Then we were asked to quote a landscape installation for a client in … [Read more...] about St Johns Wort | Hypericum ‘Hidcote’

I can only assume that there’s a clever link between Sixteen Candles Sweet Pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia ‘Sixteen Candles’) and the Molly Ringwold … [Read more...] about Sixteen Candles Sweet Pepperbush | Clethra alnifolia ‘Sixteen Candles’