dof.virginia.gov/forest-management-health... Hey Virginia, want to replace up to three Bradford Pear trees with a native? This is a great time. #Virginia #trees #PlantNatives

Some backyard Spring wildflowers #plants #plantnatives

#PlantNatives Canada Mayflower

Even with some people in the world that don't believe a balanced ecosystem is a healthy ecosystem, I will quietly continue to improve the life of wildlife. #PlantNatives (Inland Serviceberry)

#PlantNatives save the invertebrates, save the world.

I visited three western monarch overwintering sites. Two had very few butterflies. At Natural Bridges State Beach, there a few thousand. But there should have been tens of thousands.

Numbers were expected to be low, but seeing it reminds us how fragile recovery is.

#MonarchButterfly #PlantNatives

The only thing that makes sense is mental illness is on the rise proportional to the loss of the natural world. #PlantNatives help the world, help yourself.

Bittersweet milestone — As the 10 Million Trees in PA Project winds down, we picked up our last load of native tree saplings. 25 more are now in the ground, part of a growing habitat that will shelter wildlife for years to come. #Rewilding #NativeTrees #10MillionTrees #PAWildlife #plantnatives

Common Eastern Bubblebee on a goldenrod at a local park with a man-made lake.

Bzzzt… I’m gobbling up the last goldenrod pollen before the season fades. #pollinators #bees #plantnatives #garden #insects #eastcoastkin

A woman’s hand holding four aster blossoms in varying shades of pink and purple

All four of these are native to the U.S. 🌱💚🌼
Which is your favorite?
#nativeplants #wildflowers #fallflowers #plantnatives #bloomscroll #botany

From lawn to wildlife paradise! This 6×30 ft perimeter use to be lawn, now its full of native plants. Started this spring it already hosts caterpillars of tiger, spicebush & monarchs, plus birds & mammals. Converting a lawn edge is a simple step to boost wildlife! #BackyardWildlife #PlantNatives

A picture of two glass jars. The one on the left contains just a few coins in the bottom and is labeled, “SWEAR JAR.” The one on the right is filled nearly to the top with coins and is labeled, “TELLING PEOPLE THAT THEIR FAVORITE LANDSCAPE PLANT IS INVASIVE.”

If your idea of the apotheosis of residential #landscaping is a clear-cut lawn monoculture dotted with crape myrtles, please send me a DM. I would like to talk to you about that. #plantnatives #nativeplants #vnps

4 pawpaw seedlings that are being dropped off tomorrow to me North America's only native citrus, they are hardy here

I was absolutely positively not going to buy ANY more trees this year.

Then, someone local was selling PawPaws...

So now I have 4 PawPaws

#PlantNatives #GardenSky 🌳🥭

I’ve seen more Monarch caterpillars and butterflies this year than in the past few seasons—my milkweed is full of them!These will become the migratory generation that overwinters in Mexico. Plant milkweed: every yard matters for Monarchs!
#plantnatives #rewilding #monarchbutterflies #milkweed

Planted two more trees today! They are "hame", and "kukui".

Hame is endemic, and casts of hame leaves have been found in lava rock on O‘ahu. Kukui is a canoe plant, brought by the first Hawaiian settlers.

Bonus photo of Ellie Bean, looking very regal.

#PlantNatives #Trees #Cats xD

Native Plants for Year-Round Blooms — Designing a Garden That Always Has Something in Flower Petals in spring, rustling grasses in summer, golden light in autumn, and winter’s quiet bells — a native garden paints the year in bloom

New Substack article available now!

Native Plants for Year-Round Blooms — Designing a Garden That Always Has Something in Flower
open.substack.com/pub/ginaradu...
#TheNativeGuild #PlantNatives #PollinatorGarden #YearRoundNativeBlooms

This 10×6 ft, 2 ft deep pond is alive with frogs, damselflies & dragonflies. Birds drink & butterflies puddle on the edges. No pumps—just plants! Don’t dig in existing wetlands—they’re already vital habitat. Small ponds = big biodiversity! #rewild #wildlifepond #plantnatives #nativegardening

Matilija Poppies in the sun

🌿 Myth #3: If it’s native, it will thrive anywhere

Truth: “Native” doesn’t mean universal

Many plants have hyper-local adaptations — a species from coastal California may falter in a hot inland valley

✨ Takeaway: Right plant, right place — even within native species
#TheNativeGuild #PlantNatives

🌱Plant Now, Reap Later

Fall planting is an investment in spring beauty and summer resilience.

While your garden might look quiet now, it’s working hard underground.

Plants that go in now will be healthier, bloom earlier, and need less water come summer.
#TheNativeGuild #PlantNatives #Pollinator

These Monarch caterpillars are about to pupate! 🐛Want to help Monarchs? Plant native milkweed. Swamp Milkweed is my favorite—it’s native, beautiful, and won’t take over your garden like Common Milkweed.

#PlantMilkweed #Monarchs #NativePlants #rewilding #plantnatives #savethemonarchs

Every time I work in the woods I’m restoring… I feel like I’m being watched!
#nativeplants #rewild #rewilding #plantnatives #woodlandrestoration

Monarchs have just started laying eggs in my milkweed parches. Plant native milkweed to help—Swamp Milkweed is perfect for gardens and small spaces. Every backyard counts! Lets save the minarchs. #MonarchConservation #PlantMilkweed #monarchbutterfly #plantnatives

The Buttonbush: A Pollinator Powerhouse
Even as the blooms fade, my native Buttonbush is still swarming with pollinators—2 monarchs, 3 tiger swallowtails, a black swallowtail, silver-spotted skippers & more! Got a moist spot? Plant one. It’s also a host plant for several moths! #plantnatives

Honeybee on milkweed flower

Green leafhopper on leaf

Black bug on leaf

Black and white bee type bug on milkweed

2/2 #nature #plantmilkweed #bloomscrolling #bugs #plantnatives 🌱🍎🧬👩‍🔬

Milkweed flowers in a field

Orange milkweed beetle on leaf

Snail on a leaf

White and pink spider on a leaf

1/2 Fifteen minutes in my dad's milkweed gardens and look at all the neat bugs I found! #nature #plantmilkweed #bloomscrolling #bugs #plantnatives 🌱🍎🧬👩‍🔬

Out hybridizing #Daylilies yesterday and we found a primo #bee.

#Mellisodes communis
Common #Longhorn Bee

Top 3 #native bees for me right here. This beautiful lady was resting from the rain and was kind enough to let me photograph her.

"It's so fluffy I want to die."

#PlantNatives #NoPesticides

This is just one more example of the important role that pollinators play in our ecosystem! #SaveTheBees #PlantNatives

Imma try to keep up with success rates this time. Chicasaw plum cuttings #plantnatives 🌱

Margined Leatherwing Beetle
#Chauliognathus marginatus

New boot goofin! This beetle is sporting some #HauteCouture #milkweed pollinia booties.

Too cute to handle, and a pretty solid #pollinator. A perfect gentleman to take home to your parents. 👍

#NoPesticides #PlantNatives #BeetlesIsMoneysToo

Tiny paw paw seedling in a black square pot full of wet sand. It has 2 new leaves forming.

Leftover paw paw scion I’m trying to root producing surprise leaves already. #plantnatives 🌱 no sight of growth on the couple grafts I did.