Red Trillium Gardens - 59h Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain
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Red Trillium Gardens (redtrilliumgardens.com) is a nursery based out of Lunenburg, MA, specializing in the #nativeplants of New England. (Ecoregion III/59h/zone 6a).
Leaving Cali today. Don't wanna go. But here, have some #californianativeplants I saw at Point Lobos in Carmel.
November 4, 2025 at 8:33 PM
Leaving Cali today. Don't wanna go. But here, have some #californianativeplants I saw at Point Lobos in Carmel.
Me, an East Coast gal, on the west coast: "This Menzies guy sure was busy."
#westcoastplants #californiaplants #californiabotany
#westcoastplants #californiaplants #californiabotany
November 2, 2025 at 11:03 PM
Me, an East Coast gal, on the west coast: "This Menzies guy sure was busy."
#westcoastplants #californiaplants #californiabotany
#westcoastplants #californiaplants #californiabotany
Did you know there’s a California native plant garden on the roof of CalAcademy of Sciences? Neither did I, until Friday!
#nativeplants #nativeplantsofcalifornia #calacademyofsciences
#nativeplants #nativeplantsofcalifornia #calacademyofsciences
November 2, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Did you know there’s a California native plant garden on the roof of CalAcademy of Sciences? Neither did I, until Friday!
#nativeplants #nativeplantsofcalifornia #calacademyofsciences
#nativeplants #nativeplantsofcalifornia #calacademyofsciences
Oh I probably should have tagged this #nativeplants #nativeplantsofcalifornia
I am going to Santa Cruz next week for a wedding, and the bride is telling me all the cool CA plants I need to see. Among them: toyon, which is a weird little plant that looks like it should be in the holly family but is actually an apple? (tribe Maleae)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterom...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterom...
Heteromeles - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 29, 2025 at 9:40 PM
Oh I probably should have tagged this #nativeplants #nativeplantsofcalifornia
I am going to Santa Cruz next week for a wedding, and the bride is telling me all the cool CA plants I need to see. Among them: toyon, which is a weird little plant that looks like it should be in the holly family but is actually an apple? (tribe Maleae)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterom...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterom...
Heteromeles - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
October 29, 2025 at 3:55 PM
I am going to Santa Cruz next week for a wedding, and the bride is telling me all the cool CA plants I need to see. Among them: toyon, which is a weird little plant that looks like it should be in the holly family but is actually an apple? (tribe Maleae)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterom...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterom...
Um, hi, is this thing still on? I seem to have forgotten Bluesky existed for, uh... six months?
Anyway, I completed my #nativeplant Studies certificate with Native Plant Trust. Here are some photos of my portfolio!
Anyway, I completed my #nativeplant Studies certificate with Native Plant Trust. Here are some photos of my portfolio!
October 26, 2025 at 1:16 PM
Um, hi, is this thing still on? I seem to have forgotten Bluesky existed for, uh... six months?
Anyway, I completed my #nativeplant Studies certificate with Native Plant Trust. Here are some photos of my portfolio!
Anyway, I completed my #nativeplant Studies certificate with Native Plant Trust. Here are some photos of my portfolio!
Nursery tasks for the day:
- Taking inventory and updating it on my website
- Promoting our appearance at the Lunenburg Artisan's Market on Sunday.
... and more, but those are highest priority.
- Taking inventory and updating it on my website
- Promoting our appearance at the Lunenburg Artisan's Market on Sunday.
... and more, but those are highest priority.
May 6, 2025 at 2:58 PM
Nursery tasks for the day:
- Taking inventory and updating it on my website
- Promoting our appearance at the Lunenburg Artisan's Market on Sunday.
... and more, but those are highest priority.
- Taking inventory and updating it on my website
- Promoting our appearance at the Lunenburg Artisan's Market on Sunday.
... and more, but those are highest priority.
How did I forget to post the final day of #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth? This one is "I’uni Kwi Athi? Hiatho." by Roberta Hill Whiteman.
The ground I was born to
wants me to leave.
I’ve searched everywhere to tell you
my eyes are with the hazels.
Read more on ko-fi: ko-fi.com/post/Iuni-Kw...
The ground I was born to
wants me to leave.
I’ve searched everywhere to tell you
my eyes are with the hazels.
Read more on ko-fi: ko-fi.com/post/Iuni-Kw...
May 3, 2025 at 2:58 PM
How did I forget to post the final day of #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth? This one is "I’uni Kwi Athi? Hiatho." by Roberta Hill Whiteman.
The ground I was born to
wants me to leave.
I’ve searched everywhere to tell you
my eyes are with the hazels.
Read more on ko-fi: ko-fi.com/post/Iuni-Kw...
The ground I was born to
wants me to leave.
I’ve searched everywhere to tell you
my eyes are with the hazels.
Read more on ko-fi: ko-fi.com/post/Iuni-Kw...
We're in the home stretch with #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth! Today we have "Red" by Cheryl Savageau.
"Though acid falls from the clouds
maples have gathered on the hillsides
in every direction See how they celebrate
They are wearing their brightest dresses."
ko-fi.com/post/Red--Ch...
"Though acid falls from the clouds
maples have gathered on the hillsides
in every direction See how they celebrate
They are wearing their brightest dresses."
ko-fi.com/post/Red--Ch...
April 29, 2025 at 3:12 PM
We're in the home stretch with #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth! Today we have "Red" by Cheryl Savageau.
"Though acid falls from the clouds
maples have gathered on the hillsides
in every direction See how they celebrate
They are wearing their brightest dresses."
ko-fi.com/post/Red--Ch...
"Though acid falls from the clouds
maples have gathered on the hillsides
in every direction See how they celebrate
They are wearing their brightest dresses."
ko-fi.com/post/Red--Ch...
More #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "The Yellow Violet" by William Cullen Bryant, about Viola pubescens.
"When beechen buds begin to swell,
And woods the blue-bird’s warble know,
The yellow violet’s modest bell
Peeps from the last year’s leaves below."
Read more: ko-fi.com/post/The-Yel...
"When beechen buds begin to swell,
And woods the blue-bird’s warble know,
The yellow violet’s modest bell
Peeps from the last year’s leaves below."
Read more: ko-fi.com/post/The-Yel...
April 24, 2025 at 12:53 PM
More #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "The Yellow Violet" by William Cullen Bryant, about Viola pubescens.
"When beechen buds begin to swell,
And woods the blue-bird’s warble know,
The yellow violet’s modest bell
Peeps from the last year’s leaves below."
Read more: ko-fi.com/post/The-Yel...
"When beechen buds begin to swell,
And woods the blue-bird’s warble know,
The yellow violet’s modest bell
Peeps from the last year’s leaves below."
Read more: ko-fi.com/post/The-Yel...
Our little #nativeplants nursery will be at Fitchburg's Earth Day celebration tomorrow:
April 22 2025, 2pm-5pm
730 Main Street (lot adjacent to city hall)
Fitchburg, MA
See our blog post for more details of what we'll have available! redtrilliumgardens.com/posts/update...
April 22 2025, 2pm-5pm
730 Main Street (lot adjacent to city hall)
Fitchburg, MA
See our blog post for more details of what we'll have available! redtrilliumgardens.com/posts/update...
April 21, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Our little #nativeplants nursery will be at Fitchburg's Earth Day celebration tomorrow:
April 22 2025, 2pm-5pm
730 Main Street (lot adjacent to city hall)
Fitchburg, MA
See our blog post for more details of what we'll have available! redtrilliumgardens.com/posts/update...
April 22 2025, 2pm-5pm
730 Main Street (lot adjacent to city hall)
Fitchburg, MA
See our blog post for more details of what we'll have available! redtrilliumgardens.com/posts/update...
Reposted by Red Trillium Gardens - 59h Gulf of Maine Coastal Plain
Just added to the shop: Symplocarpus foetidus, the eastern skunk cabbage. I have a few 1-2 year old seedlings potted up so far (photo of seedlings in the post). If there's enough demand for it, I'll add more, so no worries if it sells out. These rival any hostas and grow in sun/shade #NativePlants
Eastern Skunk Cabbage (Symplocarpus foetidus)
This is the first flower to bloom, creating heat to push up through ice and snow in late winter with its strikingly unusual alien-like albeit smelly flowers
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April 15, 2025 at 9:11 PM
Just added to the shop: Symplocarpus foetidus, the eastern skunk cabbage. I have a few 1-2 year old seedlings potted up so far (photo of seedlings in the post). If there's enough demand for it, I'll add more, so no worries if it sells out. These rival any hostas and grow in sun/shade #NativePlants
Good stuff, but lemme add my own, in order from highest to lowest effectiveness:
- Bt (Mosquito Bits/Dunks)
- A layer of vermiculite or sand on top
- keep a fan going
- yellow sticky traps
Be especially vigilant when you bring plants in that have been outdoors for a while!
- Bt (Mosquito Bits/Dunks)
- A layer of vermiculite or sand on top
- keep a fan going
- yellow sticky traps
Be especially vigilant when you bring plants in that have been outdoors for a while!
Read the article here: https://learndirt.com/learn/how-to-deal-with-fungus-gnats/
April 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM
Good stuff, but lemme add my own, in order from highest to lowest effectiveness:
- Bt (Mosquito Bits/Dunks)
- A layer of vermiculite or sand on top
- keep a fan going
- yellow sticky traps
Be especially vigilant when you bring plants in that have been outdoors for a while!
- Bt (Mosquito Bits/Dunks)
- A layer of vermiculite or sand on top
- keep a fan going
- yellow sticky traps
Be especially vigilant when you bring plants in that have been outdoors for a while!
Next up in #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "Decaedom: A Spell for Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina)", by Alison Granucci.
But Wild Cherry revivaldies!
Bacteria, earthworms, fungiall recylefeast —
All to celebrate impermanence which is
The Kingdom of Decaedom.
ko-fi.com/Post/Decaedo...
But Wild Cherry revivaldies!
Bacteria, earthworms, fungiall recylefeast —
All to celebrate impermanence which is
The Kingdom of Decaedom.
ko-fi.com/Post/Decaedo...
April 15, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Next up in #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "Decaedom: A Spell for Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina)", by Alison Granucci.
But Wild Cherry revivaldies!
Bacteria, earthworms, fungiall recylefeast —
All to celebrate impermanence which is
The Kingdom of Decaedom.
ko-fi.com/Post/Decaedo...
But Wild Cherry revivaldies!
Bacteria, earthworms, fungiall recylefeast —
All to celebrate impermanence which is
The Kingdom of Decaedom.
ko-fi.com/Post/Decaedo...
Describe me this way some day:
“Anne has a way with flowers to take the place
Of that she’s lost: she goes down on one knee
And lifts their faces by the chin to hers
And says their names, and leaves them where they are.”
“The Self-Seeker,” Robert Frost
#nativeplants #naturepoetry
“Anne has a way with flowers to take the place
Of that she’s lost: she goes down on one knee
And lifts their faces by the chin to hers
And says their names, and leaves them where they are.”
“The Self-Seeker,” Robert Frost
#nativeplants #naturepoetry
April 14, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Describe me this way some day:
“Anne has a way with flowers to take the place
Of that she’s lost: she goes down on one knee
And lifts their faces by the chin to hers
And says their names, and leaves them where they are.”
“The Self-Seeker,” Robert Frost
#nativeplants #naturepoetry
“Anne has a way with flowers to take the place
Of that she’s lost: she goes down on one knee
And lifts their faces by the chin to hers
And says their names, and leaves them where they are.”
“The Self-Seeker,” Robert Frost
#nativeplants #naturepoetry
Oops, I’ve gotten behind on #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth! Today: Trillium grandiflorum, as featured in Mary Oliver’s “Trilliums.”
ko-fi.com/post/Trilliu...
ko-fi.com/post/Trilliu...
April 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Oops, I’ve gotten behind on #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth! Today: Trillium grandiflorum, as featured in Mary Oliver’s “Trilliums.”
ko-fi.com/post/Trilliu...
ko-fi.com/post/Trilliu...
Next up on #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "Marcescence" by Denton Loving, about American beech (Fagus grandifolia).
"A term for how trees like the beech hold
thinly bronzed leaves long into winter,
awaiting that secret signal to wake."
ko-fi.com/post/Marcesc...
"A term for how trees like the beech hold
thinly bronzed leaves long into winter,
awaiting that secret signal to wake."
ko-fi.com/post/Marcesc...
"Marcescence" - Denton Loving - Fagus grandifolia
redtrilliumgardens published a post on Ko-fi
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April 9, 2025 at 6:31 PM
Next up on #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "Marcescence" by Denton Loving, about American beech (Fagus grandifolia).
"A term for how trees like the beech hold
thinly bronzed leaves long into winter,
awaiting that secret signal to wake."
ko-fi.com/post/Marcesc...
"A term for how trees like the beech hold
thinly bronzed leaves long into winter,
awaiting that secret signal to wake."
ko-fi.com/post/Marcesc...
Next in #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "Ghost-Flowers," by Mary Thacher Higginson, celebrating Monotropa uniflora (ghost pipes).
"No Angelus, except the wild bird's lay,
Awakes these forest nuns; yet night and day
Their heads are bent, as if in prayerful mood."
ko-fi.com/post/Ghost-F...
"No Angelus, except the wild bird's lay,
Awakes these forest nuns; yet night and day
Their heads are bent, as if in prayerful mood."
ko-fi.com/post/Ghost-F...
April 4, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Next in #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "Ghost-Flowers," by Mary Thacher Higginson, celebrating Monotropa uniflora (ghost pipes).
"No Angelus, except the wild bird's lay,
Awakes these forest nuns; yet night and day
Their heads are bent, as if in prayerful mood."
ko-fi.com/post/Ghost-F...
"No Angelus, except the wild bird's lay,
Awakes these forest nuns; yet night and day
Their heads are bent, as if in prayerful mood."
ko-fi.com/post/Ghost-F...
I apologize to all my friends who may be posting about beaver scent glands, but I need to mute a certain word for my own certainty.
April 3, 2025 at 5:36 PM
I apologize to all my friends who may be posting about beaver scent glands, but I need to mute a certain word for my own certainty.
#nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth continues, with "Mountain Laurel" from Kasey Jueds, celebrating Kalmia latifolia.
"Even never having seen/mountain laurel in June, try/to hold it close: near dark, a trembling/of tiny lamps, candling the wished-upon/hours"
More info: ko-fi.com/Post/Mountai...
"Even never having seen/mountain laurel in June, try/to hold it close: near dark, a trembling/of tiny lamps, candling the wished-upon/hours"
More info: ko-fi.com/Post/Mountai...
April 3, 2025 at 2:44 PM
#nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth continues, with "Mountain Laurel" from Kasey Jueds, celebrating Kalmia latifolia.
"Even never having seen/mountain laurel in June, try/to hold it close: near dark, a trembling/of tiny lamps, candling the wished-upon/hours"
More info: ko-fi.com/Post/Mountai...
"Even never having seen/mountain laurel in June, try/to hold it close: near dark, a trembling/of tiny lamps, candling the wished-upon/hours"
More info: ko-fi.com/Post/Mountai...
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Geranium maculatum today. #nativeplants 🌱
April 2, 2025 at 4:08 PM
Geranium maculatum today. #nativeplants 🌱
It's no April Fool -- it's day 1 of #nativeplant #poetry month!
We begin with "The Blue-Flag in the Bog," by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which features Iris versicolor (blue-flag iris).
You can read more about this public Ko-fi post: ko-fi.com/Post/The-Blu...
We begin with "The Blue-Flag in the Bog," by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which features Iris versicolor (blue-flag iris).
You can read more about this public Ko-fi post: ko-fi.com/Post/The-Blu...
April 1, 2025 at 1:58 PM
It's no April Fool -- it's day 1 of #nativeplant #poetry month!
We begin with "The Blue-Flag in the Bog," by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which features Iris versicolor (blue-flag iris).
You can read more about this public Ko-fi post: ko-fi.com/Post/The-Blu...
We begin with "The Blue-Flag in the Bog," by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which features Iris versicolor (blue-flag iris).
You can read more about this public Ko-fi post: ko-fi.com/Post/The-Blu...
What I have spent a significant chunk of my morning doing -- figuring out which orchid Robert Frost was writing about in "The Quest of the Orchis."
... why am I like this?
... why am I like this?
March 28, 2025 at 2:35 PM
What I have spent a significant chunk of my morning doing -- figuring out which orchid Robert Frost was writing about in "The Quest of the Orchis."
... why am I like this?
... why am I like this?
Ain't no party like a Corylus party 'cause a Corylus party has magenta streamers!
(i.e. Female flowers of our native hazelnut are in bloom!)
#nativeplants #nativeplantsofthenortheast
(i.e. Female flowers of our native hazelnut are in bloom!)
#nativeplants #nativeplantsofthenortheast
March 26, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Ain't no party like a Corylus party 'cause a Corylus party has magenta streamers!
(i.e. Female flowers of our native hazelnut are in bloom!)
#nativeplants #nativeplantsofthenortheast
(i.e. Female flowers of our native hazelnut are in bloom!)
#nativeplants #nativeplantsofthenortheast
Been keeping busy! Yesterday's work:
✅ Attended the local pollinator habitat meeting
✅ Brainstormed with my market helper about improvements for this season
✅ Finished moving my overwintered plants off the ground; repotted a few
Today:
✅ "Weds woods" time
⬜️ Repotting plants
⬜️ Blog post?
✅ Attended the local pollinator habitat meeting
✅ Brainstormed with my market helper about improvements for this season
✅ Finished moving my overwintered plants off the ground; repotted a few
Today:
✅ "Weds woods" time
⬜️ Repotting plants
⬜️ Blog post?
March 26, 2025 at 5:27 PM
Been keeping busy! Yesterday's work:
✅ Attended the local pollinator habitat meeting
✅ Brainstormed with my market helper about improvements for this season
✅ Finished moving my overwintered plants off the ground; repotted a few
Today:
✅ "Weds woods" time
⬜️ Repotting plants
⬜️ Blog post?
✅ Attended the local pollinator habitat meeting
✅ Brainstormed with my market helper about improvements for this season
✅ Finished moving my overwintered plants off the ground; repotted a few
Today:
✅ "Weds woods" time
⬜️ Repotting plants
⬜️ Blog post?