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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HAPPENINGS AT SEED AND NECTAR
Posting the novel, beautiful and fun of native plants!
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 251 min read
In the garden....
Purple coneflower and Coreopsis 'Zagreb' in the garden this evening. Summer is almost here!
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Meredith
May 201 min read
Feed the Bees!
Adorable bees are everywhere! Downy wood mint has a limited spread (about 1.5') and is covered in blooms and bees in late spring. Pair...
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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
May 41 min read
Native Azaleas
As the native azalea finish their peak here in NC, I thought I'd share a few highlights over the next few days. Native deciduous azaleas...
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Meredith
May 41 min read
Sundrops
Evening Primroses (Sundrops) have begun blooming in NC, and what a charm! These delicate yellow blooms are only the beginning of their...
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Meredith
May 41 min read
May is for Penstemons
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...
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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 271 min read
Native Azaleas
Deciduous native azaleas are still going strong! The gorgeous blooms attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. Pictured: Rhododendron...
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Meredith
Apr 211 min read
Up Next....
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...
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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 151 min read
Doorstep Delivery
Fundraising delivery for East Chapel Hill High School is hand delivered from our doorstep to yours!
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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
Deer in the Garden
Known in our family as forest goats, deer can make the most tenacious gardener want to throw the towel in. These cute little creatures...
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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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