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.
Ah, 18th century botanizing:
November 2, 2025 at 11:04 PM
Ah, 18th century botanizing:
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
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!
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...
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 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...
#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...
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
Not even getting into cultivars, there are questions about the nativity of wild Prunella vulgaris varieties. I have heard that var. lanceolata is the only one that's truly native. Here is what Flora Novae-Angliae has say about it. Note the letter codes; N=native, E=non-native.
March 24, 2025 at 5:46 PM
Not even getting into cultivars, there are questions about the nativity of wild Prunella vulgaris varieties. I have heard that var. lanceolata is the only one that's truly native. Here is what Flora Novae-Angliae has say about it. Note the letter codes; N=native, E=non-native.
I almost forgot my favorite one! I had nearly given this Viburnum acerifolium (maple leaf viburnum) up for dead! I cold and warm stratified it last year, saw the beginnings of radicle growth, but when I potted it up it did nothing! I can tell it’s the right plant, too; that seed is very distinctive.
March 22, 2025 at 3:26 PM
I almost forgot my favorite one! I had nearly given this Viburnum acerifolium (maple leaf viburnum) up for dead! I cold and warm stratified it last year, saw the beginnings of radicle growth, but when I potted it up it did nothing! I can tell it’s the right plant, too; that seed is very distinctive.
This one (smooth blue aster) worried me. See that muddy stuff on top? Those look like worm castings to me. I emptied it out and found a worm, too. So this one got a full repot in dry, fresh potting mix.
Further confirmation it's important to do this right MEOW.
Further confirmation it's important to do this right MEOW.
March 22, 2025 at 3:18 PM
This one (smooth blue aster) worried me. See that muddy stuff on top? Those look like worm castings to me. I emptied it out and found a worm, too. So this one got a full repot in dry, fresh potting mix.
Further confirmation it's important to do this right MEOW.
Further confirmation it's important to do this right MEOW.
Before and after on another Ionactis linariifolia. Lookit those healthy roots! This one got potted up into a pulp quart pot with dry/alpine mix. Sand on top instead of vermiculite.
(ran out of sand, though; gonna have to order more before I do any more dry/alpine repotting)
(ran out of sand, though; gonna have to order more before I do any more dry/alpine repotting)
March 22, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Before and after on another Ionactis linariifolia. Lookit those healthy roots! This one got potted up into a pulp quart pot with dry/alpine mix. Sand on top instead of vermiculite.
(ran out of sand, though; gonna have to order more before I do any more dry/alpine repotting)
(ran out of sand, though; gonna have to order more before I do any more dry/alpine repotting)
Zizia aptera (heart-leaved Alexanders; left) and Zizia aurea (golden Alexanders). These didn't need much.
March 22, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Zizia aptera (heart-leaved Alexanders; left) and Zizia aurea (golden Alexanders). These didn't need much.
Very smol Symphyotrichum laeve (smooth blue aster) shoots. I'm kind wondering what those pale root-like things are -- roots or shoots? They remind me of offset shoots I see on crocosmia.
March 22, 2025 at 3:12 PM
Very smol Symphyotrichum laeve (smooth blue aster) shoots. I'm kind wondering what those pale root-like things are -- roots or shoots? They remind me of offset shoots I see on crocosmia.
This foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) was already looking fantastic, and didn't need much more than some vermiculite! (And a new label).
March 22, 2025 at 3:10 PM
This foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis) was already looking fantastic, and didn't need much more than some vermiculite! (And a new label).
This Antennaria neglecta (field pussytoes) was not looking happy above ground. The roots look salvageable, though. This is another dry lover, so it was repotted and the dead leaves trimmed.
March 22, 2025 at 3:08 PM
This Antennaria neglecta (field pussytoes) was not looking happy above ground. The roots look salvageable, though. This is another dry lover, so it was repotted and the dead leaves trimmed.
Before and after cleanup on this Eurybia divaricata -- I think this is the only one I didn't sell last year! You can see it was going gangbusters under cover!
March 22, 2025 at 3:06 PM
Before and after cleanup on this Eurybia divaricata -- I think this is the only one I didn't sell last year! You can see it was going gangbusters under cover!