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?...
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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?...
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....
I posted a couple days ago, but in the interim my yarrow, black-eyed susans, and wild bergamot went wild!...
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!
I got pollinator seed packs from the Tennessee Environmental Council a while back, they seem to be doing the trick now....
Disclaimer: data only available for the lower 48 United States, although Southern Canada and Northern Mexico should be able to extrapolate...
cross-posted from: https://lemmy.world/post/16289348...
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...
Trying to crosspost my post from a less active community