Three new sets of peony bookends: a) creamb) cream on top, pink on bottomc) pink on top, white on bottom These may be the last of the lighter peony bookends — I have a few more lighter pink peonies, but they may be going into a table (depends on how a table under development turns […]
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Coneflower and Red Admiral butterfly, with pansies. Register for Saturday’s native garden walk here: https://westcook.wildones.org/events-calendar/…
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I’ve been trying to learn to love yellow in the garden. This flower is a native cultivar, Coreopsis / tickseed “Moonbeam,” a type of threadleaf coreopsis. The pale yellow flowers blend nicely with other pastel hues, making it a gentle introduction to yellow in the garden. 🙂 More info: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/…/coreopsis-verticillata…/
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Solidifying my list of natives this morning, in preparation for the native garden walk on Saturday. (Details here: https://westcook.wildones.org/events-calendar/…) Many of the plants I have are cultivars, not straight natives, like “Jeana” pictured below. Purists may want to stick to just natives, but some cultivars offer just as much benefit to pollinators as the original
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I’m trying not to lose the day to obsessing about politics, but it’s hard. I took some time this morning to write and post one thing I thought might be helpful, but mostly, I think my political job right now is to show solidarity (done!), think about when I can host a postcards-to-voters session (soon!),
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Garden log 7/16/24. I didn’t plant many veggies — tomatoes and eggplant and peppers. Plus herbs. I had a lot more ambitious plans, but they got away from me, oh well. But we’ve gotten a few cherry tomatoes already, and hopefully soon, we’ll have lots more….
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The lantana at Home Depot yesterday were covered in Red Admiral butterflies.
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Went to Home Depot and finally got some really tall stakes, which is what these lilies need. I try to avoid planting too many things that need staking, because it’s a bit of a pain and I’m lazy, but it does only take 10 minutes to do, and these give us weeks of glorious blooms.
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Cleaning up the hot bed today.
Cleaning up the hot bed today. Read More »
