At Bellevue University yesterday for a great seminar on growing native shrubs in Nebraska with Bob Henrickson from PlantNebraska. Fun to finally meet him after watching his webinars for years. Native plants matter.
#NativePlants #NebraskaGardening #GrowNative #PlantNebraska #SustainableGardening
Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) cyme: an inflorescence that blooms from the center (terminal flower) out, otherwise like an umbel (umbrella-shaped inflorescence at the end of a stem). Flowers have 5 little white petals and 5 stamens with little yellow round balls of pollen on top
Side and bottom views of Elderberry inflorescences. They begin with a flat top like an umbel, then the cyme blooms from the center, curling back at the edges.
Elderberry Sawfly larva on Sambucas canadensis. Sawflies are welcome guests here. They nibble the foliage, and are found by finches as they work their way up the plants. I have yet to see them do any significant damage. They're just trying to live their lives, and cycling some of those plant sugars and proteins up into the food chain.
Elderberry, 9-12' tall in a habitat behind a path crowded by Common Milkweed (Asclepias syriaca).
Our third episode is out! Genus Sambucus: Elder/Elderberry. Elder is a gateway to foraging, to permaculture, to herbalism, to the Fey. Please step through!
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#podcast #plantpodcast #newpodcast #nativeplants #ecoregion59 #foraging #grownative #permaculture #herbalism
If you’re dreaming about sunshine and pollinators while staring at gray February skies, let me introduce you to a native beauty that earns its keep in the garden: Rudbeckia triloba (Brown-Eyed Susan).
#NativePlants #OhioGardening #Zone6Garden #PollinatorFriendly #BrownEyedSusan #grownative
Oh and new substack is live
Our yards may be the problem, and the reason our parks are overrun, but they could be solution too💚
#gardening #ecology #nativeplants #rewilding #HomegrownNationalPark #tallamy #grownative #rva #Virginia #nativeplantgardening
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Yellow-orange blooms on mostly leafless stems. A bee helping itself
Profile of blooming small tree in backyard garden
Yellow-orange blooms on mostly leafless stems at sunset.
Free smells!! Ozark Witchhazel (Hamamelis vernalis) now blooming in the backyard.
Flies and bees all over it on this sunny and unreasonably warm day. #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #killyourlawn
I understand. Keep asking around. Someone will know someone. Or worst case, maybe you'll get others thinking about native plants and start a movement! It's happening almost everywhere, in pockets #nativegardening #grownative #polinatorgarden #habitatgarden #permaculture #foodforest #northwesttn
Frost ribbons at base of dormant perennial in a garden
Frost ribbons at base of dormant perennial in a garden
More Dittany (Cunila origanoides). More frost ribbons!! #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #killyourlawn
Icy ribbons extruding from perennial stems in a garden
Icy ribbons extruding from perennial stems in a garden
Frost Flower Friday!
Frost ribbons on Dittany (Cunila origanoides). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Many people will say something trite about the Natives of New England next Thursday.
I prefer actionable support and gratitude.
Today's seed store is owned and operated by indigenous people preserving their food and plant heritage.
#gardening #gardensky #indigenous #decolonization #GrowNative
Liatris fluffy seeds and Ratibida seed heads
Prairie garden in evening light and fall color...browns, Pale greens, yellows
New garden connecting red oak and 2 pawpaws
This South KC native landscape is about ready to rest for the season. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Dried allium flower heads with black seeds, in evening light
Dried allium flower heads with black seeds, in evening light
Fall Glade Onion (Allium stellatum) going to seed. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Trilobed and mitten leaves in reddish orange fall color
Small tree in reddish orange fall color
Fall for it. Sassafras albidum. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Reddish orange fall color of sassafras.
Close up of polymorphic leaves in fall color
Sassafras (Sassafras albidum) is just my favorite tree. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Frost on Coneflower leaf
Frost on Coneflower flower head
Frost on Coneflower leaves
Light frost on Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Tree and its shadow in the morning light. Frost disappearing from the yard, except within the shadows
Note the frosty shadow beneath the American Smoke Tree (Cotinus obovatus). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Profile of small tree in fall color with many leaves on the north side missing
I'm guessing the wind blew from the north during this week's rains.
American Smoke Tree (Cotinus obovatus) losing leaves fast. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Purple Coneflower with multiple Skipper butterflies. Captions by the Skippers say, boo, hiss, get off the stage
Don't 'skip' the pollinator patch!
#WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #killyourlawn
Skippers on Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). Belton, MO.
Reddish orange leaves
Reddish orange leaves in the midday light
Small tree with green and Reddish orange leaves with yard, natural gardens, and American Smoke Tree in the background
Sassafras albidum leaves are turning in the front yard. Love this species. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #killyourlawn
Yellow and green mottled leaf with greenery and sky in the background
Yellow and green leaves on small tree in midday fall light and blue sky. Get it. Blue. Sky?
American Smoke Tree (Cotinus obovatus) a Fallin'. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Image of Conference banner with dates and image of Monarch butterfly on a blue flower
Plan It Native Conference 2026 is Feb 10 and 11 in KC!
Be there! planitnative.org
Two full days of native plant habitat expertise, research, advice and in-person community. You'll leave energized and inspired.
#WhatYouPlantMatters #grownative #nativeplants #naturallandscape #killyourlawn
Painted Lady and Monarch butterfly on purple Coneflower.
Skipper on purple Coneflower
Skipper on purple Coneflower
Lepidoptera and Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Backyard with gardens and new native plants in evening light
Backyard with gardens and new native plants and trees in evening light
Old and new garden beds in a backyard landscape
Connected the oak and 2 pawpaws with perennials and grasses. Star Tickseed, Shining Blue Star, Eastern Blue Star, Prairie Larkspur, Pussytoes, Rose Verbena, Buffalo Grass. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Lavender and yellow Aster flowers, a welcome sign, Coneflowers in a garden in evening light
WELCOME to yet another Aster whose species escapes me. Notes say Symphiotrichum turbinellum, but i think that refers to another plant just to the left of the picture. #TakeBetterNotes #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #killyourlawn
Close up of white and yellow flowers
White and yellow flowers with tree trunk behind
Blooming Aster in a garden bed at the base of a sassafras trer
Not 100% sure this is Silky Aster (Symphiotrichum sericeum), given the white flowers vs light lavender, but enjoy it every year. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #killyourlawn
Looking down at shrub. Red and orange foliage and fruits with green sedge below.
Landscape with sedge, red and orange leaves and fruits of Strawberry Bush
Eu-don't-wanna-mus this! Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americana). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #killyourlawn
Coneflower flower heads getting mottled, tired, and ready for Finches
Purple Coneflower (Echinacea purpurea) keeping up the show! #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Landscape with trees, shrubs, and perennials, and a morning partly cloudy sky
Early Fall. American Smoke Tree (Cotinus obovatus) doing surprisingly well in the clay soils...planted about 9 years ago.
Strawberry Bush (Euonymus americana) going to fruit in the foreground. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie #killyourlawn
Backyard with 3 trees separated by grass. Red line drawn on the picture as outline of expansion to connect all 3 in the same garden
Got a couple extra flats of plants given to me, so guess the next garden expansion! Connecting the red oak with a couple pawpaws. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie ##killyourlawn
Flower remnants and leaves with rock face behind
Plant growing from dolomite bluff.
Flower remnants and leaves with rock face behind
Got to see this Wild Hydrangea (Hydrangea arborescens) growing from a small rocky bluff (dolomite?) Just outside Onondaga Cave in Missouri. #nativeplants #grownative
New garden bed with rocks, pine straw, shrubs, and bags of top soil.
Small perennial plant pots placed near their planting spots in a new garden.
Small perennial plant pot and planted plant in a new garden.
Planting some perennials into the new garden. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie
