<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><h2 style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;min-height:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif"><span style="font-weight:normal;letter-spacing:inherit;background-color:transparent">Native Spotlight from Washington Gardener Magazine </span><br></h2><div><span style="padding:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;margin:inherit;background-color:transparent"><div style="font-size:12.8000001907349px"><h2 style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;min-height:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif">(the publication for MD, DC, and VA area gardeners) </h2><h2 style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;min-height:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif"><span style="padding:inherit;letter-spacing:inherit;margin:inherit;background-color:transparent">Wednesday, <span class="">June</span> <span class="">10</span>, 2015</span></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;min-height:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:14.9499998092651px"><br></b></h2><h2 style="margin:0px;font-size:11px;min-height:0px;font-stretch:normal;font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif"><b style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;font-size:small;line-height:14.9499998092651px">Guest Blog by Rachel Shaw </b></h2><br style="font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13.1999998092651px;line-height:18.4799995422363px"><span style="font-size:13.1999998092651px;line-height:18.4799995422363px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Spigelia marilandica</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">, common name Indian Pink or Pink Root, is a handsome addition to the native plant garden. Mine are planted in shade next to White Turtlehead (</span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.1999998092651px;line-height:18.4799995422363px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><i>Chelone glabra</i>)</span></span></span> and two years after planting are filling in nicely. They are blooming now, and having just read that the blooming season can be extended by removing spent flowers, I went out to do so and found that most dead blooms had obligingly dropped off without my help. I also learned recently from reading Rick Dark and Doug Tallamy’s <i>The Living Landscape </i>that <i>Spigelia</i>’s seeds are dehiscent, propelling the seed capsules some distance to start new seedlings. I haven’t seen this kind of spread yet, but I expect I will, as much of what I grow manages to get itself spread to other parts of the yard.</span></span></span><br style="font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13.1999998092651px;line-height:18.4799995422363px"><br style="font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13.1999998092651px;line-height:18.4799995422363px"><span style="font-size:13.1999998092651px;line-height:18.4799995422363px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt">Spigelia</span></i><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"> is said to be very attractive to hummingbirds. Again something I haven’t observed yet in my own yard, but between it and the<i></i> Cardinal Flower (</span></span></span><span style="font-size:13.1999998092651px;line-height:18.4799995422363px;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><span style="font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:small"><span style="font-family:Calibri,sans-serif;font-size:11pt"><i>Lobelia cardinalis</i></span></span></span>) growing nearby, I’m on the lookout. Even if it had no other obvious benefit than its beautiful and unusual flower, I would still be delighted to have added this native to my own small landscape.</span></span></span><br style="font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13.1999998092651px;line-height:18.4799995422363px"><br>See the blog: <font size="2" style="color:black;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"><a href="http://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2015/06/native-spotlight-indian-pink.html" target="_blank">http://washingtongardener.blogspot.com/2015/06/native-spotlight-indian-pink.html</a></font><span style="color:black;font-family:Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif"> </span><br><br style="font-family:Arial,Tahoma,Helvetica,FreeSans,sans-serif;font-size:13.1999998092651px;line-height:18.47999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