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headspace-hotel · 7 months
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Reading native plant gardening books in the library and when I look up my favorite plants they're all like "This plant easily becomes a WEED that is IMPOSSIBLE TO ERADICATE. If you aren't careful, this AGGRESSIVE plant will TAKE OVER YOUR ENTIRE GARDEN, KILL everything else you have planted, RUIN your marriage, and BEAT YOUR ASS"
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venowyn · 11 months
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snekdood · 9 months
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hey if ur in the midwest or more specifically missouri here’s some websites i’ve found helpful for finding native seeds and live plants (they’re not all in missouri or the midwest specifically but have some seeds from around here too bc truly human made borders are fake and plants go wherever they want so):
wildseedproject.net
mowildflowers (this websites cool bc they’ll deliver live plants to you if you live nearby enough and they also go to different places around missouri all year to sell plants at festivals or events or whatnot)
nativewildflowers.net
swallowtailgardenseeds.com
strictlymedicinalseeds.com
toadshade.com
treeseeds.com
ouriquesfarm.com
putnamhillnursury.com
sugarcreekgardens.com
prairiemoon.com
seedvilleusa.com (also on etsy)
mybutterflylady on etsy
everwilde.com
and if u ever need help or info or whatever about plants or even find a place to exchange plants and buy some on a forum check out dave’s garden
if anyone knows any other websites and wants to add them on i’d totally appreciate that c: !
(i will update this with more websites too if i come across any)
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cool-plants-daily · 10 months
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Cool Plant: Asclepias viridis
Green Antelopehorn Milkweed
This plant is found in the southeastern and south-central United States, especially in Texas, Oklahoma and other parts of the Southern Great Plains, where it is important food for monarch butterflies (like other milkweed species).
It grows happily in poor, rocky soils and on roadsides and in other barren places.
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nerdyqueerandjewish · 6 months
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I posted some pictures of bumble bees on the New England asters
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pycnanthemum · 1 year
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Pycnanthemum virginianum (Virginia Mountain Mint) is native to the Eastern United States and Canada. It is one of twenty species (not including varieties) in the Pycnanthemum genus, all of which are native to portions of the US and Canada. It is in the Lamiaceae (Mint) family, but is not as vigourous and is easier to contain than many other species.
P. virginianum is a valuable species for native pollinators. The flower structure is such that nectar is easily accessible to polinators with short mouth parts, feeding a wide diversity of visitors. These small, compact, white flowers are especially attractive to wasps, while the purple markings attract bees who might otherwise pass up a white flower.
P. virginianum is a perennial that grows 1-3 ft tall. It prefers partial to full sun, and tolerates a wide variety of soil compositions but prefers moist areas. All parts of the plant are non-toxic.
Check out Pycnanthemum species at the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center to find your local Pycnanthemums! (and credit to their photo archive for this lovely photo).
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mrxhighlife · 9 months
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bigoldeels · 4 months
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MIDWEST/EAST US: I have the following native flower (and one grass) seeds available for cost of shipping, all harvested from either my garden or from nearby parks in small amounts. if you're interested please kofi me here and shoot me a message with your address and what you'd like! amount/availability may vary but I would like to share as much as possible.
before requesting please make sure the seeds you want are native to your state! prairie moon has range maps for many of the species here; otherwise a quick search of the scientific name should let you know.
seeds I have:
-Cup plant (silphium perfoliatum)
-Common milkweed (asclepias syriaca)
-Swamp milkweed (asclepias incarnata)
-Honeyvine milkweed (cynanchum laeve)
-Maypop (passiflora incarnata)
-Bee balm (monarda fistulosa)
-Foxglove beardtongue (penstemon digitalis)
-Purple coneflower (echinacea purpurea)
-Missouri coneflower (rudbeckia missouriensis)
-Showy sunflower (helianthus pauciflorus)
-Cliff goldenrod (solidago drummondii)
-Meadow blazing star (liatris ligulistylis)
-Common evening primrose (oenothera biennis)
-Blue sage (salvia azurea)
-Little bluestem (schizachyrium scoparium)
-Blue mistflower (conoclinium coelestinum)
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vandaliatraveler · 10 months
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This past January, I made a resolution to get my garden beds to 70 - 75% native plants. My, oh my, that was an ambitious goal. I probably need another year or two to reach that level of coverage. On the other hand, the native wildflower seeds I purchased in January have germinated and produced healthy, vigorous shoots (above). Today, I planted the spreading Jacob’s ladder (Polemonium reptans) in four different beds. I have spots prepared for the rest also, including hairy beardtongue (Penstemon hirsutus), blue-stemmed goldenrod (Solidago caesia), yellow pimpernel (Taenidia integerrima), and wild geranium (Geranium maculatum). The project is at least moving ahead; this coming September, I’ll buy or collect more seeds to plant before the first frost.
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labelleizzy · 1 year
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Native seeds, crucial to deal with climate change, are in short supply : NPR
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hogwarts-greenhouse · 9 months
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Family: Rosaceae
Taxus: Pyrus
Kind: spinosa
Pyrus__
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This class included dedicuous trees and bushes, with branches that have a thorn-like ending. Their leaves are alternanating on each side and simple in shape. The perianth is 5-parted while the wreath is white. It contains numerous pollen tubes (20-30) with rose colored flowers, the ovary is capitated with 2 to 5 carpels.
Spinosa
The spinosa kind is characterized by its narrow, lanceolate shaped leaves, that feel leathery to the touch. The edge of the leaves are smooth and rarely with 3 lobes. The bearing fruit is like a sphere and almost 2.5 centimetres.
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headspace-hotel · 2 years
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as promised, the transplanting tutorial
most sources make transplanting sound incredibly difficult, but transplanting young seedlings from areas with sparse dirt, like a driveway or roadside, is actually incredibly easy and can get you some great stuff. Once I worked out the method, i've had a very high survival rate
it took me like a month of trial and error to figure this out so you don't have to.
Feel free to repost, no need for credit
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turtlesandfrogs · 10 months
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aisling-saoirse · 7 months
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Two Monarch Caterpillars around my garden
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cool-plants-daily · 11 months
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Cool Plant: Cladrastis kentuckea
Kentucky Yellowwood, Virgilia
Found in the U.S. states of North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee, with scattered populations in the surrounding states.
It is one of the rarest trees of Eastern North America, found in the wild mostly on limestone cliffs. It is named for its bright yellow wood. It is a legume and very valuable for pollinators.
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nerdyqueerandjewish · 7 months
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If you want to support local insect populations but can't garden or landscape - here is a list of keystone (especially important to the food web) species that can be grown in containers for each eco-region in the US. This would work well for folks who live in apartments with balconies or who can put out hanging baskets or window boxes.
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