Mounds of fresh snow cover the stems and seed heads of monarda punctata stems
Lil snow caps on the monarda punctata stems this morning. We’ve seen dark eyed juncos regularly bending the stems and eating the seeds inside 🖤 #nativeplants #savethestems #leavetheleaves
A first summer male red winged blackbird in amongst a group of tall cut leaf coneflower stems
First summer male red-winged blackbird ᏦᏩᏍᎦ tsowasga looking for breakfast in our cutleaf coneflower ᏐᏣᎾ sochana stems. #nativeplants #leavetheleaves #savethestems
When you dead head, your missing half the beauty of the plant, and taking natural food sources away from song birds.
#SaveTheStems
