Adamsgardennativeplants

Wavyleaf basket grass, Oplismenus undulatifolius, is a relatively recent invader in the mid-Atlantic region of North America.  It was first detected in Howard County, MD in 1996.  It has since spread into the Shenandoah National Park in Virginia (2005) and further north and west into Pennsylvania and West Virginia.  It is originally native to Souther...

I first saw passion vine when I was growing up in Southern California.  It was a woody vine covering a fence in my Grandmother's back yard.  It was probably blue crown passionflower, Passiflora caerulea, a native of South America. The flowers reminded me of flying saucers, perhaps from 'Lost in Space' in the 1960's.   Ever since then I have bee...