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Matilija poppy (Romneya) [Photography]
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Matilija Poppy Along The LA River in Frogtown [Photography]
15 Bee-Friendly Native Flowers for Your Garden via Treehugger [Shared]
15 Bee-Friendly Native Flowers for Your Garden
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Looking to support the bees by planting their favorite flowers in your garden this season?
When you imagine bees feeding, mid-summer blooms like sunflowers or bee balm may come to mind. But don’t overlook the early and late bloomers that can feed hungry bees when they first emerge in spring or are furiously trying to fill their larders before winter—when their survival is most at stake.
Whatever your soil type, climate zone, or sun exposure, there are hundreds of bee-friendly annuals and perennials that you can grow in your garden. This list of our favorite 15 flowers is organized loosely by bloom time.
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Acanthus “Whitewater” From the 2022 Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour via Instagram [Photography]
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Garden Scene 10 From the 2022 Mary Lou Heard Memorial Garden Tour via Instagram [Photography]
Purple Petunias via Instagram [Photography]
How to Make a Mason Bee House for Your Garden via Lifehacker [Shared]
How to Make a Mason Bee House for Your Garden
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Gardeners know that having bees around is a big help in the garden. Some gardeners even turn to urban beekeeping to attract some industrious pollinators to the yard (and reap the reward: honey). If you’re not quite ready for full-on beekeeping, you can still get in on the game by attracting solitary bees with a mason bee house, which gives mason bees a place to reproduce. These species are usually indigenous, as they aren’t cultivated for their honey production and can still be industrious pollinators.
‘Every tree counts’: Dutch come up with cunning way to create forests for free | Trees and forests via The Guardian [Shared]
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In a clearing in the Amsterdamse Bos, a forest on the outskirts of the Dutch capital, is a “tree hub” where hundreds of saplings, among them hazelnut, sweet cherry, field maple, beech, chestnut and ash, are organised by type.
The idea behind it is simple: every day unwanted tree saplings were being cleared and thrown away when those young trees could be carefully collected and transplanted to where they are wanted.
Volunteers have already collected thousands of saplings cleared from woodland paths and those unlikely to survive in the forest shade. On Saturday, on donate a seedling day, people will be encouraged to take unwanted saplings or cuttings from their own gardens and give them to 200 tree hub locations across the Netherlands.
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Video: In the garden…Neighborhood Seed Gathering – October 10, 2014
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A fearless gardener shares some of her nonrules via GardenRant [Shared]
I often break gardening rules for many reasons — ignorance, laziness, contrarianism. (SMILE) Still, we each find our own way in the gardening world. — Douglas
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Do you know what I hate? Being told how I’m supposed to do something. Phrases like “that’s just how it’s done…” or “everybody does it that way” always get my hackles up. Usually, the person giving the advice has nothing but the best intentions, but I still end up questioning why I should listen. Just because that’s how everyone does it doesn’t mean it’s how I want to do it. I’m not “everyone” and neither are you.
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Why Native Plants Gardening is The Best – Guide to The Next Big Gardening Trend via Food52 [Shared]
My Top 30 Native Plants for the Garden via Harmony in the Garden [Shared]
My Top 30 Native Plants for the Garden – Harmony in the Garden
I’ve been designing gardens with native plants for decades, using both California native and those native to the different regions of the US.
And, after all these years, I’ve come up with my Top 30 favorite native plants that thrive in a garden setting.
What makes these plants a favorite?
Most importantly, they must reliably return year after year.
Following that, they must also be a stunning addition to the garden (hopefully offering more than one season of interest) while attracting loads of pollinators.
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Historical Garden Books – 127 in a series – An essay on the making of gardens; being a study of old Italian gardens, of the nature of beauty, and the principles involved in garden design (1909) by Sir George Reresby Sitwell
Vintage Botanical Print – 77 in a series- Three Forms of Melaleuca from Comprehensive catalogue of Queensland plants, both indigenous and naturalised (1909)
Flowering Now: Lady Banks’ Rose Flowers Closeup via TikTok [Video]
Dazzling Dahlias – 66 in a series – Dahlia Decaisneana from From Revue horticole (1864)
From bean to pod in 42 days 🌱 via BoxLapse on Tikitok [Video]
8 Easy-Care Perennials for Set-It-and-Forget-It Gardening via Well+Good [Shared]
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As fun as it is to pick out new plants and watch them grow, there’s no need to start from scratch every year. Gardening with easy-care perennials allows you to enjoy your plants year after year with just a little bit of maintenance, explains Alfred Palomares, vice president of merchandising at 1-800-Flowers. When planning a perennial garden, start by considering the climate and location.
Read 8 Easy-Care Perennials for Set-It-and-Forget-It Gardening | Well+Good
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Why Native Plants Gardening is The Best – Guide to The Next Big Gardening Trend via Food52 [Shared]
Fire-Resistant Landscaping via California Native Plant Society
Why Native Plants Gardening is The Best – Guide to The Next Big Gardening Trend via Food52 [Shared]
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Planting a tree and seeing it grow and thrive is one of the most long-lasting and fulfilling gardening experiences. I feel that way about the gingko in our front yard, but when it comes to wildlife value, a gingko is almost like having a plastic tree in your yard—it has zero value to the little critters that make nature work. A gingko attracts no caterpillars at all (which are essential for birds to raise their young), but a native oak, on the other hand, supports more than 550 species of caterpillars. According to Doug Tallamy, a professor of entomology and wildlife ecology at the University of Delaware and a leading voice in the movement to plant more natives, a single pair of chickadees needs 6,000 to 9,000 caterpillars to feed one clutch of young.
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Flowering Now: Rosa “Bewitched” in our garden via Instagram [Photography]
Historical Seed Catalogs – 72 in a series – Baker Bros. Spring 1894 : roses, trees, plants, vegetable seeds, etc.