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 201 min read
The Welcome Visitor!
Look who I found on the tuberosa today! Asclepias tuberosa, or butterfly milkweed, is well known as the host plant to Monarch butterflies...
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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 81 min read
Look What I Found!
A chrysalis on a Pennsylvania Sedge! Many native grasses, sedges and carex are host plants. Butterflies and moths will lay their eggs on...
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Meredith
May 41 min read
Native Spring Ephemerals
Here in NC we've been struck by our first waves of summer-like heat. Sadly, that means our spring ephemerals will be going dormant for...
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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
May 11 min read
Look who landed....
On a leg! This gorgeous Luna Moth descended upon a helper today. She appears to have narrowly escaped a predator. Luna Moth caterpillars...
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Meredith
May 11 min read
American Wisteria
This is your lovely alternative to the invasive wisterias choking out our woodlands and rampantly taking over roadsides. How do you tell...
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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
Charming and Productive!
Blue False Indigo is not only a beautiful ornamental plant but also a super-effective, productive plant. A host plant to several...
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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 261 min read
Birds!
Enjoying the view this morning. Great news, the Goldfinches are back!
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Meredith
Apr 231 min read
Goldfinches love...
Coreopsis! It is such a joy to watch goldfinches in the garden. As the transition from early spring flowers to late spring flowers is...
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Meredith
Apr 221 min read
Turtle Crossing!
Look who I found crossing the driveway from one section of the garden to the next today! Did you know that one of the greatest threats to...
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