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In giving wildflower seeds, you are giving the gift of flowers for decades to come.

#nativeplants #nativegarden #gardening #alwaysbesowing #PNW #christmas #gift #wildflowers #flowers
Our PNW native groundcover collection includes: Douglas Iris, Riverbank Lupine, Oregon Sunshine, Lanceleaf Self Heal, and Seaside Daisy and a custom hand sewn gift bag. https://www.etsy.com/listing/4418774483/garden-lovers-gift-groundcover-seed Each collection includes 5 packets of PNW native seeds. https://sleepycatnatives.etsy.com Our Oak Savanna collection is a selection of Willamette Valley natives once commonly seen growing in the Garry Oak understory. This collection includes Blue Gilia, Dark Throat Shooting Star, Elegant Tarweed, Meadow Checkermallow, and our Clarkia Mix (assortment of the three Clarkia species found in the Willamette Valley). https://www.etsy.com/listing/4418442980/willamette-valley-oak-savanna-collection
December 10, 2025 at 7:12 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
A look back at some of the bird visitors in my native gardens this year.

#Birds #Wisconsin #NativePlants #NativeGarden #wildlife
An American robin fledgling on a pile of dogwood branches. Wild geranium and eastern red columbine can be seen blooming in the background. A house wren returning to the nest box with food for its chicks. A ruby throated hummingbird visiting royal catchfly. A female mallard duck swimming in my garden pond.
December 3, 2025 at 3:23 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
The native garden is covered in snow.

#Winter #Snow #Wisconsin #NativeGarden #NativePlants
November 29, 2025 at 11:55 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
❄️ Let it snow ❄️

#Wisconsin #Winter #Snow #NativeGarden #NativePlants
Snow-topped purple coneflower seed heads.
November 29, 2025 at 8:26 PM
ciabernales.com
Morning walk in the backyard, November 28, 2025 😀🥶 Feels 36F.

#ciaheartsgardening #urbangarden #jerseycitygardens
#nativegarden
Frozen water bowl out in the backyard in Jersey City. Feels 36F.
November 28, 2025 at 2:31 PM
wildscapemuse.bsky.social
🦃 Happy Thanksgiving, Garden Dreamers!

Tomorrow's the day! 🌿

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November 27, 2025 at 6:00 PM
sleepycatnatives.bsky.social
I'm happy to announce Blue Elderberry (Sambucus caerulea) seeds are now available in the Sleepy Cat Natives' Etsy shop!
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#nativeseeds #nativegarden #nativefood #wildlifegarden #pnw
Loaded with beautiful nutritious berries! Elderberry flowers are a buffet for all sorts of pollinators! Elderberry flowers are huge umbels comprising hundreds of tiny flowers.
November 21, 2025 at 4:12 AM
dianelopezw.bsky.social
Nootka Rose, Rosa nutkana,is used medicinally by a great number of indigenous peoples to treat a wide variety of ailments, and also ceremonially, in handcrafts, and as a food source. I have two shrubs. #nativeflora #nativegarden #rose #plantmedicine #pacificnorthwest
November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
sleepycatnatives.bsky.social
Got holes in your garden beds you need to fill? Want them to be evergreen and uninteresting to deer? Here are 4 Oregon natives that check all of those boxes!

#evergreennatives #nativeplants #nativegarden #flowers #gardening #pnw #oregon #alwaysbesowing #seeds
River Bank Lupine is a big one, with super showy flowers in late Spring and is green year around! It's a fantastic weed suppressor. Oregon Sunshine is a bright and cheerful plant! It grows up to 2 ft tall when in flower, and while not in flower tends to hover around 1 ft tall and forms a lovely silver evergreen mat. It's an excellent weed suppressor while still playing well with it's neighbors. Seaside Daisy is a looong blooming evergreen beauty! It starts blooming at the end of April and when happy and with a little deadheading can continue through November! I have 8 that are still blooming today (November 19)! Douglas Iris is Oregon's only native evergreen Pacific Coast Iris! It's extremely showy while flowering, and once the flowers have disappeared it has a beautiful clump grass appearance that continues through the Winter!
November 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
ciabernales.com
Morning walk in the backyard, November 15, 2025 😀 I’ve learned to love “winter interest” in our native garden. There’s no cleaning until next year in the spring!

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November 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
The last plains sunflower, and the very last flower overall in my #NativeGarden for the 2025 season.

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November 14, 2025 at 4:21 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
A snow covered plains sunflower from Monday.

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November 12, 2025 at 4:58 PM
frauer.bsky.social
Late fall interest in the #NativeGarden from the asters and showy goldenrod
Aster seed heads Goldenrod seed heads
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
We had a couple inches of snow overnight. Not too bad. Some areas had a lot more, so no complaints from me! I'll save that for the rest of winter. 😆

#snow #Wisconsin #autumn #nativegarden #weather
A picnic table covered in snow. Snow topping my purple coneflower seedheads. Fall colors in the background. Snow covering my purple coneflower seedheads. A dusting of snow on a small pumpkin.
November 10, 2025 at 2:29 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
We're snailposting, post your favorite snails.

This one was on an old leaf in my native garden.

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November 9, 2025 at 10:26 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
I almost forgot I took some video of this goldfinch too.

#birds #nativeplants #nativegarden #sunflower #wisconsin
November 9, 2025 at 4:15 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
First snow of the season. I'm not ready for it, but Mother Nature rarely cares about whether we're ready or not.

#snow #Wisconsin #nativegarden #nativeplants
Snow on a purple coneflower seed head. Snow on a purple coneflower seed head. Snow on purple coneflower seed heads. Snow on a picnic table.
November 9, 2025 at 3:24 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
More fall colors in and around the yard. It's fading fast, though.

#nativegarden #fallcolors #autumn #leaves #fall #wisconsin
My nest box and native garden, and fall colors provided by my neighbor's non-native maple. My nest box with fall colors in the background. My birch tree with yellow and green leaves (Go Pack Go). Leaves in my yard include silver maple, eastern redbud, and cottonwood.
November 7, 2025 at 5:56 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
The plains sunflowers (H. petiolaris) I planted in memory of my grandma are still providing for wildlife will into November. 🥲 Still blooming and still producing seed. The goldfinches have been visiting them for months!

#nativeplants #nativegarden #birds
American goldfinch eating plains sunflower seeds. American goldfinch eating plains sunflower seeds.
November 7, 2025 at 5:42 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
My prairie smoke thinks it's spring.

#nativeplants #nativegarden #gardening #wisconsin #geumtriflorum
November 5, 2025 at 8:05 PM
see3trees.bsky.social
Finding a five-lined Skink in my natural habitat yard made my day! #nativegarden #nativeplants #wildlife #nature #reptile #eastcoastkin
I discovered a beautiful five-lined skink under a clay pot, so I put the pot back in place to let this lovely creature hibernate.
November 4, 2025 at 12:36 AM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
Point Beach campground's native garden.

#PointBeachStateForest #Wisconsin #camping #nativegarden #nativeplants
Showy goldenrod Mountain mint and showy goldenrod. Little bluestem Several insects on a gray-headed coneflower, including a bumble bee.
November 3, 2025 at 2:41 PM
thenativeguild.bsky.social
🌿Planting manzanitas isn’t just a gardening choice — it’s an act of connection

Using locally native manzanitas ties your garden to the surrounding landscape, supports local wildlife, and conserves the genetics of plants already adapted to your climate
#Manzanita #GrowNativePlants #NativeGarden
Manzanita sprig with their "little apples" glowing in the sun. Blurred background Eastwood Manzanita in the sun, bursting with berries
November 1, 2025 at 3:07 PM
jbtheexplorer.bsky.social
My plains sunflower is still hanging on, and it had a visitor today.

#nativeplants #nativegarden #sunflower
October 27, 2025 at 10:10 PM
ciabernales.com
How a New Jersey native garden looks like in mid-October 🧵

#ciaheartsgardening #urbangarden #jerseycitygardens
#nativegarden
October 19, 2025 at 3:22 PM