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
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 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
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
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 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
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 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 201 min read
No more chemicals!
Did you know that a good number of our bees live underground? Spraying chemicals kills them. Save your time and money; instead, buy a...
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Meredith
Apr 191 min read
Blooms of the Day...
Both Amsonias are showing off right now. The light blues are just lovely. Pictured: Amsonia tabernaemontana and Packera anonyma
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Meredith
Apr 111 min read
Gorgeous Native Groundcover!
Let's talk about ground covers! Often what is sold in nurseries as ground covers will often quickly escape your garden and take over...
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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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Meredith
Apr 31 min read
Perks of Native Plants!
Early spring sighting of a beautiful Hummingbird Clearwing Moth. Look closely, and you can see the moss phlox flower through its wing!
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