![]() An easement beyond the back fence adds to a sense of wildness.ĮNDRIKAT GARDEN – 8419 Cabin Branch Court, ManassasĪ planting of bulbs, shrubs, and perennials, including native columbine, defines the entrance to this large, dry woodland garden. The north hillside border features a maple, elderberries, and red twig dogwoods. The sweet bay magnolia island contains inkberry hollies, Virginia sweetspire, amsonia, and native summer perennials such as rattlesnake master, milkweed, and Joe Pye weed. A fringe tree is the focus of a bed that also includes several viburnums, mountain laurels, pinxter azalea, and native grasses. Amidst the cedars and pin oak grow an American hornbeam, dogwood, redbud, spicebush, columbine, wild bleeding heart, bloodroot, mayapples, and much more. Huge boulders, a large pin oak, silver maple, and a collection of mature eastern red cedar trees anchor the garden beds. The front is a typical suburban yard, but behind the fence is a certified Audubon-at-Home habitat garden planted primarily with native shrubs and perennials. This property offers a lesson in contrasts. 230- Common St.Wheatcraft Home Garden with Decorations, ManassasīEAVERSON GARDEN – 13280 Lawrence Lane, Bristow.278- Small Red Morning Glory (non-native).It's been milder and rainy for a few days so its no wonder the dandelions are trying to bloom and I found Daffodil heads several inches above ground and my honeybees were flying everywhere. Find many facts about this interesting, edible, hardy and obnoxious flower here. Reporting a dandelion as the first flower in a wildflower big year would be equivalent to a birder reporting a European Starling as his first bird of the year.Ĭommon Dandelion (I'll be avoiding Latin Names)īy the way whats going on this winter? First there was two feet of snow in October, then several ice/snow storms in December and early January like normal. Some say the deeply toothed leaves earned its Old French name of dent-de-lion, tooth of a lion. They were introduced many years ago, some say as a food source for the imported honeybee which is a nice tie-in to another part of this day. I thought the first would be a Dandelion, in January and it is. This includes common, rare and those that have been here for ever and are good as native. Well, the premise of The Big Year is to find, identify and photograph as many West Virginia Native Wildflowers as I can in one year. ![]()
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