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@smknigh.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 7:07 PM

We have almost reached the end of the #nativeplants in my garden, but first I have to mention two species I tried to grow this year from seeds that did not end up germinating. I’ll leave the seeds out over winter (stratification) and see if they germinate next spring.

The first is painted trillium.

Two seed trays in a water tray in bare soil labelled “Trillium sp.” For painted trillium and red trillium seeds were planted in separate trays, which got spilled together, and so the two trays contain a mix of both species’ seeds.A painted trillium plant in a mossy forest in Digby county. It has three leaves and three petals that are white with a splash of dark pink/purple near the centre.Painted trillium (Trillium undulatum) • Native range in Canada: ON, QC, NB, PE, NS • Native habitat: forests • Soil: medium - moist, well-drained, nutrient-rich • Light: full sun - full shade • Height: 20 - 40 cm • Blooms: white and pink-purple, May - June • Ecological benefits: Early season flowering provides nectar and pollen for pollinators such as flies and beetles. Seeds are dispersed by ants, who eat the fatty and protein-rich portion of the seed. • Notes:
@juliwils.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 6:45 PM

Oh, the age-old gardening question:

Is it better to briefly see it a flower before wildlife consumes it, or to never have seen it at all?

(Or something like that)

#bluetue
#nativeplants
#bloomscrolling

A close-up of an unfurling smooth blue aster flower, which is surrounded by small, tight buds. It's presence was brief as it was eaten shortly after blooming by a small orphaned bunny in our yard
@jbtheexplorer.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 6:41 PM

Smooth blue aster.

#nativeplants #garden #Wisconsin

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@citymousegarden.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 6:31 PM

Imagine my surprise when Helianthus ‘Carine’ I planted in August 2024 finally shot up & bloomed this year. Since it came from small 2-man operation, I looked through their other offerings—guessing it can only be mislabelled #NativePlants Helianthus microcephalus. Okay!

#gardening #bloomscrolling 🌱

Obviously much taller than Carine’s 4-5 feet range and with small rich yellow blooms instead of soft buttery yellow larger rays.A closeup of the long skinny foliage which also matches H. microcephalus rather than ‘Carine’.
@rebeccanaturalist.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 5:42 PM

Now booking consultations for #PNW folks wanting to add #NativePlants and create wildlife habitat at home, whether you have a balcony, yard, or acreage! Details at rebeccalexa.com/property-con... #HabitatRestoration #PacificNorthwest #gardening

A grassy green field full of blue-purple wildflowers, all drinking in the sunshine.
@danisue.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 4:01 PM

An Oak Tree a Day
Overcast mornings give off a certain sense of fall on the horizon but nothing like the image that this Quercus lobata (valley oak) will create when the leaves have fallen & its skeleton of twists & turns is on display. California #nativePlants #nature lobata=lobe Ear shaped leaves

A large deciduous oak tree just before it starts to lose its leaves. It sits on a slight slope of dried leaves and grasses with manicured green landscape in the background and a hill to the right.
@wearegonnafindout.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 3:51 PM

Lol. Lmao

(Same spot this morning)

🌱 #nativeplants

A very chaotic garden, with prominent self-sown late boneset and spotted bee balm.
@juliwils.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 3:49 PM

Lunch date

#twosday
#caterpillars
#nativeplants

A deep green milkweed leaf is being devoured by two caterpillars: a small caterpillar (milkweed tussock) on the left with tufts of white, black, and orange hair; and on the right, a large smooth caterpillar with yellow, white, and black striped and long black filaments
@citymousegarden.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 3:23 PM

Fluffy white clouds of #NativePlants #pollinators food for mid September.

#gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Late Boneset in full umbel glory attracting all the weird pollinators while Eutrochium purpureum provides seeds for #birds in the background.
@jbtheexplorer.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 3:16 PM

Prairie coreopsis decided to bloom again.

#nativeplants #garden #Wisconsin

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@seanjamesdesigns.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 2:32 PM

Went and visited an interesting garden center in Saint-Eustache, Quebec today. An amazing contrast between super rare and cool #NativePlants and incredibly #InvasivePlants. Weird.

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@clairehugs.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 2:05 PM

Seeing lots of different pollinators in my tiny native plant meadow. I was happy to see the goldenrod I planted a year and a half ish ago blooming for the first time. #nativeplants #insects

A locust beetle (I think) and a bumble bee visit some golden rod. A locust beetle (I think) A small butterfly and a few different bee/wasps visit some Late Boneset.
@frwildflowers.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 2:01 PM

Pohlia wahlenbergii moss (I think) seen Sunday in a persistent water course along the Waldrop Trail #nativeplants 🌿

Light green moss with water droplets
@wearegonnafindout.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 1:56 PM

The backyard nursery: sun, shade, and plants set aside for friends
🌱 #nativeplants

A patch of native plants in water trays and nursery containers, themselves on wood chips. There are more than 10 trays and a few hundred plants, probably.A patch of native plants in water trays and nursery containers, themselves on a concrete driveway. There are ~7 trays and a few hundred plants, probably, especially given the extreme density of the cardinal flower containers.Five trays of plants set out in a group of three and a group of two. There are over 150 plants between all of the trays.
@wikidgarden.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 1:30 PM

A Prairie Warbler dining in the high, lacy foliage of Wild Tamarind, a South Florida native tree hosting several butterfly species + attracting tiny insects for a bird buffet.

#ThickTrunkTuesday #Birds🦉#NativePlants #KeyLargo #FoodWeb

Https://www.fnps.org/plant/lysiloma-latisiliquum#gsc.tab=0

@kayontheprairie.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 1:25 PM

Prairie Dock flying high against a clear morning sky 🩵

#coloraday #bluetue #nativeplants

Bright yellow flowers on long stalks sit high above the ground against a clear blue sky
@ebbiegoodfellow.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 1:08 PM

Volunteers needed to help collect prairie seeds on Sept. 30 in La Crosse, Wisconsin.
#nativeplants
www.mississippivalleyconservancy.org/events/seed-...

@planethealers.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 12:57 PM

Gray-headed coneflower, a plant with many benefits: nectar for pollinators, seeds for wildlife, and it improves soil. An early successional species with beautiful flowers and easy propagation. #gardening #wildflowers #nativeplants

@jtkindt.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 12:35 PM

Female leafcutter #bee, Megachile mendica, on ironweed (Vernonia) at Hawk Hollow this past weekend. Her abdominal scopal hairs are not yet caked with white pollen so you can see their yellow color.

#bugsky #nativeplants

Black bee with some white hairs in face and thorax, white hair bands on back of abdomen, thick yellow-orange hairs on belly, on a small purple flower.
@phrelanzer.bsky.socialSep 15, 2026, 12:16 PM

It's Tuesday! Let's go for a virtual hike on the prairie together; discover "Autumn in the Prairie and Garden" tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/09/15/a... #prairie #gardening #nativeplants #nature #september #change #naturephotography #writers