Lisa Stephens
@giftedprairie.bsky.social
Native Plant Weirdo, Artist, Seeker of Beauty. Georgia Piedmont.
My milkweed doesn’t bring the caterpillars to the yard but the Methuselah generation enjoys the nectar!
#monarch #migration #methuselah
#monarch #migration #methuselah
August 17, 2025 at 8:13 PM
My milkweed doesn’t bring the caterpillars to the yard but the Methuselah generation enjoys the nectar!
#monarch #migration #methuselah
#monarch #migration #methuselah
We have a porch toad that greets us almost every morning. Sometimes she lounges on the door mat, sometimes the threshold, but always right by the front door. Meet Carla! #easterntoad #toad #porchtoad
July 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
We have a porch toad that greets us almost every morning. Sometimes she lounges on the door mat, sometimes the threshold, but always right by the front door. Meet Carla! #easterntoad #toad #porchtoad
July 13, 2025 at 7:30 PM
First blooms on this St. John’s Wort! The original bush died two years ago but I was happy to see a sprout last year. Looking forward to seeing the bumblebees 🐝
#nativeplants #hypericum
#nativeplants #hypericum
May 31, 2025 at 12:57 AM
First blooms on this St. John’s Wort! The original bush died two years ago but I was happy to see a sprout last year. Looking forward to seeing the bumblebees 🐝
#nativeplants #hypericum
#nativeplants #hypericum
Blue eyed grass, dwarf crested iris, and white false indigo! The yard is bloomin’
#nativeplants #georgiapiedmont
#nativeplants #georgiapiedmont
April 15, 2025 at 4:20 AM
Blue eyed grass, dwarf crested iris, and white false indigo! The yard is bloomin’
#nativeplants #georgiapiedmont
#nativeplants #georgiapiedmont
Happy National Native Plant month! What are you going to add to your garden?
#nationalnativeplantmonth #georgianativeplants #sweetshrub #columbine #spiderwort
#nationalnativeplantmonth #georgianativeplants #sweetshrub #columbine #spiderwort
April 1, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Happy National Native Plant month! What are you going to add to your garden?
#nationalnativeplantmonth #georgianativeplants #sweetshrub #columbine #spiderwort
#nationalnativeplantmonth #georgianativeplants #sweetshrub #columbine #spiderwort
Lyreleaf Sage-Salvia lyrata living her best life in my driveway. There were a number of them so I transitioned these babies into some border areas I recently cleared of liriope. Takes sun or shade, wet or dry soil, and can be mowed and walked on. Tough and versatile!
#nativeplants #lyreleafsage
#nativeplants #lyreleafsage
March 15, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Lyreleaf Sage-Salvia lyrata living her best life in my driveway. There were a number of them so I transitioned these babies into some border areas I recently cleared of liriope. Takes sun or shade, wet or dry soil, and can be mowed and walked on. Tough and versatile!
#nativeplants #lyreleafsage
#nativeplants #lyreleafsage
March 1, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Reposted by Lisa Stephens
Can we please leave lady beetles to hibernate in peace instead of scooping them up and selling them to well-meaning gardeners who want to use them as ‘pest control’? Such irony that this interference is a threat to lady beetle numbers … 🐞
Pic: A Spotted Lady Beetle, native to N America
#gardening
Pic: A Spotted Lady Beetle, native to N America
#gardening
February 28, 2025 at 11:48 AM
Can we please leave lady beetles to hibernate in peace instead of scooping them up and selling them to well-meaning gardeners who want to use them as ‘pest control’? Such irony that this interference is a threat to lady beetle numbers … 🐞
Pic: A Spotted Lady Beetle, native to N America
#gardening
Pic: A Spotted Lady Beetle, native to N America
#gardening
It’s invasive species awareness week! I got out yesterday and removed some privet off the property. Thankfully those privet berries have a short self life so once you remove the source, management becomes much more…well manageable! #invasivespecies #nativeplants
February 27, 2025 at 6:45 PM
It’s invasive species awareness week! I got out yesterday and removed some privet off the property. Thankfully those privet berries have a short self life so once you remove the source, management becomes much more…well manageable! #invasivespecies #nativeplants
Ugh…found the invasive autumn fern in my forest. Please don’t plant this in your yards. It doesn’t stay in your yard. Plant Christmas fern instead. #invasive #autumnfern #Christmasfern #georgianativeplants
February 18, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Ugh…found the invasive autumn fern in my forest. Please don’t plant this in your yards. It doesn’t stay in your yard. Plant Christmas fern instead. #invasive #autumnfern #Christmasfern #georgianativeplants
February 14, 2025 at 1:20 PM
When someone asks for landscape plant suggestions in general gardening groups, I suggest natives. I don’t say they’re native; I simply recommend a plant I know will thrive. Oh, and here’s my first sprouts from a new seed sowing method I’m trying. Anise hyssop-not native to my area but pollinators ❤️😜
February 11, 2025 at 4:50 PM
When someone asks for landscape plant suggestions in general gardening groups, I suggest natives. I don’t say they’re native; I simply recommend a plant I know will thrive. Oh, and here’s my first sprouts from a new seed sowing method I’m trying. Anise hyssop-not native to my area but pollinators ❤️😜
First sprouts from this year’s winter sown seeds! Georgia aster ~ symphyotrichum georgianum and Sneeze Weed ~ helenium flexuosum.
#nativeplants #wintersow
#nativeplants #wintersow
February 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
First sprouts from this year’s winter sown seeds! Georgia aster ~ symphyotrichum georgianum and Sneeze Weed ~ helenium flexuosum.
#nativeplants #wintersow
#nativeplants #wintersow
The world needs more art right now. Hope the heaviness doesn’t weigh down your creativity #art #watercolor #watercolorartist
February 2, 2025 at 7:14 PM
The world needs more art right now. Hope the heaviness doesn’t weigh down your creativity #art #watercolor #watercolorartist
One of my worries with climate change is that there won’t be sufficient cold spells in the south for seeds to break dormancy. Thankful for the extra cold days this year and two! two snow events! #nativeplants #peidmont #seedsowing
January 22, 2025 at 12:47 AM
One of my worries with climate change is that there won’t be sufficient cold spells in the south for seeds to break dormancy. Thankful for the extra cold days this year and two! two snow events! #nativeplants #peidmont #seedsowing
Feeding the birds by leaving seed heads. I know many feed birds during winter months and I applaud their efforts. I’m cheap and too forgetful to make sure feeders are consistently filled with fresh seeds/cleaned regularly. Also trying to keep birds from congregating. #birdflu #nativeplants
January 22, 2025 at 12:44 AM
Feeding the birds by leaving seed heads. I know many feed birds during winter months and I applaud their efforts. I’m cheap and too forgetful to make sure feeders are consistently filled with fresh seeds/cleaned regularly. Also trying to keep birds from congregating. #birdflu #nativeplants
I just planted Chickasaw plums last fall and have multiple varieties of penstemons in my yard. Golden groundsel started popping up on its own when we stopped regularly mowing our pocket prairie and I planted a few starts from seed of climbing aster last year that I hope survived 💪. #pollinatorplants
January 17, 2025 at 11:52 AM
I just planted Chickasaw plums last fall and have multiple varieties of penstemons in my yard. Golden groundsel started popping up on its own when we stopped regularly mowing our pocket prairie and I planted a few starts from seed of climbing aster last year that I hope survived 💪. #pollinatorplants
44 native plant species sowed and counting! Grow babies grow!
January 13, 2025 at 10:46 PM
44 native plant species sowed and counting! Grow babies grow!
Prairie in progress! Hoping this year will show off with more wildflowers but I still don’t understand how we’ve collectively decided flat, bland non-native grass is better looking than dynamic native grasses and forbs that harbor life. #nativegrass #reducethelawn
January 11, 2025 at 7:36 PM
Prairie in progress! Hoping this year will show off with more wildflowers but I still don’t understand how we’ve collectively decided flat, bland non-native grass is better looking than dynamic native grasses and forbs that harbor life. #nativegrass #reducethelawn
We don’t get snow too often in the south but when we do, it’s magical. #nativeplantsofgeorgia
January 10, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We don’t get snow too often in the south but when we do, it’s magical. #nativeplantsofgeorgia
That’s a wrap for pet portraits of 2024! Now back to my regularly scheduled native plant/wildlife programming.
#art #watercolor #petportraits
#art #watercolor #petportraits
January 8, 2025 at 2:02 PM
That’s a wrap for pet portraits of 2024! Now back to my regularly scheduled native plant/wildlife programming.
#art #watercolor #petportraits
#art #watercolor #petportraits