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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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