Julie Ross

Close up of a little bee on a pussy willow bloom--an oblong yellow puffball

So much pollen. Salix discolor in March

I've had good success with their seeds and they have a large catalog. I like to buy locally as well

A variety of seed packets with tree ornaments

Tis the season to plant seeds fa-la-la-la-la #nativeplants

I also have several...solidago juncea blooms in July!

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2x2 Rib knit socks in 1/2 inch stripes of four green shades to four blue shades to four brown shades.

Just finished the DRK Everyday sock in Must Stash Yarn color Acadia (toe and heel stash yarn) #knitting

Yellow flower on cactus pads

I got my opuntia from a Fb marketplace encounter. I was buying something else and saw the pads and commented on them and they said please take them all 😄. I am a fan of prairie moon though, they have some hard to find seeds

Do it! Amelanchier is one of my favorites. Fall color, berries and delightful little flowers. It is susceptible to cedar rust though and I missed out on the berries this year :/

Thanks!

I pre-ordered some bare root Castanea pumila or Allegheny Chinquapin trees for spring. Anyone else have experience growing them?

The article is about tropical milkweed, the title really should be more specific

I'm torn between my love of prairie grass and my love of trees. I have about 30 trees on my .3 acre and some will eventually shade out my pocket prairie so I'm enjoying it while it lasts

This is asclepias syriaca (common milkweed) that I rescued from my neighbor's lawn

Me too

ME-->GA '11 here!

Cream colored seed head puff balls a bit larger than a pencil eraser in focus with more blurred in background. Dried brown narrow wrinkled leaves on stems

Symphyotrichum lanceolatum or white- panicle aster. This one showed up on its own when we built our pond. It tends to colonize disturbed areas. I'm hoping to catch some photos of frost on these seed heads

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Here! There are some native plant people lists if you are interested

Cream colored fungi with gills on the underside and a wavy edged upturned cap growing in wood chips; oak leaves and pine needles on the ground

New find today, the fruits of #killyourlawn

They're difficult to grow from seed but I wish you luck

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Pink buds opening to bell-shaped light purple-blue flowers in the foreground with bright green ovate leaves in the background

"If our landscapes all look the same from state to state and country to country--using the same plants in the same ways--we lose our sense of self, place, and compassion for the community as a whole." Benjamin Vogt in A New Garden Ethic

Spring ephemeral mertensia virginica; my garden April '24

I find a lot of Latin binomials fun to say.

Lobelia cardinalis, pontederia cordata, juncus effusus, eleocharis obtusa, iris versicolor, elodea canadensis, nymphaea odorata, sagittaria latifolia

That's a really pretty butterfly, thanks for sharing

Roughly 13' by 15' in a kidney bean shape. 27 inches deep.

Great idea for the telephone poles. We've been brainstorming where to put a bat box on our property

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