Winter sown Asclepius Tuberosa (butterfly weed) and Eragrostis Spectablis (purple love grass) moved to the deck today for a bit more sun.
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#NativePlants #Prairie #Bloomscrolling #Flores #Iowa

Now blooming: Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum).

Like many other people, I first heard about Silphium from an essay by Aldo Leopold in “A Sand County Almanac” (link in comment).

Now, I’m fortunate to live in a place (SW Iowa) which never was completely tamed, and now has more and more neglected roadsides due to depopulation.

The lead plant is growing slowly. We have several started from seed. The book says the roots will reach down 15 feet (4.5 m). Thats good for water, air, and life. The tough roots were known as devils shoestrings. They will attract abundant pollinators and beneficial insects. #nativeplants, #minnesota, #leadplant, #pollinators.

One of the reasons I added Golden Alexander (Zizia aurea) is because it is a host plant for black swallowtail butterflies. I think this one is laying eggs all around the plants. (Will try to take a closer look today) Gotta celebrate small act wins. #NativePlants #BackyardHabitat #gardening

Good morning!

First-of-year bloom on Evening primrose (Oenothera biennis).

This is Rue Anemone, resprouting from an underground stem that I transplanted a couple weeks ago into an indoor hydroponic system. It lost its leaves during transplant and I wasn't sure how it was going to do. I've started experimenting with temporarily housing plants indoors until it cools down enough in the fall for retransplant back outdoors. Hydroponics allows me to do this with a much greater degree of control in my informal setup. This is a species I've never worked with before but I have good, suitable restoration habitat available for it.

What I am finding is that transplanting may be more successful in forbs - in the ones that don't tolerate transplanting that well - when I trim off the leaves, which allows the root system to 'reorient' to its new habitat without the pressure of supporting a leaf system that is now a net water (and nutrient) loss to the plant. A slow wilting death of the leaves forces the leaves to continue their maintenance in a futile effort.
#botany #horticulture #nativePlants #plants #RestorationEcology

I've been enjoying my almost blooms this week!

@CMacd1 Our conversation must’ve summoned an American bumblebee to my yard. I only ever see just one at a time unlike the European honeybees which swarm certain bushes.

Since yesterday I’ve been thinking about how much the European honeybees love our native tea bush but how much the native Gulf fritillaries seem to love zinnias more than anything lol I guess just make a #PollinatorBuffet and let them decide.

No way! Baby swamp milkweed will bloom this summer??

The first reigning male monarch of the backyard this year. However, he was unsuccessful when two females came through the yard. #butterfly #butterflies #Lepidoptera #nativeplants #Illinois #nature #macro #photography #SaveTheMonarch #photographylovers #wildlifephotography

It’s summertime, and the livin’ is easy. Our squirrels are happily devouring the pagoda dogwood berries. Birds and chipmunks love them too. Owls, hawks, snakes, foxes, minks and lots of other critters need the herbivores. Watching wildlife interact with the plants you’ve provided is one of the best feelings there is. Join us! More information on native plants, our sales, and purchasing information nativeplantsunlimited.com ! #nativeplants #indiana #wildlife #wildlifesupport #indianapolis

Red osier dogwood (Cornus sericea) grows abundantly in the PNW. Its masses of cymes of small white four-petaled flowers are decorative from spring through summer.
I see it is now called Cornus stolonifera. Such is life.
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My garden inspector Ruthie, making sure everything meets her approval.

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A male Sunflower Bee (Epimelissodes obliquus) hanging about a Common Sunflower (Helianthus annuus.) The Sunflower Bee’s survival is tied to a very narrow range of plants, in this instance, it’s plants in the genus “Helianthus.” Native plants are a necessity in the garden, not just an option!
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July 2, 2025. Crew sighted an active and faded monarch butterfly. It is a single data point that the Midwest monarch ecosystem survives in Southern Minnesota. The monarch found milkweed plants. She flew the egg laying flights. #nativeplants, #pollinators, #MonarchButterfly, #minnesota, #sixthgreatextinction

Butterfly milkweed is always so good

There are so many insects in our yard, I often forget that we’re in the middle of a mass extinction. Everyday this gray leaf tea bush swarms with bees. I’ve even had a wasp problem in my studio lately. (Fortunately the spider-eating, mud-nest-building, no-stinging kind.) In just a few years we went from lifeless lawn to generative landscape. The solutions are simple but the capitalist death cult continues to hold us all hostage. #NativePlants #HabitatRestoration #climate #environment

What I believe to be a male America Bumble Bee (Bombus pensylvanicus) hanging on my Missouri Ironweed (Vernonia missurica.) #invertebrateconservation, #entomology, #gardening, #nativeplants, #beeconservation, #bees, #wildflowers, #Texasnatives, #Texasgardens, #invertebrates, #naturephotography