Northern Mockingbird (Mimus polyglottos) eating Simpson's Stopper (Myrcianthes fragrans) berry for a better late than never #BirdoftheDay theme #BirdsWithBerries. #birds #nativeplants #Florida

Yellow-Collared Scape Moth on Cutleaf Coneflower (Rudbeckia laciniata) 🌻

#nativeplants #moths #coloraday #yellowthur

Before native plants gardening, I was missing out on purple as a traditional fall color.

#Maryland #nativeplants #gardening #bloomscrolling 🌱

An Oak Tree a Day
A Quercus lobata (valley oak) that looks to be losing its leaves a little early. After the hottest summer in recorded history, I don’t blame it. Get your rest while you can, #climateChange is just starting. California #nativePlants #nature

Sasha doesn't understand why I always pause to watch this NE Aster this time of year,

But she hasn't really figured out spicy sky nuggets yet

Smooth coated collies are know more for their beauty...

#NativePlants #NativePolinators
#DogSky #CollieLove #GardenSky 🐝

Got to show off cool bees to some cool neighbors at a garden project today. They were pretty amazed by the existence of green bees!

Plant native plants, connect with neighbors.

A striped sweat bee (Agapostemon sp) on new england aster.

#NativePlants #bees #Minnesota

I haven't been out hiking in three weeks, but here are a few photos from the last time I was out. I need to get out again soon.

#nativeplants #odonata #Wisconsin #prairie

10 or 15 years ago, I dug an American persimmon (Diospyros virginiana) sapling from my place and planted it in town. The fruit is seedless! No male trees nearby. All the persimmon trees at my house have seeds in the fruit.
#Nativeplants

New England Aster (Symphyotrichum novae angilae) #nativeplants #ecoregion59

The second trillium species that I tried to grow from seed this year and did not germinate is red trillium.

Fingers crossed they germinate next year, after another winter of stratification. For a #nativeplants garden with trillium would be 👌

The most beautiful #birds feeder for migration season is hands-down #NativePlants Aralia racemosa. Thrives in our difficult urban parkway conditions & adds so much color, habitat, life… joy.

#gardening #bloomscrolling #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #ecosystem #nature 🌱

Spotted jewelweed, Impatiens capensis. A stunning native annual of wet soils and shady areas. They can also handle full sun if it's wet enough. The flowers attract Eastern bumblebees, Bombus impatiens especially, but are also a hummingbird favorite. They reseed very easily.

#nativeplants

Self-heal, Prunella vulgaris. I'm fairly certain it's the non-native subspecies. But honestly the effects aren't too bad. It still provides most of the same benefits the native subspecies does. But it probably muddies the genetic pool, altering the native's genetics.

#nativeplants

Another new post on my website. If you haven't visited yet, this is a sign to come on over. #photography #garden #nativeplants #noAIused
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Metallic bristle fly, Archytas metallicus on white meadowsweet. Adults are pollinators and larvae are believed to be parasitoids. Not much is known about them it seems.

#Bugsky #nativeplants

#NativePlants selection Solidago sphacelata ‘Golden Fleece’ is a great way to add #pollinators food in small spaces and makes a beautiful edger to soften straight lines in any bed. Introduced by Mt. Cuba Center.

#gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago #pollinators 🌱

#NativePlants Boltonia asteroides v. latisquama 'Nana' is a shorter selection that blooms forever and dances through my other mid bed blooms without any support needed.

#gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Yesterday's visitor to the patch of #nativeplants out front

#insects
#redwed