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.

Tuesday, September 3, 2019

Some Forgotten Native Mints

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The Mints, Lamiaceae, are a large family of plants with about 40 genera appearing in eastern North America. Native species that we com...

Monday, July 22, 2019

Mountain Mints

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Mountain mints are members of the genus Pycnanthemum. This translates from Greek as dense flower, an appropriate name for these pollina...

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Thursday, June 13, 2019

Designing with Native Plants

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Designing with native plants is not that different from designing with any other plant palette. You still use basic design concepts, u...

Tuesday, May 14, 2019

New Plants for 2019

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Top and left are the female 'Blue Rug' junipers, lower right is the supposedly male 'Andorra Compacta'. Normal bloom tim...

Saturday, April 6, 2019

Stiltgrass actions for Spring 2019

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I have been battling Japanese stiltgrass, Microstegium vimineum , for the past 5 years or so. Pulling stiltgrass out, particularly in lat...

Thursday, March 7, 2019

Eastern Bottlebrush Grass

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Bottlebrush grass, Elymus hystrix , is a pretty common native species found in open shade and woodland edges in Maryland. Its native rang...

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Saturday, February 2, 2019

Garden Trellis

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My vegetable gardening style is on the wild side. I give maybe too much weight to reseeded native flowers over food producing plants. I st...

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About Me

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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