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Category Archives: Invasive species
Wildflower and Weed: Purple Dead-Nettle Makes Its Annual Appearance
Perhaps you have admired these purple wildflowers growing in swaths along the George Washington Memorial Parkway and other roads in our area. You may also have cursed them as a persistent weed that crops up in your lawn as a … Continue reading
Wisteria in the Mount Vernon Area: Devastatingly Beautiful
When George Washington purchased 3 wisteria plants for his Mount Vernon estate in March 1792, William Bartram delivered them with a detailed description that could be read as a friendly warning. Bartram, a naturalist who inherited his father’s nursery, describes … Continue reading
Posted in Backyard Mount Vernon, George Washington, GW Rec Center, Invasive species, Mount Air, Mount Vernon, Trees, Wisteria
Tagged American wisteria, Chinese wisteria, Fort Hunt Rd, GW Parkway, Japanese wisteria, Telegraph Rd, Wisteria floribunda, Wisteria frutescens, Wisteria sinensis
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