Textured sunshine...
... for your garden. Coreopsis 'Zagreb' is a charming, well-mannered, tough, textural delight with great form. Drought-tolerant and...
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HAPPENINGS AT SEED AND NECTAR
Posting the novel, beautiful and fun of native plants!
Meredith
May 271 min read
Gorgeous green metallic...
It's a sweat bee on Smooth Blue Aster. Sweat bees may land on you to drink a bit of your sweat; be careful not to harm them, they are...
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Meredith
May 271 min read
Let Your Garden Grow Wild
Let's turn the idea of controlling your outdoor spaces upside down! Plant native, leave your leaves, stop spraying, and enjoy nature!
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Meredith
May 261 min read
Hummingbirds incoming!
Monarda 'Jacob Cline' is about to bloom here in NC. The hummingbirds will be zooming around soon!
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Meredith
May 251 min read
The Charmer
Echinacea pallida it a true garden charmer attracting birds, bees, hummingbirds, moths, and skippers to the garden. Birds eat the seeds...
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Meredith
May 251 min read
Gorgeous Garden Color
Stokesia 'Blue Danube' is beginning to bloom here in NC, and oh what a beautiful show! Stokesia attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds...
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Meredith
May 201 min read
Penstemons are peaking!
Penstemons, also known as beardtongue, are showing off in all their glory here in NC. They are a favorite of pollinators, attract...
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Meredith
Apr 291 min read
Look who's blooming now!
Penstemons are some of my favorite flowers. With their beautiful showy blooms, they are formal garden-worthy (as so many native plants...
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Meredith
Apr 211 min read
Elementary Garden...
We planted a bed at the elementary garden on Friday. This morning when I checked on it I found the Husker's Red Penstemon gearing up to...
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Meredith
Apr 201 min read
No more chemicals!
Did you know that a good number of our bees live underground? Spraying chemicals kills them. Save your time and money; instead, buy a...
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Meredith
Apr 191 min read
Blooms of the Day...
Both Amsonias are showing off right now. The light blues are just lovely. Pictured: Amsonia tabernaemontana and Packera anonyma
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Meredith
Apr 151 min read
Clearwing Hummingbird Moth!
Clearwing Hummingbird Moths love phlox, and there's a phlox for every garden. This one is woodland phlox. Woodland phlox looks great en...
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Meredith
Apr 141 min read
Tiarella, early spring joy!
This woodland native has frothy flowers beloved by bees this time of year. Big bonus, it's evergreen!
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Meredith
Apr 141 min read
Robin's Plantain
This may be one of the most charming and underutilized weed-suppressing native groundcovers in existence. It is showy and looks great...
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Meredith
Apr 121 min read
Turtle Food!
And it looks amazing in your garden! Mayapple flowers are tucked under this gorgeous statement-making foilage. The ripened fruit is a ...
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Meredith
Apr 121 min read
In the garden today....
This is the time of year when the woodland garden really shines. The early spring woodland blooms are incredibly charming, but I...
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Meredith
Apr 111 min read
Gorgeous Native Groundcover!
Let's talk about ground covers! Often what is sold in nurseries as ground covers will often quickly escape your garden and take over...
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Meredith
Apr 91 min read
Native Groundcover!
Moss phlox is a garden wonder! Attracting a large variety of pollinators to its early blooming flowers, it is also a beautiful weed...
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Meredith
Apr 61 min read
Hummingbirds have arrived!
Draw them into your yard with native honeysuckle blooming now! This is Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler', a beautiful, floriferous...
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Meredith
Apr 31 min read
Perks of Native Plants!
Early spring sighting of a beautiful Hummingbird Clearwing Moth. Look closely, and you can see the moss phlox flower through its wing!
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