TREE: Chionanthus virginicus (White Fringetree, Old Man’s Beard) #MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Showy spring flowers and summer fruit for song birds makes this an appealing, native addition to the landscape. Be aware though, fruit and foliage also appeal to deer! The Virginia Native Plant Society named #WhiteFringetree as 1997 Wildflower of the Year.

TREE: Chionanthus virginicus (White Fringetree, Old Man’s Beard)

#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Showy spring flowers and summer fruit for song birds makes this an appealing, native addition to the landscape. Be aware though, fruit and foliage also appeal to deer!…

A color photo of a single leaf from the wild geranium plant with a dark brown background and dew on the plant leaves.

Native plants are so important for the environment. They improve all aspects of the ecosystem. This is the leaf of a wild geranium. My favorite native plant from my garden. #uneditedphotography #nativeplant #wildgeranium #gardenphotography

Several year old red mulberry. Pre bonsai. Uninteresting overall. Give it a few years. St. Louis beer in the background

Unpotted red mulberry

Big honkin root ball cleaned from all the dirt. Grasped in a grubby hand under porch light. Like 70% got cut off preparing it for bonsai

Cute little multi trunk #redmulberry pre #bonsai going into it’s second season after being collected from a yard

#NativePlant pre #Bonsai with a multitrack red mulberry I collected two years ago. It got a big root prune today, removed 70% of the roots. It will need more tap root work when it transitions into bonsai. Back into nursery mix for another two seasons.

Have Plans for April?

Hey #nativeplant people of #maryland! The Nursery is full, Cultivate has new houseplants, the #antique shops inside Westwood are open, and we are excited for April!

SHRUB: Viburnum prunifolium (Black Haw) #MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic The upright oval crown common in the young plants of this elegant shrub often becomes, with age, irregular with drooping lower branches. Creamy white flowers give way to pink berry-like fruits, edible when ripened to deep blue-black.

SHRUB: Viburnum prunifolium (Black Haw)

#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic The upright oval crown common in the young plants of this elegant shrub often becomes, with age, irregular with drooping lower branches. Creamy white flowers give way to pink berry-like…

A close-up of the dark brown branch of a Spicebush, with four pointed buds visible.

I placed a #nativeplant pre-order earlier this week

As some things were already sold out, I didn't want to wait any longer. But I had to decide to reorder plants I thought were dead, before I had the chance to wait and see

Obviously they're now showing signs of life since I've 'replaced' them

A black tray insert, with six cells, is filled with damp soil and lightly topped with tan coloured vermiculite. Some of the cells, which were sown with seeds for tea garden plants on March 22nd, already show signs of germination: three larger sprouts (on the left) are cornflowers, two tiny sprouts in the middle row, toward the bottom of the image, is common yarrow, and toward the bottom on the right are four small feverfew sprouts (tetra white wonder)

My #nativeplant seeds may not amount to much this year but my tea garden seeds are off a decent start

#flowerreport
#canadiangardening

Nothing so fine as elderberry wine

#Elderberry #NativePlant

2019 was a #Superbloom year in Southern California. Take a walk with me along the Wildflower Trail at Diamond Valley Lake in Hemet, California. #BloomScrolling #NativePlant

Just did something mildly subversive. Had a dig’n’divide get together. Dug up #nativeplant volunteers from my yard. Other folks brought stuff from theirs. Others just brought containers to take them home. We potted and chatted and labeled and it was so good. Cost? $0. Connection heals us all.

I just did a tour of the yard with my adult son, who’s also #nativeplant -y. We have had a beastly warm windy dry winter, and we have planted so many native shrubs in the past two years. All of them made it. While I am honestly super concerned about water this year, we’re well positioned.

GROUND COVER: Chrysogonum virginianum (Green-and-Gold) #MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic This low, spreading ground cover forms a star-studded mat of velvety foliage that is as attractive at the front of a formal border as it is in a naturalistic setting. In the Mid-Atlantic Region, it is mostly found in Virginia.

GROUND COVER: Chrysogonum virginianum (Green-and-Gold)

#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic This low, spreading ground cover forms a star-studded mat of velvety foliage that is as attractive at the front of a formal border as it is in a naturalistic setting. In the…

Class: Living Frame - 1:00PM - 3/28 - Cultivate @ Lauren's Garden Service description

#nativeplant friends! If you like greening up the inside of your house as well, we have a new Living Frame class on 3/28 with #YoungChoe

She's a magical, sparkling tease
She's a rainbow choking the breeze
Yeah oh, she's busting out onto the scene
With nitemare bogus poetry
~Beck
#hibiscus #flower #macro #macrophotography #foto #art #Roselle #bloomscrolling #imageandverse #photographer #photographersofbluesky #photography #nativeplant

Lewis flax flowers from a #prairie hike #tandyhills #ftw #texas #nativeplant #wildflowers #bloomscrolling #blue #flower

Painting of a Pink Lady's Slipper orchid done in the Chinese gongbi watercolor style photographed with Chinese brushes, an inkwell, a stone seal and porcelain container of seal ink.

Returning to my roots, a Pink Lady's Slipper in the Chinese gongbi watercolor style on rice paper. I decided to show it with some of my tools: a stone seal and ink, bamboo brushes, and my Chinese inkwell.

#SciArt #BotanicalArt #nativeplant #Chinesepainting #FineArt

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One thing I always forget(honwstly) to tell people about creating a #SoftLanding , I like tonuse a "Victorian trench" when possible, which is +~6" deep and creates a lot of extra "dirt"- but you have uneven spots, or dips, in your yard it makes great fill dirt! #NativePlant beds are coming along

I've been off facebook for a few months and I have to say I really miss my local #NativePlant #Foraging and #Mushroom FB groups. I learned more there from local experts than I have from any other resource. Any suggestions for replacements? It's going to be a bummer to not track morels etc this year.

PERENNIAL: Geranium maculatum (Wild or Spotted Geranium) #MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Native in much of eastern North America, this lovely, adaptable wildflower’s alternative common name, Cranesbill, refers to its distinctive fruit, which resembles the bill of a crane. The Virginia Native Plant Society honored #WildGeranium as Wildflower of the Year in 2020.

PERENNIAL: Geranium maculatum (Wild or Spotted Geranium)

#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Native in much of eastern North America, this lovely, adaptable wildflower’s alternative common name, Cranesbill, refers to its distinctive fruit, which resembles the bill of…

A Red Flowering Currant branch is seen centered in the photo, with the top of the branch bending towards the left side. The red flowers are clustered under the arch of the branch, with green leaves and unopened flower buds visible on the branch. A fence, with vertical slats is present just behind the currant and indistinct foliage of other plants can be seen in the distance

Red Flowering Currant (Ribes sanguineum) This plant has been pushing flowers since early January and is one of many of this species that we have at the house. Planted around our city lot, the flowering season is extended by sun exposure and micro climate that […]

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Wild Black cherry (Prunus serotina) blossoms ✨

#nature #naturephotography #photography #flowers #nativeplant

Yellow wood Sorrel... I think. #nativeplant

Red Flowering Currant blossoms preparing to open glowing in golden hour.

Naturally occurring White variation of our Native Red Flowering Currant. This beauty tends to start blooming a couple of weeks ahead of it's Red Flowering neighbor.

It feels a little early, but my flowering currants are starting to bloom here in NW Oregon!

#nativeplant #nativegarden #flowers #gardening #pnw
#earlyspring #hummingbirdgarden #plantsky

GROUND COVER: Asarum canadense (Common or Canadian Wild Ginger) #MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Native to eastern North American* deciduous forests, #WildGinger naturalizes to create a lush ground cover with velvety, heart-shaped leaves. Historically used as a flavor substitute for culinary ginger, consumption today is ill-advised. The Virginia Native Plant Society selected Wild Ginger as Wildflower of the Year for 2010.

GROUND COVER: Asarum canadense (Common or Canadian Wild Ginger)

#MGNV Tried and True #NativePlant Selections for the Mid-Atlantic Native to eastern North American* deciduous forests, #WildGinger naturalizes to create a lush ground cover with velvety, heart-shaped leaves. Historically used as a…

Izel Native Plants Izel Native Plants consolidates the inventories of wholesale-only growers and retail nurseries into a practical mail-order solution. This allows us to offer you a large selection of plants and a stead...

PSA for all you #NativePlant lovers in the US. Izel Plants sells native plugs and plants at prices generally available only to the retail market. You just have to buy a lot at once or share with friends.

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Wild blue phlox(Phlox divaricata) in bloom with lavender petals against of green plant background. Also known as woodland phlox

Wild blue phlox in bloom today. A #nativeplant #wildflower #nature #bloomscrolling #EastCoastKin

Native plant sources - MAPN

Massachusetts Pollinator Network (MAPN) just put out a TERRIFIC list of #nativeplant nurseries and retailers in MA - location, contact info, what they carry, and their level of commitment to not using pesticides (esp neonics). 🌱🐝

I'll use it this year for purchases.

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

fastest are the insect eaters. Because we keep killing all the insects and "cleaning" up their homes.

But there's a #NativePlant zeitgeist in the air and you can help it build momentum, even if you don't have a yard.

First though, let's talk about if you do have a yard or a place you can grow

Pale yellow flowers

Cream cups, another #nativeplant SoCal