Native Plants with Adams Garden

In this blog I will write about my experiences of using North American native plants in the residential landscape in the Mid-Atlantic US. In particular, I will focus on working with Native Annuals and Biennials and how they can add surprises to the garden.

Thursday, October 5, 2017

Progress on Japanese Stiltgrass Removal - 2017

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My 4 year long battle with Japanese stiltgrass, Microstegium vimineum , is continuing and it must be a continuing fight to remove this invas...

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Saturday, July 1, 2017

Red, White and Blue for the Fourth and other times, too

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Happy Fourth Of July! When I think of the 4th it's all about red, white and blue. In the garden these colors are not usually used toge...

Tuesday, June 20, 2017

Building a Container Water Garden

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One of the challenges to creating a pollinator friendly garden is to include a water source. We have a few static birdbaths, but ours are ...

Sunday, May 28, 2017

Learning My Sedges

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Identifying grasses is tough. While each species is different in some way, these differences are often subtle and often evident only when t...

Saturday, March 18, 2017

It looked like a mild winter until...

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We've been having a pretty mild winter this year. The average temperature in the U.S. in February 2017 was 7.3 F above the 20th century...

Monday, February 13, 2017

New Plants for 2017: Just Getting Started

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The seed and plant catalogs have been coming since late December and I've made a few selections already. Here's a run down on seeds...

Wednesday, December 21, 2016

What worked in 2016

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Looking back on how my plans for incorporating the new native plants worked this past year revealed more successes than failures. Here'...

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Curtis: Knoxville, MD, United States; After about 20 years working in the field of organic chemistry, I decided it was time to start a second career. I have always had an interest in things botanical, especially species that are native to a particular locale. I decided that the best way to follow this interest and educate others about the wonderful plants that grow in their own region was to train to become a landscape designer. I completed the Landscape Design certificate program at Harvard's Landscape Institute in 2009 and have since launched my own business, Adams Garden, where I do both design and residential landscape maintenance. In 2012 I moved to Knoxville, MD where I am continuing to evaluate native plants and work on removing invasive plants from the property. In addition to use of native plant species, I am also engaged in creating natural habitats and the use of sustainable practices in both design and maintenance.

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