We have been very busy with fall planting beginning in early September as we installed 2,000 additional trees! The team worked hard to get each liner in the ground and the irrigation in
Black Oak – Quercus velutina In its heyday, the Virginia Oak Tannery in Luray, Virginia processed 1800 steer hides daily. Within the facility, up to 100,000 cattle hides were in
White House Natives June 2015 “Spring planting at the nursery – not just digging holes. More about precision and planning.” Spring is a busy season at White House Natives. Like
At first glance, a boxelder tree looks like poison ivy grown into horrifyingly large proportions. The leaves resemble each other very closely, particularly when both are young. One way to
Bald Cypress – Taxodium distichum Many people find the bald cypress to be a very nice addition to the landscape, from its natural, pyramidal shape and range of habitat to
We appreciate all of the orders for our spring dig at the nursery. We dug over 800 trees which are now beautifying landscapes, supporting native insects and birds, providing habitat, holding
The weather has finally cooperated and spring digging at White House Natives has begun. In order to give our plants the best chance of survival they must be dug when
Naturalist Stroll – White House Farm Foundation – Sat. March 21, 2015 “We are in the rush of spring right now… the best of time to identify trees and
This last week in February*, the Shenandoah Valley has experienced record-breaking low temperatures, accompanied by blasts of frigid arctic wind whipping across fields and open land. In such conditions, evergreen
New research is pointing to a disturbing find: The Asian invasive pest known as the emerald ash borer (EAB), which was thought to only affect ash trees, has been found
