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Gardening Resources

Browse our curated selection of the best gardening websites for Fluvanna gardeners.

Virginia Tech & Virginia Cooperative Extension (VCE)

Virginia Tech/VCE Website
Click on Lawn and Garden. Browse or search for specific information.

VT Plant Clinic -  Insect and Weed Identification

Instructions for Submitting Plant Samples

Soil Testing  - Instructions and Fees

Pest Management Guide: Home Grounds and Animals
THE source for pest management recommendations

Fluvanna Virginia Cooperative Extension Website

Frequently Asked Questions

We've extracted some of the most common questions we receive at our Help Desk. Visit our FAQs.

Deer & Animal Pests

Deer: A Garden Pest - VCE/VT publication, 2013

Deer Resistant Plants - WVU

Deer Resistant Plants - Rutgers

Insects and Treatment

What's That Bug?

Identification of Insects and Mites at Virginia Tech

Insect Identification Laboratory at Virginia Tech

USDA - ScaleNet - database of scale insects

Iowa State University - Bug Guide

Biorationals: Ecological Pest Management Database

Virginia Tech Pesticide Programs

Plants

Piedmont Virginia Native Plant Database (interactive)

Landscape Plants Images, Identification, and Information

Missouri Botanical Garden - Plant Finder

University of Wisconsin - Plant Database

Elisabeth C. Miller Botanical Garden - Plant Database

USDA - Plant Database

2012 USDA Plant Hardiness Zone Map

National Science Foundation - Lifecycle Data of Plants

Native Plants of Virginia - Resources - Interested in plants native to Virginia and want some more information? Go to our new FMG website page at  https://www.fluvannamg.org/natives/

Attracting Pollinators to Your Garden Using Native Plants -Copy and paste link into your browser - http://www.fs.fed.us/wildflowers/pollinators/documents/AttractingPollinatorsV5.pdf

Plant Diseases

Cornell University - Vegetable Diseases

Seeds

Seed Germination Database

Images of Seedpods, Seeds and Seedlings

Articles about seeds and seed starting

Trees

Virginia Tech - Native Tree ID

Weeds

Weed Identification - Illinois - Council on Food and Agriculture Research

N.J. Weed Gallery: N.J. Weed Gallery Thumbnail Images - Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

Identification: Weed Photo Gallery - University of California - Statewide Integrated Pest Management Program

Invasive and Exotic Species of North America

Invasive Plants in the Mid-Atlantic

Least Wanted: Alien Plant Invaders of Natural Areas

Invasive Plant Atlas of the USA

Weed Identification Guide Virginia & Southeastern USA

Everything Else

Lake Health Education
Lake Monticello Owners' Association publications on how to keep Lake Monticello healthy.

Extension Urban Horticulture,  Myths and Product Research, Washington State University

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