HAPPENINGS AT SEED AND NECTAR

... for your garden. Coreopsis 'Zagreb' is a charming, well-mannered, tough, textural delight with great form. Drought-tolerant and...

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

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

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

Look who I found on the tuberosa today! Asclepias tuberosa, or butterfly milkweed, is well known as the host plant to Monarch butterflies...

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

Blue False Indigo is not only a beautiful ornamental plant but also a super-effective, productive plant. A host plant to several...

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

Coreopsis! It is such a joy to watch goldfinches in the garden. As the transition from early spring flowers to late spring flowers is...

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

Both Amsonias are showing off right now. The light blues are just lovely. Pictured: Amsonia tabernaemontana and Packera anonyma

Let's talk about ground covers! Often what is sold in nurseries as ground covers will often quickly escape your garden and take over...

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

Early spring sighting of a beautiful Hummingbird Clearwing Moth. Look closely, and you can see the moss phlox flower through its wing!