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Also bought some white goldenrod (S. bicolor) last year & never got it in the ground, so hopefully it survives 😬 but also hopefully seeds work out better.
December 29, 2025 at 1:37 PM
Also bought some white goldenrod (S. bicolor) last year & never got it in the ground, so hopefully it survives 😬 but also hopefully seeds work out better.
🎉 I have some stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) already and LOVE IT, the leaves are so soft for something called “stiff,” if I were in charge of naming I would have named it puppy’s-ears goldenrod or something. Also loads of tall/Canada goldenrod (S. canadensis) which as you know cannot be tamed. 😂
December 29, 2025 at 1:36 PM
🎉 I have some stiff goldenrod (Solidago rigida) already and LOVE IT, the leaves are so soft for something called “stiff,” if I were in charge of naming I would have named it puppy’s-ears goldenrod or something. Also loads of tall/Canada goldenrod (S. canadensis) which as you know cannot be tamed. 😂
I reliably do things like this to myself & end up overwhelmed. 😂🤷♀️ But also we’re about 5 years in and after a few years of getting derailed/redirected by one neighbor’s complaints & never getting to finish projects I decided last year to just get it DONE & tweak from there as needed!
December 29, 2025 at 1:29 PM
I reliably do things like this to myself & end up overwhelmed. 😂🤷♀️ But also we’re about 5 years in and after a few years of getting derailed/redirected by one neighbor’s complaints & never getting to finish projects I decided last year to just get it DONE & tweak from there as needed!
We have a transplanted sycamore too! (Though sometimes it makes me worry it might be a London plane.) Also loads of redbuds popping up that I’m mostly letting have their way. And a giant silver maple in front whose decline we are managing, with the intent of leaving a snag eventually. Twins, sorta!
December 29, 2025 at 4:36 AM
We have a transplanted sycamore too! (Though sometimes it makes me worry it might be a London plane.) Also loads of redbuds popping up that I’m mostly letting have their way. And a giant silver maple in front whose decline we are managing, with the intent of leaving a snag eventually. Twins, sorta!
And lastly:
Zizia aurea (Golden-Alexanders)
For my reference I starred the ones I already have but wanted more of, or used to have, or tried to have (but missed starring a few).
I should do a similar list of the trees we’re getting from Forestry.
(15/15!)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Zizia aurea (Golden-Alexanders)
For my reference I starred the ones I already have but wanted more of, or used to have, or tried to have (but missed starring a few).
I should do a similar list of the trees we’re getting from Forestry.
(15/15!)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:33 AM
And lastly:
Zizia aurea (Golden-Alexanders)
For my reference I starred the ones I already have but wanted more of, or used to have, or tried to have (but missed starring a few).
I should do a similar list of the trees we’re getting from Forestry.
(15/15!)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Zizia aurea (Golden-Alexanders)
For my reference I starred the ones I already have but wanted more of, or used to have, or tried to have (but missed starring a few).
I should do a similar list of the trees we’re getting from Forestry.
(15/15!)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
*Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed)
*Viburnum acerifolium (Maple-Leaf Viburnum)
*Viburnum dentatum (Southern Arrow-Wood)
*Viburnum prunifolium (Black Haw)
Viola sagittata (Arrow-Leaved Violet)
Viola striata (Striped Violet)
(14/many many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
*Viburnum acerifolium (Maple-Leaf Viburnum)
*Viburnum dentatum (Southern Arrow-Wood)
*Viburnum prunifolium (Black Haw)
Viola sagittata (Arrow-Leaved Violet)
Viola striata (Striped Violet)
(14/many many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:30 AM
*Vernonia noveboracensis (New York Ironweed)
*Viburnum acerifolium (Maple-Leaf Viburnum)
*Viburnum dentatum (Southern Arrow-Wood)
*Viburnum prunifolium (Black Haw)
Viola sagittata (Arrow-Leaved Violet)
Viola striata (Striped Violet)
(14/many many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
*Viburnum acerifolium (Maple-Leaf Viburnum)
*Viburnum dentatum (Southern Arrow-Wood)
*Viburnum prunifolium (Black Haw)
Viola sagittata (Arrow-Leaved Violet)
Viola striata (Striped Violet)
(14/many many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Blue Wood Aster)
*Trichostema dichotomum (Common Blue Curls)
*Tridens flavus (Purpletop)
Triodanis perfoliata (Venus' Looking-Glass)
Verbena simplex (Narrow-Leaf Vervain)
Verbena urticifolia (White Vervain)
(13/so, so many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
*Trichostema dichotomum (Common Blue Curls)
*Tridens flavus (Purpletop)
Triodanis perfoliata (Venus' Looking-Glass)
Verbena simplex (Narrow-Leaf Vervain)
Verbena urticifolia (White Vervain)
(13/so, so many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:28 AM
Symphyotrichum cordifolium (Blue Wood Aster)
*Trichostema dichotomum (Common Blue Curls)
*Tridens flavus (Purpletop)
Triodanis perfoliata (Venus' Looking-Glass)
Verbena simplex (Narrow-Leaf Vervain)
Verbena urticifolia (White Vervain)
(13/so, so many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
*Trichostema dichotomum (Common Blue Curls)
*Tridens flavus (Purpletop)
Triodanis perfoliata (Venus' Looking-Glass)
Verbena simplex (Narrow-Leaf Vervain)
Verbena urticifolia (White Vervain)
(13/so, so many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
*Solidago bicolor (White Goldenrod)
Solidago juncea (Early Goldenrod)
*Solidago rigida (Stiff Goldenrod)
Solidago rugosa (Wrinkle-Leaf Goldenrod)
*Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass)
*Spiraea alba (Narrowleaf Meadowsweet)
(12/how many?)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Solidago juncea (Early Goldenrod)
*Solidago rigida (Stiff Goldenrod)
Solidago rugosa (Wrinkle-Leaf Goldenrod)
*Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass)
*Spiraea alba (Narrowleaf Meadowsweet)
(12/how many?)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:26 AM
*Solidago bicolor (White Goldenrod)
Solidago juncea (Early Goldenrod)
*Solidago rigida (Stiff Goldenrod)
Solidago rugosa (Wrinkle-Leaf Goldenrod)
*Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass)
*Spiraea alba (Narrowleaf Meadowsweet)
(12/how many?)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Solidago juncea (Early Goldenrod)
*Solidago rigida (Stiff Goldenrod)
Solidago rugosa (Wrinkle-Leaf Goldenrod)
*Sorghastrum nutans (Indian Grass)
*Spiraea alba (Narrowleaf Meadowsweet)
(12/how many?)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)
Scrophularia marilandica (Late Figwort)
Scutellaria integrifolia (Hyssop Skullcap)
Silene antirrhina (Sleepy Catchfly)
Silene stellata (Starry Campion)
Smallanthus uvedalius (Bear's-Foot)
(11/a tiresome amount)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Scrophularia marilandica (Late Figwort)
Scutellaria integrifolia (Hyssop Skullcap)
Silene antirrhina (Sleepy Catchfly)
Silene stellata (Starry Campion)
Smallanthus uvedalius (Bear's-Foot)
(11/a tiresome amount)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:24 AM
Schizachyrium scoparium (Little Bluestem)
Scrophularia marilandica (Late Figwort)
Scutellaria integrifolia (Hyssop Skullcap)
Silene antirrhina (Sleepy Catchfly)
Silene stellata (Starry Campion)
Smallanthus uvedalius (Bear's-Foot)
(11/a tiresome amount)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Scrophularia marilandica (Late Figwort)
Scutellaria integrifolia (Hyssop Skullcap)
Silene antirrhina (Sleepy Catchfly)
Silene stellata (Starry Campion)
Smallanthus uvedalius (Bear's-Foot)
(11/a tiresome amount)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
*Prunella vulgaris (Self-Heal)
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Sweet Everlasting)
*Pycnanthemum muticum (Short-Toothed Mountain-Mint)
*Rubus odoratus (Flowering Raspberry)
*Salvia lyrata (Lyre-Leaf Sage)
(10/an excessive number)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Sweet Everlasting)
*Pycnanthemum muticum (Short-Toothed Mountain-Mint)
*Rubus odoratus (Flowering Raspberry)
*Salvia lyrata (Lyre-Leaf Sage)
(10/an excessive number)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:23 AM
*Prunella vulgaris (Self-Heal)
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Sweet Everlasting)
*Pycnanthemum muticum (Short-Toothed Mountain-Mint)
*Rubus odoratus (Flowering Raspberry)
*Salvia lyrata (Lyre-Leaf Sage)
(10/an excessive number)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Pseudognaphalium obtusifolium (Sweet Everlasting)
*Pycnanthemum muticum (Short-Toothed Mountain-Mint)
*Rubus odoratus (Flowering Raspberry)
*Salvia lyrata (Lyre-Leaf Sage)
(10/an excessive number)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
*Monarda punctata (Spotted Beebalm)
Oenothera biennis (Common Evening-Primrose)
Panicum flexile (Wiry Panic Grass)
Persicaria virginiana (Jumpseed)
Phacelia dubia (Appalachian Phacelia)
*Physocarpus opulifolius (Common Ninebark)
(9/really quite a lot)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Oenothera biennis (Common Evening-Primrose)
Panicum flexile (Wiry Panic Grass)
Persicaria virginiana (Jumpseed)
Phacelia dubia (Appalachian Phacelia)
*Physocarpus opulifolius (Common Ninebark)
(9/really quite a lot)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:22 AM
*Monarda punctata (Spotted Beebalm)
Oenothera biennis (Common Evening-Primrose)
Panicum flexile (Wiry Panic Grass)
Persicaria virginiana (Jumpseed)
Phacelia dubia (Appalachian Phacelia)
*Physocarpus opulifolius (Common Ninebark)
(9/really quite a lot)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Oenothera biennis (Common Evening-Primrose)
Panicum flexile (Wiry Panic Grass)
Persicaria virginiana (Jumpseed)
Phacelia dubia (Appalachian Phacelia)
*Physocarpus opulifolius (Common Ninebark)
(9/really quite a lot)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Krigia virginica (Virginia Dwarf-Dandelion)
Lespedeza capitata (Round-Headed Bush-Clover)
*Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing Star)
*Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Lobelia spicata (Pale-Spike Lobelia)
*Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)
(8/thousands)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Lespedeza capitata (Round-Headed Bush-Clover)
*Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing Star)
*Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Lobelia spicata (Pale-Spike Lobelia)
*Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)
(8/thousands)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:21 AM
Krigia virginica (Virginia Dwarf-Dandelion)
Lespedeza capitata (Round-Headed Bush-Clover)
*Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing Star)
*Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Lobelia spicata (Pale-Spike Lobelia)
*Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)
(8/thousands)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Lespedeza capitata (Round-Headed Bush-Clover)
*Liatris spicata (Dense Blazing Star)
*Lobelia cardinalis (Cardinal Flower)
Lobelia spicata (Pale-Spike Lobelia)
*Monarda fistulosa (Wild Bergamot)
(8/thousands)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
*Eutrochium purpureum (Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed)
*Helenium autumnale (Common Sneezeweed)
Helianthus decapetalus (Thin-Leaved Sunflower)
Hypericum prolificum (Shrubby St. John's-Wort)
Hypericum punctatum (Spotted St. John's-Wort)
(7/hundreds)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
*Helenium autumnale (Common Sneezeweed)
Helianthus decapetalus (Thin-Leaved Sunflower)
Hypericum prolificum (Shrubby St. John's-Wort)
Hypericum punctatum (Spotted St. John's-Wort)
(7/hundreds)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:19 AM
*Eutrochium purpureum (Sweet Joe-Pye-Weed)
*Helenium autumnale (Common Sneezeweed)
Helianthus decapetalus (Thin-Leaved Sunflower)
Hypericum prolificum (Shrubby St. John's-Wort)
Hypericum punctatum (Spotted St. John's-Wort)
(7/hundreds)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
*Helenium autumnale (Common Sneezeweed)
Helianthus decapetalus (Thin-Leaved Sunflower)
Hypericum prolificum (Shrubby St. John's-Wort)
Hypericum punctatum (Spotted St. John's-Wort)
(7/hundreds)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush Grass)
Elymus villosus (Downy Wild Rye)
*Eryngium yuccifolium (Northern Rattlesnake-Master)
Eupatorium perfoliatum (Common Boneset)
Eupatorium serotinum (Late Thoroughwort)
*Eurybia divaricata (White Wood Aster)
(6/tons)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Elymus villosus (Downy Wild Rye)
*Eryngium yuccifolium (Northern Rattlesnake-Master)
Eupatorium perfoliatum (Common Boneset)
Eupatorium serotinum (Late Thoroughwort)
*Eurybia divaricata (White Wood Aster)
(6/tons)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:18 AM
Elymus hystrix (Bottlebrush Grass)
Elymus villosus (Downy Wild Rye)
*Eryngium yuccifolium (Northern Rattlesnake-Master)
Eupatorium perfoliatum (Common Boneset)
Eupatorium serotinum (Late Thoroughwort)
*Eurybia divaricata (White Wood Aster)
(6/tons)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Elymus villosus (Downy Wild Rye)
*Eryngium yuccifolium (Northern Rattlesnake-Master)
Eupatorium perfoliatum (Common Boneset)
Eupatorium serotinum (Late Thoroughwort)
*Eurybia divaricata (White Wood Aster)
(6/tons)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Boehmeria cylindrica (False Nettle)
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side-Oats Grama)
Carex radiata (Eastern Star Sedge)
Clinopodium vulgare (Wild Basil)
Conoclinium coelestinum (Mistflower)
Coreopsis verticillata (Whorled Coreopsis)
(5/lots)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side-Oats Grama)
Carex radiata (Eastern Star Sedge)
Clinopodium vulgare (Wild Basil)
Conoclinium coelestinum (Mistflower)
Coreopsis verticillata (Whorled Coreopsis)
(5/lots)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:16 AM
Boehmeria cylindrica (False Nettle)
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side-Oats Grama)
Carex radiata (Eastern Star Sedge)
Clinopodium vulgare (Wild Basil)
Conoclinium coelestinum (Mistflower)
Coreopsis verticillata (Whorled Coreopsis)
(5/lots)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Bouteloua curtipendula (Side-Oats Grama)
Carex radiata (Eastern Star Sedge)
Clinopodium vulgare (Wild Basil)
Conoclinium coelestinum (Mistflower)
Coreopsis verticillata (Whorled Coreopsis)
(5/lots)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (Pale Indian-Plantain)
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
*Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)
*Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly-Weed)
*Baptisia australis (Blue Wild Indigo)
*Blephilia ciliata (Downy Wood Mint)
(4/very many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
*Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)
*Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly-Weed)
*Baptisia australis (Blue Wild Indigo)
*Blephilia ciliata (Downy Wood Mint)
(4/very many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:15 AM
Arnoglossum atriplicifolium (Pale Indian-Plantain)
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
*Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)
*Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly-Weed)
*Baptisia australis (Blue Wild Indigo)
*Blephilia ciliata (Downy Wood Mint)
(4/very many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Asclepias incarnata (Swamp Milkweed)
*Asclepias syriaca (Common Milkweed)
*Asclepias tuberosa (Butterfly-Weed)
*Baptisia australis (Blue Wild Indigo)
*Blephilia ciliata (Downy Wood Mint)
(4/very many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Agalinis purpurea (Purple False Foxglove)
Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop)
*Agastache scrophulariifolia (Purple Giant Hyssop)
*Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
Andropogon virginicus (Broomsedge)
*Anemone virginiana (Thimbleweed)
(3/so many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop)
*Agastache scrophulariifolia (Purple Giant Hyssop)
*Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
Andropogon virginicus (Broomsedge)
*Anemone virginiana (Thimbleweed)
(3/so many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
December 29, 2025 at 4:13 AM
Agalinis purpurea (Purple False Foxglove)
Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop)
*Agastache scrophulariifolia (Purple Giant Hyssop)
*Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
Andropogon virginicus (Broomsedge)
*Anemone virginiana (Thimbleweed)
(3/so many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Agastache nepetoides (Yellow Giant Hyssop)
*Agastache scrophulariifolia (Purple Giant Hyssop)
*Allium cernuum (Nodding Onion)
Andropogon virginicus (Broomsedge)
*Anemone virginiana (Thimbleweed)
(3/so many)
#nativeplants #virginianativeplants
Ordered variously from @davisnatives.bsky.social, @hungryhookfarm.bsky.social, @sevenbendsnursery.bsky.social, @watermarkwoods.bsky.social, & Bona Terra who I think are not on BlueSky. For binomial & common names I’m following the Flora of Virginia, even where it isn’t what I’d call them.
(2/many)
(2/many)
December 29, 2025 at 4:11 AM
Ordered variously from @davisnatives.bsky.social, @hungryhookfarm.bsky.social, @sevenbendsnursery.bsky.social, @watermarkwoods.bsky.social, & Bona Terra who I think are not on BlueSky. For binomial & common names I’m following the Flora of Virginia, even where it isn’t what I’d call them.
(2/many)
(2/many)
Part of the quantity of trees is that they have to be ordered in 5s by species. I will probably end up with more than I can make room for even planting closely, so I bought figuring I’d likely need to give some away. You’re welcome to any extra if you’d like them!
December 28, 2025 at 7:12 PM
Part of the quantity of trees is that they have to be ordered in 5s by species. I will probably end up with more than I can make room for even planting closely, so I bought figuring I’d likely need to give some away. You’re welcome to any extra if you’d like them!
That is so beyond kind of you. I am going to try and manage the obligations I set up for myself 😆… but I will keep the offer in mind too!
December 28, 2025 at 7:09 PM
That is so beyond kind of you. I am going to try and manage the obligations I set up for myself 😆… but I will keep the offer in mind too!
We’re on ~1/3 acre but once you take out the house & front yard, about half that? 😂 We’re removing almost all grass & going for a slightly modified/possibly half-assed Miyawaki forest type thing in the back. I want SHADE. Got trees from Forestry last year but… family emergency. 😕 Trying again!
December 28, 2025 at 7:08 PM
We’re on ~1/3 acre but once you take out the house & front yard, about half that? 😂 We’re removing almost all grass & going for a slightly modified/possibly half-assed Miyawaki forest type thing in the back. I want SHADE. Got trees from Forestry last year but… family emergency. 😕 Trying again!