explore | Grilled Cheese

Bit of a happy surprise at one of the restoration sites that I haven't been to in awhile. Thought this pawpaw died over the winter because it's previous main stem didn't sprout. Grew a new stem over the summer, though still some hope. #nativeplants

Golden Northern Bumblebee on Smooth Blue Aster 🐝

#nativeplants #gardening #bees

Big bluestem in the garden that I'm experimenting with native grasses in.

#nativeplants #garden #Wisconsin

Now blooming in my garden - September edition! #nativeplants #bloomscrolling

Elythranthera brunonis - Purple Enamel Orchid

The first Purple Enamel Orchid I’ve seen this season in the Perth Hills.

I love the blotched pattern on the backs of this orchid’s sepals and petals.

#orchids #ozflora #wildoz #nativeplants #inaturalist 🌿

Happy seed puff season to all who celebrate

🌱 #nativeplants #gardening

Sweet grass plugs available now! Plant them in late summer and see them reappear in the spring 🌾🌾💚 #sweetgrass #nativegrasses #plantnursery #Anthoxanthumnitens #nativeplants #garden #gardening #september

New England asters are in bloom 🐝 #nativeplants

I'm adding snowberry and twinberry to my landscape. I have a lot of berries: huckleberry, red huckleberry, blueberry, osoberry, serviceberry, haskap, raspberry, and blackberry, #NativePlants except blueberry.
#Garden #Birds #GardeningForWildlife #EdibleLandscape

An Oak Tree a Day
Or, a dump of sorts. Not really a special tree, but one that I wouldn’t have noticed if this cute dog wasn’t doing an over the shoulder side eye (yes, I know that it’s a coyote.) Also, sad attempt at getting the underside of a mushroom. California #nativePlants #nature zen garden

Purple False Foxglove (Agalinis purpurea) for #WildflowerWednesday #NativePlants

Peaceful stonian horsefly, Stonemyia tranquilla on dried flowerheads of white meadowsweet. Unlike most horseflies, these ones do not suck blood, hence the peaceful name. They are pollinators but little else is known about their lives.

#Bugsky #nativeplants

Is there anything more exciting than 1st blooms from a new #NativePlants species in our garden? Nope! Verbesina alternifolia (Wingstem) blooms until 1st frost, host plant for Silvery Checkerspot & Summer Azure #butterflies, Xerces special value for #pollinators plant.

#gardening #bloomscrolling 🌱