Silverbells are at their best in April and early May when they produce bell-shaped white flowers. Four-winged, nutlike fruits follow the flowers later in the season. The leaves are medium green, ...

In Virginia, for instance ... founder of a national organization dedicated to preserving the oldest stands of native trees, would seem to be an unlikely candidate to offer kind words about ...

Below is a general timeline for when some of the most common native trees in Southwest Virginia begin to bloom: These bloom times can shift slightly depending on the weather conditions each year.

HARRISONBURG, Va. (WHSV) - If you need landscaping this spring, the Virginia Department of Forestry hopes you’ll consider planting trees or shrubs native to Virginia. To encourage people ...

Need bees in your trees? Try these colorful pollinator-friendly ... father of the modern native plants movement posing with native Virginia bluebells (Mertensia virginica) growing in Oxford ...

Virginia’s Department of Forestry strives to see many more native trees planted in the Commonwealth. For the second year in a row, they are willing to give money away to make that happen.

ARLINGTON Va. (7News) — Every day is Earth Day at an Arlington garden featuring several trees, ferns, and plants native to Virginia. Arlington Native Plant Garden is a half-acre garden filled ...

West Virginia is home to fourteen species of bats, from the common big brown bat to the very rare Rafinesque’s big-eared bat.

Many trees would be lucky to be as beautiful ... a microscopic organism called Verticillium nonalfalfae, which is likely native to Pennsylvania, Virginia, and Ohio. “Up until we discovered ...