native plants and their place in a changing landscape
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Native plants and
their place in a
changing landscape
Perennially inspired Mid-Atlantic Regional Perennial Symposium
Baltimore, MD
February 25th 2017
John C Magee President - Magee Design
Middleburg, VA
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Let me tell you a story
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Blue Ridge Pkwy
Hawk Mountain
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Galapagos
Unique (native) plants
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Scalesia
Invasive species
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Invasive species back home
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Protecting Biodiversity
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The revolution starts here!
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Fothergilla Foamflower & Phlox
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Front yard meadow
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Alexandria challenge
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Poor design solutions
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Storm-water runoff, soil filtration, erosion abatement
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Where does all the water 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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Tippecanoe Ashburn Village
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Go west young man (and get rid of the grass)
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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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Capture vistas
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Greener pastures?
Cleansing storm
water run off
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Anise Hyssop (Agastache foeniculum)
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Think small, but have a big impact
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One last word about winter interest…
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Is this a time of change?
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Bog Orchids Pitcher Plants
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Paw-paws
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Button Bush
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Zen moment of the day
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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Bottle Gentian
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