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!

Monarda 'Jacob Cline' is about to bloom here in NC. The hummingbirds will be zooming around soon!

Echinacea pallida it a true garden charmer attracting birds, bees, hummingbirds, moths, and skippers to the garden. Birds eat the seeds...

Stokesia 'Blue Danube' is beginning to bloom here in NC, and oh what a beautiful show! Stokesia attracts bees, butterflies, hummingbirds...

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

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...

Penstemons, also known as beardtongue, are showing off in all their glory here in NC. They are a favorite of pollinators, attract...

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...

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...

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

Deciduous native azaleas are still going strong! The gorgeous blooms attract hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. Pictured: Rhododendron...

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...

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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Clearwing Hummingbird Moths love phlox, and there's a phlox for every garden. This one is woodland phlox. Woodland phlox looks great en...

Known in our family as forest goats, deer can make the most tenacious gardener want to throw the towel in. These cute little creatures...

Moss phlox is a garden wonder! Attracting a large variety of pollinators to its early blooming flowers, it is also a beautiful weed...

Draw them into your yard with native honeysuckle blooming now! This is Lonicera sempervirens 'Major Wheeler', a beautiful, floriferous...