When to dead head or leave for the birds
How do y'all decide the balance between dead heading for more blooms or letting flowers go to seed for the benefit of local birds?...
Not Butterfly Weed? ( lemmy.world )
I've been hoping all year that this plant was going to be a huge, beautiful butterfly weed bunch, but after seeing actual butterfly weed on a field trip for my field botany class, this doesn't appear to be butterfly weed after all....
Update: my garden exploded ( lemmy.world )
I posted a couple days ago, but in the interim my yarrow, black-eyed susans, and wild bergamot went wild!...
Let's share recommendations for the easiest native plants to grow from seed! ( lemmy.world )
Inspired by a comment reply I made in another thread, I thought it would be fun to share what plants native to your region you've had easy success with growing from seed, either in pots or direct-sowing. Please mention your country/region when commenting!
Mangy, but lively ( lemmy.world )
I got pollinator seed packs from the Tennessee Environmental Council a while back, they seem to be doing the trick now....
Want to grow a native pollinator garden but are uncertain where to begin? The Xerces Society has you covered! ( xerces.org )
Disclaimer: data only available for the lower 48 United States, although Southern Canada and Northern Mexico should be able to extrapolate...
[socal] Matilija Poppy progress ( lemmy.world )
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16289348...
If you live in the United States, you should know about the USDA Plants Database! ( plants.usda.gov )
Identifying what plants are actually native to your area can be surprisingly tricky. A lot of info out there is state- (or even less helpfully, region-) specific, but if you live in a large and/or geographically diverse state what's native in one corner may be completely foreign in another. There's also a lot of information out...
Bigleaf lupine ( lemmy.ca )
My favorite little Oregon native corner 🥰 with wood sorrel, pacific bleeding heart, and sword fern ( lemmy.ca )
[Northeast U.S.A.] Aronia melanocarpa doing well in its second year ( assets.pxlmo.com )
I got these as bare-root saplings a couple years old, and planted them last year. One actually bloomed and produced some berries the same year I planted it! These things sure are prolific. This year, they're all already blooming....
Blue Vervain from last year ( lemmy.world )
Pic from a fen restoration I help with. Prettiest one I've seen.
Milkweed Regions & Seed Needs | Bring Back The Monarchs ( monarchwatch.org )
6b evergreen ideas
I'm in southeast Michigan, hardiness zone 6b, and I'd like to add a small or mid size evergreen to my yard for some winter interest, any suggestions?...
What to do with strip of land between driveway and neighbor?
I own this 1 ft wide, 30 ft long strip between my driveway and the neighbor's property. It's steeply angled the whole length due to my pavement being higher than the neighbor's yard. Grass turf would be difficult and awkward to trim in this location. I would prefer to plant something native and perennial that won't invade the...
Swamp Sunflowers in bloom ( sh.itjust.works )
No hurricanes this year means that my swamp sunflowers didn't get knocked over! Also something about the lighting made this bee look silver even though it's really metallic green. Florida, Zone 9b
Cleome serrulata are beautiful and plentiful this year! ( assets.pxlmo.com )
I post a lot of edible plants native to (roughly) the Northeast U.S. on my Pixelfed account.
When to dead head out save for the birds ( lemm.ee )
Trying to crosspost my post from a less active community