prince william wildflower society presentation
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Native plants and their place in the
modern landscape
Prince William ChapterVNPS
Manassas, VANovember 21st, 2016
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Let me tell you a story
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Blue Ridge Pkwy
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Pennsylvania
Hawk Mountain
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Galapagos
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Galapagos wildlife- unique to the world
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Unique (native) plants
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Scalesia
Invasive species
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Invasive species back home
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Disturbed habitats where they gain foothold
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Biodiversity
Herndon
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Fothergilla Foamflower & Phlox
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Front yard meadow
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Alexandria challenge
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Out with the old, in with the new
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Poor design solutions
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Storm-water runoff
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Where does all the water go?
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Tell the water where to go
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Really? English Ivy & turf grass?
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Ground covers that won’t kill you.
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Go west young man (and get rid of the grass)
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Lots of little plantitas…
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Spring is here
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Ch-ch-ch-changes…
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Successional Bloom
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Winter interest is not only for us.
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Colors that pop!
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Greener pastures?
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Capture vistas
Cleansing storm water run off
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Nice to be well thought of…
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Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
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Don’t have a big space?
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Then think small, but have a big impact
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Plants for your own house
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Bluebells
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Cinnamon Fern & Columbine & Saxifrage Dogwood
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Paw-paws
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Button Bush
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Moss Phlox
Mountain Mint (Pycanthemum muticum)
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Goat’s Beard (Aruncus dioicus)
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Indian Pink (Spigelia marilandica)
Flowering Spurge- Euphorbia corollata
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Turk’s Cap lily
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Joe Pye Weed
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