Happy #flowerfriday! I’m obsessed with this bat-faced cuphea (Cuphea llavea) at the @usbotanicgarden - perfect for a #gothgarden and Halloween. #gardendc #gothgardening 🦇

One of the plots at our community garden has this amazing Passionflower vine aka Maypop growing in it - such a stunning and unique flower. Do you grow passionflower? #gardendc #passiflora #floweringvine

Name that mushroom growing on my garden. Wrong answers only! (Accuracy is great but Extra points for creativity.)😀. #gardendc #fungi #mushroomlove

A quick visit to the fall conservatory show at #brooksidegardens in Wheaton, MD. #gardendc #fall #conservatory #publicgarden

“I mean, what’s not to love about flowers?”
~ Robin Hammer
#gardendc #MondayThoughts #mondayvibes #gardenquotes

Had a great time spreading the word about our local @takomahort club at the #takomapark street festival yesterday #gardendc #gardenclubs #dmv

Amaranth at the @smithsoniannmai - looking especially good in fall and spilling over a wall. #gardendc #dmv #amaranth #fallgarden

Congratulations to @stregisdc for 100 years of hospitality in #dc - we attended their celebration last night with fellow @potomacrosesoc member Lisa Mundy and loved all the 🌹 🌹🌹. #gardendc #roses #dmv

We attended the screening of the Extraordinary Caterpillar 🐛 last night at the AFI Silver hosted by @montgomeryparks and @caseytrees followed by a panel discussion and caterpillar pass around #gardendc #caterpillars #insects #homegrownnationalpark

Fall brings lush and full plantings to the #dmv region. Here are some examples from the @usbotanicgarden #gardendc #fallgarden #publicgarden

And all at once, summer collapsed into fall.
~ Oscar Wilde
#gardendc #gardenquotes #mondaythoughts

A valuable source of nectar for hummingbirds, butterflies, and other pollinators, Pentas has season-long color -- blooming all summer until it is hit by a frost in fall.
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#gardendc #gardening #Pollinators

And just like that it is Beautyberry season. #gardendc #callicarpa #beautyberry #shrubs

I recently visited the #mushroom capital of the world - Kenneth Square, PA - and stopped at the 🍄 mushroom 🍄‍🟫 museum. If you love #fungi, this is a must-stop and just up the road from Longwood Gardens. #gardendc #fungifriday

A rainy day at the US National Arboretum is a great day to visit and have the gardens to yourself 😀 #gardendc #dmv #publicgarden #usnationalarboretum

A great day to talk about #trees at the #urbantreesummit - looking forward to learning about urban trees #gardendc #dmv

“Plants guided me toward a healthier relationship with myself, others, and the environment”
~ Liam Engel
#gardendc #MondayThoughts #gardenquotes

Mandevilla vines can grow up to 20 feet high. Hummingbirds love to visit its flowers as do bees and butterflies. It is also fairly deer-resistant due to milky sap it exudes when cut...
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#gardendc #gardening #vines #pollinators

Where are all the coolest plant people in the #dmv this weekend? At the @ncos.us orchid show at the @mocofair. Get details and your tickets at ncos.us #gardendc #orchidshow #orchids

Yesterday was the Mt Cuba Center’s trial garden open house. I chatted with Mt Cuba staff about their in process #nativeplant trials for Oakleaf hydrangeas, Ferns, mountain mints, and little bluestem grasses - as well as the historic lilac allee restoration. #gardendc #publicgarden #nativegarden