Torch tithonia
Monarch on asters
Tiger swallowtail on joe pye and ironweed
ironweed
It's hot and so are my plants! Okay, one is not native to upstate New York; it's a Torch Tithonia. I plant it so my neighbors see blooms while I am waiting for some of my slow natives to put on their show. But already ironweed + Joe Pye are on it!
#nativegardens #nativegardening #nativeperennials
Drought tolerant? ✅
Thrives in hot weather? ✅
Pretty? ✅
Come see us for Rudbeckia and all kinds of plants at our Delaware farm market. Growing for our community since 1832! Thank you for supporting the small businesses in your area.
#familyfarm #sustaineableagriculture #nativeperennials #flowers
liatris spicata tall purple spiky flowers
monarda fistulosa and purple conflowers
yellow coreopsis winter-sown from seeds (also orange lilies)
It's so hot in upstate New York and so little rain. But my new native plants are hanging on. #nativegardens #nativegardening #nativeperennials
The world is on fire, and also these blooms from seeds I winter sowed last year: coreopsis lanceolata and silene virginica. #nativeperennials #nativegardening #pollinatorplants #rewilding
butterfly weed orange flowers
anise hyssop and coreopsis
a few people
a garden in a nyc tree pit
For mother's day instead of brunch, I asked my grown kids to help me plant a pollinator garden in a tree pit, with winter-sown seedlings of asclepius tuberosa, anise hyssop + Coreopsis lanceolata. Fun! And maybe made a couple converts! #nativegardening #nativeperennials #nativeplants #pollinators
3 seed packets
Today I walked to the public library for a seed swap. Even though I only brought 1 packet, they gave me 3 packets of native perennials donated by the Wild Ones. There's still time for 30 days of cold strat (it snowed today!) @wildonesnatives.bsky.social #nativegardening #nativeperennials #libraries
