#February2Frost #NativePlants superstar Conoclinium coelestinum (Mistflower) nearly about to bloom as mid October comes closer.

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#February2Frost blooms continue with #NativePlants Liatris aspera just beginning to open on our tough city Parkway.

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#NativePlants Helianthus microcephalus in full bloom & absolutely swarming with so many different kinds of #bees & other #pollinators like October surprise Monarch #butterflies. This is why we plant for blooms #February2Frost!

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We have so much life left in our garden—so many buds that haven’t even opened yet—thanks to careful planning to make sure we have fuel for #pollinators from #February2Frost. One late bloomer is architectural Aster ‘Jindai’.

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Tomorrow might kick off October but our garden is still in full color despite soaking rain today. Tons of pink, white & yellow in main bed on left. Fiery Tithonia, Amaranth & Salvia coccinea on right. #February2Frost for fall #birds & #pollinators.

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Wow. Mine are always late since I start from seed (the tubers always rotted on me over winter). We have Lake Michigan moderating our temps so we have been getting deeper & deeper into October before frosts in recent years. We try to keep something blooming for #pollinators #February2Frost.

Bumble on Boltonia—brought to you by the letter B.

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‘Carine’ was supposed to be 4-5 ft. Fence is about 4’ so that’s when I knew something was up. So tall I had to add part sun things to bottom layer but nursery says this is one of their latest bloomers every year & it also has tons of buds—exciting because one of my goals is blooms #February2Frost. 🌱

#NativePlants Vernonia is a September superstar and I have planted more this summer so I have at least one variety in each bed in the backyard for even better #February2Frost blooms for #pollinators next year.

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#NativePlants Iliamna remota is a rain garden powerhouse. It blooms for us from late June until October or even first frost so it really earns its spot in our small garden. 10/10, highly recommend.

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Delicate pink blooms of #NativePlants Iliamna remota drive #pollinators wild.

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#AlwaysBePlanting Nativars & friends (cont): 4x Lysimachia ciliata ‘Fireworks’; 1x Vernonia ‘Prairie Princess’; 1x (divided into 5x) Penstemon ‘Rock Candy Pink’; 1x Clematis ‘Little Lemons’; 1x (divided into 2x) Geranium ‘Brookside’. Also moved huge rose. 🥵

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#AlwaysBePlanting more #NativePlants (cont): 1x Iliamna remota (White-flowering); 1x Dryopteris marginalis (Leatherwood Fern); 2x Lobelia siphilitica; 3x Penthorum sedoides (Ditch Stonecrop); 4x Thaspium trifoliatum (Meadow Parsnip); 1x Oenothera macrocarpa;

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Spent previous 2 days #AlwaysBePlanting as it finally cooled down & we had rain last night. Tons of #NativePlants: 3x Glyceria striata (Fowl Manna Grass); 2x Vernonia missurica; 1x Epilobium glandulosum (Northern Willowherb); 4x Dalea candida; 5x Zizia aurea;

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