Virginia Native Plant Society
Conserving Wild Flowers and Wild Places
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Grass-leaved Blazing Star, Liatris pilosa
By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society Liatris is a beloved genus of herbaceous wildflowers known as Blazing Stars or Gayfeathers in the family Asteraceae (Asters). These lovely wildflowers occur in prairies, open meadows, along open woodland edges and roadsides…
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New York Aster, Symphyotrichum novi-belgii
By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society In Fall, many of our native ssters literally light up the landscape with their daisy-like flowers that are vivid lavender violet, blue violet, pale blue or even white. These late season bloomers are critical food sources…
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Sweet-scented Joe-pye-weed, Eutrochium purpureum
By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society In late summer the vanilla-scented flowers of Sweet-scented Joe-pye-weed fill the garden and landscape with billowy clouds of long-lasting blooms covered with bees and butterflies. This gorgeous tall perennial can reach 4 –…
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Fall or Garden Phlox, Phlox paniculata
By Betsy Washington, Northern Neck Native Plant Society I am always dazzled by the vibrant, long-lasting blooms of Fall or Garden Phlox as they emerge in July attracting dozens of butterflies, skippers, clearwing moths, hummingbirds and other pollinators to their showy blooms.…