Nancy Percivall, Committee Chair for Horticulture/Conservation, discussed the decline in firefly populations and things we can do to help fireflies recover. Researchers believe development and light pollution are the two main reasons fireflies are disappearing. For information on what you can do to help fireflies click the button below.
Nancy Percival, Committee Chair for Horticulture/Conservation gave an informative and entertaining presentation at our January meeting on deer in the landscape. The University of Maryland Extension provides information on ways to manage deer and provides a list containing many ornamental plants adaptable to Maryland landscapes and notes their susceptibility to deer damage.
Horticulture Chair Nancy Percivall discussed invasive plants at our November meeting. Many invasive plants are being sold at local nurseries and garden centers. Effective April 11, 2017, Maryland is banning the sale of three agressively spreading ornamentals: yellow flag iris, shining cranesbill and fig buttercup. It also requires warnings be posted next to retail displays of burning bush, border privet and three invasive vines that are non-native members of the wisteria family – Chinese wisteria, Japanese wisteria and an Asian wisteria hybrid. For a list of commonly planted invasive plants click the link below.
Nancy Percivall, Committee Chair of Horticulture/Conservation, gave an informative presentation on identifying local ferns at our September meeting. To learn more about local ferns, the Maryland Native Plant Society provides a Key to the Common Ferns of Maryland.
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