HAPPENINGS AT SEED AND NECTAR

Let's turn the idea of controlling your outdoor spaces upside down! Plant native, leave your leaves, stop spraying, and enjoy nature!

Purple coneflower and Coreopsis 'Zagreb' in the garden this evening. Summer is almost here!

A chrysalis on a Pennsylvania Sedge! Many native grasses, sedges and carex are host plants. Butterflies and moths will lay their eggs on...

Evening Primroses (Sundrops) have begun blooming in NC, and what a charm! These delicate yellow blooms are only the beginning of their...

The Penstemons are gearing up to bloom in NC. This is one of my favorite times of the gardening year. Husker's Red (shown) and Dark...

On a leg! This gorgeous Luna Moth descended upon a helper today. She appears to have narrowly escaped a predator. Luna Moth caterpillars...

Penstemons are some of my favorite flowers. With their beautiful showy blooms, they are formal garden-worthy (as so many native plants...

Enjoying the view this morning. Great news, the Goldfinches are back!

Coreopsis 'Nana' is a joy to grow. It is tidy, with dark green leaves, and its golden yellow early-season blooms charm for many weeks....

The Penstemons are gearing up to bloom as are the mint family. This is one of my favorite times of the year. Pictured: Penstemon Dark...

Did you know that a good number of our bees live underground? Spraying chemicals kills them. Save your time and money; instead, buy a...

Named for the bloom's resemblance to a cat's toes, this plant keeps a ground-hugging evergreen rosette until its bloom in April (in NC)....

This may be one of the most charming and underutilized weed-suppressing native groundcovers in existence. It is showy and looks great...