HAPPENINGS AT SEED AND NECTAR

Posting the novel, beautiful and fun of native plants!

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...

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...

Apr 141 min read

Robin's Plantain

This may be one of the most charming and underutilized weed-suppressing native groundcovers in existence. It is showy and looks great...

Apr 121 min read

In the garden today....

This is the time of year when the woodland garden really shines. The early spring woodland blooms are incredibly charming, but I...

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...

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...

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!