Gardening in the Northern Neck marketplace.


(Rudbeckia), Bald Cypress (Taxodium distichum) and Sweet Bay Magnolia, (Magnolia virginianna). Her goal is to fit her gardening style into the surrounding area. Paula Boundy gardens as a native plant enthusiast. She came to the Northern Neck in 2006 and settled on a small lot about 1/3 of an acre. She spent previous years developing a church and school garden and learning about natives. Her mother- in-law observed from her porch that the butterflies were so numerous. That is when Paula identified the native plant connection. Always an avid birder, she planned for an increase in their presence as well.


Her lot was a new construction with clay and black sand. She focused on augmenting the soil with mushroom compost, leaf mold (ground up fall leaves) and horse manure. Paula believes it takes a plant 3 years to settle in and to be able to say “this is good.” Her ideal day is half of a day in the yard and half of a day inside. She practices selective weeding as some wonderful natives are self seeding (reproduce by dropping their own seeds) and planted by wildlife. As treasurer for the Northern Neck Audubon and Native Plant Societies she is active in their many walks and educational programs. Her backyard has been a Certified Backyard Habitat with the National Wildlife Federation since 2006. The Habitat at Home Program, part of the Department of Game and Inland Fisheries, has information on qualifying Virginia properties (www.dgif.virginia.gov). Host plants for butterfly larvae are: Amelanchier (shadblow,


service berry), Betula (birches), Lindera (spice bush) as well as Querqus (oak), Salix (willows) and Sassafras. Nectar is supplied by Lonicera (native honeysuckle), Rhus (sumacs) and Vaccinium (blueberry). Plants that support wildlife are: milkweed, sedges, docks, violets, parsley, fennel, dill and love grass (Eragrostis). Several books are helpful on the subject of native gardens:


a Armitage’s Native Plant for North American Gardens by Allan Armitage


a Noah’s Garden by Sara Stein a The Audubon Society Nature Gardens


a Native Trees, Shrubs and Vines for Urban and Rural America, Van Nostrand Reinhold


a Gardening by Mail by Barbara Barton a Bringing Nature Home by Douglas Tallamy


This article written in Memory of Henry Bashore, “A Man of the Land” 7/29/18–12/16/10. H


60 March/April 2011


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