tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-83333300627986050732024-03-05T17:52:02.275-06:00A Corner GardenCorner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comBlogger791125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-48437810914553044802019-08-28T08:00:00.000-05:002019-08-28T10:40:40.314-05:00August Wildflower Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">It is time for Gail at<a href="https://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank"> Clay and Limestone's </a>Wildflower Wednesday.</span> I have two kinds of native plants to share photos of this time. I am sad that I am not finding my usual Comic Sans font to use.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Tall thistle is a native one that is not considered noxious like some are. It is one of those plants that has bees and butterflies on it all day long when it is in bloom. Here is some information on the plant: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CIAL2.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">There have been eastern tiger swallowtails, which I haven't gotten a photo of, and different black swallowtails of some kind. I tried to figure out what kind this is, but can't tell. It doesn't have the white spots on its body some in the photos do. The bumble bee is different than most we see here. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I have been seeing quite a few of these bees on the blooms each day, and it is fun to watch them. Someone on Facebook let me know these are thistle longhorned bees. They are smaller than bumblebees. I had just come across an article that talked about insects that specialize on specific native plants, so it is good to plant a number of different kinds to provide for them. I am tickled that these bees have found the tall thistles here!</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">I am not sure what kind of bumble bee this is.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Here is a different kind of skipper than the one in a previous photo.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Georgia, "Times New Roman", serif;"><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", sans-serif;">Helenium autumnale plants have been blooming for a few days. I normally cut them and a few other plants back in the spring to keep them bushy and not get too tall and lanky. I experimented with not doing that this year, and have been tying lots of flopping plants up. The insects do not seem to care one way or the other! Here is some information on them: https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEAU. I didn't remember that they prefer a moist area. Mine get a bit of watering from our lawn sprinkler, but the area does not stay moist at all times. </span></span><br />
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Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-25068289940164420582019-07-24T21:35:00.001-05:002019-07-24T21:35:41.369-05:00Mountain Mints<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
There are several kinds of mountain mints, and I seem to have a collection of a number of them. It has been amazing to go out and see what all insects are feeding from the blooms all day long! <br />
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The first four photos are narrowleaf mountain mint. It isn't getting as many visitors as the others, but maybe it is because the area is more shaded. <br />
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The next four are the mountain mint next to the front walk that probably gets the most pollinators on it. I asked our five year old granddaughter to come see all of the different insects on these blooms today, and explained that if she doesn't try to touch them, she can watch them, and they won't sting her. She asked if she could talk to them, and she said something very sweet to them. I told her they didn't know what she was saying, though. Then we went to other parts of the yard to see the bees, butterflies and such.<br />
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The rest of these are short-toothed mountain mint.<br />
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Cleome serrulata is a native self sowing annual. I was tickled to get some seeds at a plant/seed share, I think, last season. It is the first year I have had them in front of our picture window, anyway. Planted in the fall, they come up in the spring. I am posting to participate in Gail's at <a href="https://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Clay and Limestone</a> Wildflower Wednesday.<br />
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Of all the plants in the yard, this plant, also called Rocky Mountain beeplant has had the longest bloom time, and has attracted about as many pollinators as the different kinds of mountain mints. It has been fun seeing lots of American ladies earlier in the season, and now, painted ladies on the blooms<br />
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I am signed up for a class on bee identification in August. I hope to be able to remember the names of the bees on the blooms in the yard. It is fun seeing a number of different kinds here.<br />
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I am not remembering what this yellow creature is. I always like to see different kinds of insects feeding near each other. They seem to be better at sharing than we are sometimes.<br />
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I am thinking these are a sweat bee of some kind. It is fun to watch them balancing like this.<br />
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The Lady Bird Johnson site says they get 3 to 6 feet tall. These are at least 4 feet tall. They do well in dry soil, and sun to part sun. In addition to providing for bees and butterflies, doves and other small birds eat the seeds. https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CLSE</div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-44432015019361298112018-10-24T08:27:00.000-05:002018-10-24T10:25:02.650-05:00October Wildflower Wednesday/East Bed Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The garden season is wrapping up, and there are not many blooms left. We had a heavy, wet snow a week and a half ago, which caused a number of plants to break or lean over. I am glad most have perked up and are showing nice fall colors. I decided to do a post showing the east front bed instead of focusing on one plant for Wildflower Wednesday, hosted by Gail at <a href="https://www.clayandlimestone.com/2018/10/wildflower-wednesday-frost-asters.html" target="_blank">Clay and Limestone</a>. I want to look at some older posts to see changes over time. I am in the process of making changes to a number of areas, including this bed. I wonder if I will reach a point where I won't want to keep making the changes. I tend to plop plants in without a design, and while there are lots of blooms and pollinators, there are also holes that are not quite big enough for a plant the size of the ones around the space.<br />
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I am not a fan of the eastern fox squirrels we have, but we co-exist the best we can. <br />
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The squirrel is eating some of the seeds I scattered from the maximillian sunflower, and maybe the rosinweed, after removing a wild senna that was taking up too much space. I also scattered some pale Indian plantain seeds in the area. I don't know if they eat those.<br />
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I skipped over some of the west side of the area, and went to the front of the bed, where we are facing south. I think my plan was to start here with the photos, and not include the squirrel photos, but I changed my mind. The tall plant on the left is sweet black eyed susan. The brown plant in the middle is one of the sneezeweed plants that have self sown around. The other ones are not as brown as this one. I am also seeing brown coneflower plants and seedheads that the birds have been eating from. The sign shows we are a Monarch Waystation.<br />
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The New England aster in front did not bloom this year. I cut several of them back, because they had a disease that was causing the leaves to turn brown. The others bloomed, thankfully, and I am glad the foliage that came back is looking better. The brown stem is common milkweed.<br />
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The green foliage next to the sign is one of a number of amsonias of different kinds, which seem to have cross pollinated with each other and given me my own kind of amsonias. They are loaded with lovely blue blooms in the spring, but need to be trimmed back a couple or so times in the summer so they won't flop over. I am thinking about taking some out to make room for other plants with longer bloom times. I need to figure out which ones.<br />
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This is facing west. The brown seed heads are yellow giant hyssop, a new to me plant that I am enjoying. My memory has not been very good the last few months. This is either the first or second season for this lovely plant, which I have two of. Oh, I also scattered some seeds from it in the area where I made a space for seeds. The plant to the right is gray headed coneflower. The tall plant in the back is cup plant, which is on the other side of the front sidewalk.<br />
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You can tell it is fall! The yellow amsonia hubrichtii will be staying.<br />
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You would not see a number of the plants I have, such as maximillian sunflower and meadow rue, the plant with the lovely colors growing together in nature, but they seem to do OK here.<br />
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This amsonia on the left side of the photo may be one that I dig out at some point. The sweet black eyed susan is flopping. Oh, the little shrub on the right is an American black current. It replaced the butterfly bush that had been there before I found out the seeds can get into the waterway and grow down the way, crowding out native plants.<br />
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We turned the corner and are facing north. The area between the bicycle and the fence is where the seeds are planted.<br />
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I wish I could remember which kinds of asters are which. They have self sown around. I don't even notice them much until they bloom. It is fun to see the different kinds of pollinators that depend on them in the fall.<br />
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Here is where we started with the squirrel. I was thinking the plant with the tall brown seed heads was prairie bush clover, but just now, when I did a search, I think I figured out that it is round-headed bush clover. I had two of them, but one died after after a few years. The asters and mountain mint are mingling nicely. <br />
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The liatris by the fake bird house has grown here a number of years. I don't remember what kind it is.<br />
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Here is the maximillian sunflower clump that I scattered some seeds from in the other area. I was pleased to read recently in Heather Holm's <a href="https://www.facebook.com/PollinatorsNativePlants" target="_blank">Pollinators of Native Plants </a>that it is a host plant for silvery checkerspots and bordered patch butterflies, which must explain why I saw bordered patch butterflies several times this season. I don't remember seeing them in the past, but there may have been an occasional one. There have usually been some silvery checkerspots around, and I did see some of those this season as well. There is a bordered patch on the asters in the header photo. (There are some seedheads of pale Indian plantain leaning on the sunflowers.)<br />
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I wasn't remembering what the plant next to the stake is, until I asked in the Facebook group, Gardening with Nature in Mind, and was told it is rosinweed. I may have picked it up in one of our plant shares we have for the local members. <br />
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We are back to the sweet black eyed susan. I think I am going to trim them back early in the season so they won't get as tall and flop.<br />
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I don't know what I was thinking when I planted pussy toes in an area with tall plants around it, but the clump has spread, and looks to like it there. There is a bare space behind this, where I planted some prairie milkweed plants, which did not grow much. I hope they do better next year.<br />
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I am thankful for our yard, and hope to start using my time more wisely, so I can be outside more. I hope all is well with you and your gardens.</div>
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Oh, my goodness! How did it get to be September already? Many plants are finished blooming for the season, but the fall bloomers are in full swing, adding beauty and nectar for the pollinators. It is awesome to be outside with butterflies and such flying around! <br />
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The plant I am going to feature for <a href="https://www.clayandlimestone.com/2018/09/wildflower-wednesday-fleischmannia.html" target="_blank">Gail's Wildflower Wednesday</a> this time is one that is new to me. I don't remember if I planted it last year, but this is the first season for it to bloom. It has been fun to watch the Helianthus maximiliani grow and then bloom. I have to admit to tying it up for support, as I have done with a number of tall or floppy plants. Here is information from the <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=hema2" target="_blank">Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.</a><br />
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I have these in pretty much full sun, in an area that gets hit with the sprinkler system my husband uses on the lawn when it has not been raining in awhile.<br />
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I wrote down the dates in the order the photos were taken, but for some reason, they didn't load in order. I rearranged them, and decided to delete a few, but I think I figured out the dates these were taken.<br />
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I can tell this one is from July 26. It is definitely not an early bloomer. <br />
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This must have been taken August 3. Last month's featured plant, Cleome serrulata, Rocky Mountain Bee plant was in full bloom here, and the Maximilian sunflowers were still not ready to bloom. Can you see the sunflower foliage in the middle?<br />
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This was taken September 14. Look! There are flower buds!<br />
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Here is what the top looked like the same day.<br />
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The next few were taken this week. The Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower site says these get 3 to 10 feet tall in one area of the page, and on another 3 to 6 feet. That is quite a range! The tallest stem here is about five feet high. The blooms face east.<br />
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The white seed heads are Pale Indian Plantain. I saw a wasp on one of them today. I don't know if there was any pollen on there or not.<br />
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I have seen butterflies and a few bees on the blooms, but not always when I have my camera handy. I read that numerous birds eat the seeds. I just hope the squirrels here don't eat them all.<br />
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Here is what the Cleome serrulata plants look like this week:<br />
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But wait! I need to show some photos of the action on the New England Asters, which I most likely have featured before. They are the hot spot for the pollinators this week. I counted 8 monarchs in this spot today, a bordered patch, and a bedraggled buckeye. This is a volunteer plant. I am not sure how long it has been here, but the older clumps had a disease of some kind, and I cut them back. Some of those are getting ready to bloom, and one has no buds yet. I am thankful for the healthy volunteers!<br />
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I hope to get more blogs visited next week. I have a lot going on this week, getting ready for a native plant/seed share this Saturday for the local members of a FB group, Gardening with Nature in Mind. I know I've said this before, but I miss visiting blogs like I used to, now that I am spending so much time on Facebook.<br />
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The next day, I saw a bordered patch butterfly and a buckeye butterfly on the sunflower blooms, and took some photos: <br />
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Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-5969176075765144192018-08-22T00:00:00.000-05:002018-08-22T07:16:24.950-05:00August 2018 Wildflower Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I get to do my <a href="https://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Wildflower Wednesday</a> post on a plant I've never grown before. This monthly event is hosted by Gail, of Clay and Limestone.<br />
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I had grown the non-native cleomes a number of years. I was pleased that someone, and I am not remembering who, sent me some seeds of the native kind, called Rocky Mountain Bee Plant, Cleome serrulata. Then some people in the Facebook group, Gardening with Nature in Mind brought some seedlings to a share we had, and I took one to plant in another spot. They both did well, and I am pleased they have had a number of insect visitors.<br />
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The photos are from different days, but did not get put in the order I tried to get them in, so just know that the ones with the green house in the background are the ones I planted from seed in the fall. The other is in the east front bed.<br />
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Cleome serrulata is a self sowing annual. I will collect seeds and plant some just in case it is not as reliable at it as the non-native ones I used to grow. The <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CLSE" target="_blank">Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center</a> says the plant gets 3 to 6 feet, and does well in sun to part shade. Mine are about three feet tall. It says the water use is medium, but then says dry later in the information. It is not overly dry here. The one by the house probably gets a bit less water than the other one. <br />
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This one in the front yard is kind of growing in the same space as a maximilian sunflower I don't remember planting. It seems to be holding its own.<br />
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The blooms on this one may be a little lighter colored than the other ones.<br />
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Can you see the visitors to the blooms here?<br />
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These are in the front yard:<br />
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I have enjoyed seeing all of the pollinators on the blooms.<br />
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The next two photos are out of order because a few of the photos did not show up when I first uploaded them, and I had to do them separately. I just noticed seed pods today, and think I will take them off to promote more blooming. That's how it works with most annuals. Do you have experience with these and deadheading them? <br />
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This photo was taken today.<br />
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In looking for more information to share, I found out from the <a href="https://plants.usda.gov/core/profile?symbol=CLSE" target="_blank">USDA database</a> that it can be considered a weed, and one of the sources they used is a book I have, Weeds of the Great Plains, published by the Nebraska Department of Agriculture. I looked it up in my book, and found that the seeds are a valuable food for mourning doves and songbirds, and it is a source of nectar for butterflies and night flying moths. A number of plants in our yard are in the book as well, such as heath aster, tall thistle, Helenim autmnale, which is a favorite of the bees here, lambsleaf sage, purple poppy mallow, and others. I guess they are all in good company. ;-)<br />
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I look forward to finding more spots for these showy blooms that provide for the pollinators. I hope all is well with whoever is reading this. I have not been posting except for Wildflower Wednesday, and have not kept up with the blogs I used to frequent. </div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-67678700662132844202018-07-25T12:50:00.000-05:002018-07-25T12:50:22.658-05:00July's Wildflower Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I almost forgot the date again. Each month goes by too quickly for me! It is sprinkling, so I just took some photos from the front porch. I've done posts like this before for <a href="https://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Gail's Wildflower Wednesday.</a> There will be no feature plant, but I will try to get many of the plants identified. Oh, I just got back from Gail's blog to get the link to it, and see she did something a bit different, too. She posted about not having a lot of sun, and putting natives in pots.<br />
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Here is the east flower bed. The tall plant is a wild senna that is native to the U.S. but not my SE Nebraska. The pink blooms by the fence are a cultivar of joe pye weed, 'Gateway'. The white blooms between the joy pye and liatris are a mountain mint of some kind.<br />
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The yellow blooms on the left are gray headed coneflowers. The tall airy blooms are a Thalictrum of some kind. I have always called them meadow rue, but the blooms look different than the ones I just looked up. I am not remembering what kind of liatris this is. The Monarda fistulosa on the right are finished blooming, while the ones across the sidewalk out of view just started blooming a week or so ago.<br />
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This is the west front bed where a silver maple tree used to be. This area doesn't get watered much. When I do water, either from the rain barrel or with a hose, I just get the ones that cannot handle being dry as much as the other plants. This time of year, a number of plants are finished blooming, while others, such as cup plant are coming into their own. The close up of the cup plant did not post at first, so I had to go back to get it, and it is toward the end of the post.<br />
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The green plant near the milkweeds is sweet black eyed susan. It will be blooming soon. You can see lots of coneflowers in the curb area, and some liatrises as well as others not visible in the photo.<br />
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The white blooms here are wild quinine. This wild senna is blooming ahead of the others in the yard.<br />
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The plant with the seed heads is giant coneflower, which is not nearly as tall as usual. I am not remembering what the plant with the flower buds behind the not yet blooming wild senna are.<br />
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Here is the close up of the cup plant! It has had a number of insect visitors, and will continue to.<br />
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There is another joe pye plant with the pink blooms in the background. The orange blooming Tithonias are not wildflowers, but they have had loads of visitors, and when the monarchs come through this fall, they will be attracted to this plant. All of those blooms are on two different plants that I started from seed indoors before planting time! The yellow blooms are another cultivar, Rudbeckia laciniata hortensia, also called golden glow and outhouse plant. They took over the raised flower bed in front of the house. There had been some liatris in there with them. I am probably not going to dig them out, because it could cause more water to get into our basement. <br />
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Our granddaughter will be here soon. I hope all is well with you and you are enjoying summer. Happy gardening!</div>
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I have probably talked about most of the plants I have for<a href="https://www.clayandlimestone.com/2018/06/wildflower-wednesday-lanceleaf-fogfruit.html" target="_blank"> Gail's Wildflower Wednesdays</a> over the years. Today, I want to talk about Culver's root with a bit of a different slant. Since I do not have a prairie, but a small corner lot, I usually cut back some plants like asters, Culver's root, monarda, sweet black eyed Susans and others that get tall and bloom later in the season so that they will bush out and not flop later in the season. I normally take off about 6 to 12 inches. I also deadhead the amsonias and cut back the baptisias after they bloom. Do you do any cutting back or trimming?<br />
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The <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=VEVI4" target="_blank">Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower</a> site says Culver's root gets 2 to 6 feet tall. That is quite a range! It is a plant that prefers to have some moisture. I have three of them, and they do not get the same amount of water as each other, since one does not get hit by the sprinkler system we use for the little bit of lawn we have. <br />
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I was sick this spring, and it has taken awhile to get my energy back. I was late getting the plants cut back, and some, I didn't get to. Since it causes the plants to be a bit shorter, and delays bloom time, I was surprised to see the two plants I trimmed starting to bloom already.<br />
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This is the plant across the way from the previous one.<br />
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Here is the plant that does not get as much water, and that I didn't get cut back. It did start blooming earlier than the others, and I tied it up because it was flopping. It looks like the blooms are going to be larger than the ones just coming on. I don't think the bloom size is affected on other plants I cut back. The monarda fistulosa I didn't get cut back has the same sized blooms as when I cut it back. It is very tall, and I was thinking it may not flop, but the latest rain really caused it to splay out, so it is tied up, too.<br />
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I have been seeing a few bees on the blooms.<br />
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This is a very tiny bee, about the size of an ant. At least I think it is a bee. It was flying.<br />
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We had a very late spring, and then it got very hot. We had some relief in the last week, with over 2 inches of rain! The heat is coming back this week. I hope all is well with you, and you are seeing some pollinators on your blooms.</div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-74426624113131513552018-05-23T21:51:00.002-05:002018-05-23T21:55:35.155-05:00May 2018 Wildflower Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Spring was late in coming this year, but it looks like summer will be a bit early. We are having highs in the upper 80s this week! I now have arthritis in my left knee, and am going to physical therapy, thankful they are not telling me to stop gardening. I have been sick over a week, though, and have not had the energy to garden. I did go out and take some photos today, and want to get a Wildflower Wednesday post linked up to <a href="https://www.clayandlimestone.com/2018/05/wildflower-wednesday-bears-foot-and.html" target="_blank">Gail's blog</a> before the day is over. Most of the photos did not turn out well, due to the amount of sunlight, but I found some that will be OK.<br />
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I am sure I have featured Golden Alexanders for Wildflower Wednesday before. They sure are easy to grow, and self sow all over the place, so I have lots to share with others in the spring. I have seen a few bees on them so far, but have not gotten photos of them. There are other creatures that make use of them as well. They are also a host plant for black swallowtail caterpillars, and I have been pleased to see some on the plants.<br />
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Here is the view from the porch. Look at all of the yellow! A variety of kinds of amsonias add blue to the area.<br />
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The yellow blooms on the plants along the sidewalk are what I call native coral bells, and Lady Bird Johnson's page call <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HERI" target="_blank">prairie alumroot.</a> These have been growing here quite a few years, and have done quite well in this dry, sunny area. All the other yellow blooms are the golden alexanders.<br />
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Here is a view from the street, where there is some <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=MOBR2" target="_blank">Monarda bradburiana</a> in front of a volunteer clump of golden alexanders. This monarda is not native to Nebraska, but it seems to do well in the flower beds.<br />
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I normally cut back a number of plants, such as the asters in the spring, so they will be less floppy, but I have not had the energy to do more than what I had done before I got sick, which was just a few.<br />
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I am not remembering which Amsonias are which now. I thought the narrow leaved ones were Amsonia hubrichtii, but when I looked that up, the plants I saw looked different. I don't know if any of them are Nebraska natives, but they are U.S. natives, and I am glad they get part sun, since that is their preference. I like all of the blue and yellow.<br />
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The last two photos did not load at first, so they are out of order. this is the front yard and shows a baptisia blooming. The cool looking plants getting ready to bloom are penstemons of some kind. I looked up shell leaf and wax leaf, but didn't figure it out.<br />
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This is definitely one I didn't plant, but it seems very happy and exuberant here.<br />
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The plants that grow around the yard receive different amounts of light and moisture. When I looked up golden alexanders for the post, I noticed it said the plant likes a moist site. It seems pretty adaptable in our SE Nebraska yard. I do not give them special treatment. I think I do do some deadheading, though, so it won't flop. Here is what <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ZIAU" target="_blank">Lady Bird Johnson's</a> page says.<br />
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I hope spring is going well for you, and you stay well! I am going to be so tickled to be able to do my gardening thing! </div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-79340335339757907112018-04-26T08:53:00.000-05:002018-04-26T09:01:56.745-05:00April 2018 Wildflower Wednesday, a Day Late<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Here is my Wildflower Wednesday post for April. It is hosted by <a href="https://www.clayandlimestone.com/2018/04/wildflower-wednesday-sedum-ternatum.html" target="_blank">Gail, of Clay and Limestone</a>. <br />
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Oh, my goodness! Spring seems to be finally here now. The plants have responded to the cold temperatures by not coming up as early as usual. I am tickled to see them finally growing, and look! The Virginia bluebells are starting to bloom! This clump has been here at least five years, and has not spread very quickly. It looks like there is a new plant next to it in the upper right of the photo. I am glad to see that.<br />
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I was thinking they were native here in SE Nebraska, but see they are not. They are in near by Kansas, though. They are a plant for shade, and will go dormant when they are finished blooming. <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=mevi3" target="_blank">https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=mevi3</a><br />
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I had also chosen other photos that I realized I had posted on last month, but for some reason they didn't upload for the post. Just one did. The Virginia waterleaf sure has grown since last month! It is also one for shade or part shade. It is native in Nebraska, and quite the spreader. The purple blooms are pretty, but the foliage itself is also. <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HYVI" target="_blank">https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HYVI</a><br />
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I hope spring is going well for you! Arthritis found my left knee this spring, so between that, and spring coming late, I am behind in gardening. I just got the rest of last year's dead stems cut back, leaving a few inches for stem nesting bees. Now, I need to dig up some plants for Gardening with Nature in Mind's plant share, and hoe up lots of weeds. I hope all is well with you.</div>
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When I took hodge podge photos for today's <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/2018/03/wildflower-wednesday-asarum-canadense.html" target="_blank">Wildflower Wednesday</a>, hosted by Gail at Clay and Limestone, I had not remembered what I posted for February, so today's post is going to be quite similar. Next month, I know there will be more to choose from, and it will be different. One can tell there has been growth since last month, though!<br />
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I'm not sure why I chose three photos of prairie smoke geum, but I am pleased the plants in different parts of the yard are beginning to bloom. <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GETR" target="_blank">Here is a link to learn more about this plant.</a><br />
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A pasque flower is getting ready to open up in the background.<br />
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I don't remember whether this is one of the natives or cultivars of <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PUPA5" target="_blank">pasque flower</a> I have. I don't remember what the little plant on the left side of the photo is. There is a closer look at it in the next photo.<br />
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It is a native ephemeral of some kind. Do you know what it is?<br />
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I am not remembering what this is. (I sure am using that phrase a lot!) I wondered if it could be pussytoes, but if it is, it looks like a different kind from the one later in this post. Do you know what it is?<br />
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The <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HYVI" target="_blank">Virginia waterleaf</a> is up now. It is a shade plant that I keep from spreading farther than I want it to.<br />
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The <a href="http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=293531" target="_blank">short toothed mountain mints</a> are doing well.<br />
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Here is the clump I know is pussytoes. It looks different from the other clump, with shorter leaves. I did read, though, that there are a number of varieties of this plant. This may be <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ANNE" target="_blank">field pussytoes</a>.</div>
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Spring came a bit later this season, and we are still having more cool than warm days. Between that, other obligations I have had, and one of my knees being in pain off and on, more on the last week, I am just starting the clean up of the flower beds. Normally, I have had it finished by now. I am glad to see the sedges greening up.<br />
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Wherever you are, I hope spring is going well for you, and you are enjoying some wildflowers!</div>
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I am tickled that February is almost over, and the temperatures for this week are going to be warmer than they had been in awhile. It was in the upper 50s Tuesday, and even though it was very windy, I was able to go outside without a coat on, and managed to get some photos taken. This is going to be a hodge podge post for Gail's <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Wildflower Wednesday</a>.<br />
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I am glad to see the prairie smoke geums coming to life. <br />
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The short toothed mountain mints are looking great.<br />
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I don't remember which kind of penstemon this is.<br />
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I have noticed this winter that my memory seems to be getting worse. I know full well what this plant is, and I am wanting to call it a verbena of some kind, but I am not remembering for sure. It will have clusters of lavender colored blooms in spring.<br />
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We have had a warm up since the last snow, and it is pretty much all melted now. The flower beds look a lot different than how they did in my last post.<br />
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There are still some seeds on the cup plant for the birds to finish if they want them.<br />
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The Heuchera richardsonii clumps are greening up.<br />
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I think wild quinines have the longest season of beauty. They bloom pretty much all summer, and continue to look awesome in fall and winter.<br />
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I am not sure if birds eat the seeds. I did a brief search, but did not find the information.<br />
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Illinois bundleflower is another beauty in the fall and winter.<br />
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I have been spending a bit less time on Facebook the last few days. I am hoping to keep up with blogging a bit more. I am excited to see the changes spring brings in different parts of the country, and for it to make it our way. I hope things are going well with you.</div>
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We have had a mild winter up until the last few weeks. The local news
said we have had 7.7 inches of snow in the last, I think, 10 days. In
the mean time, I am starting to see spring posts in the southern and
western states. Those photos always lighten my heart, and excite me for
the time when our signs of spring will be visible.<br />
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I have been seeing juncos, cardinals, blue jays and sparrows in the yard. The rabbits are also around. They don't seem to hibernate. We also have a number of squirrels.<br />
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I enjoy growing lots of native plants. Leaving them up in the winter provides seeds for birds and shelter for the insects that live in the stems. The tall plant just left of middle is pale Indian plantain, the plant I featured for last month's Wildflower Wednesday. The one one the right is cup plant. I love how the snow rests in the cups of the leaves.<br />
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I am seeing round headed bush clover, wild quinine, and maybe a coneflower of some kind. <br />
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This is across the sidewalk, right in front of our house. You can see the cup plant on the left.<br />
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I love the seed heads of the Illinois bundleflowers. They look very nice with snow caps, as well.<br />
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I am pretty sure this is a gray headed coneflower clump.<br />
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I look forward to the progression of spring to Nebraska. I am going to need to be more careful to use sun screen and wear hats when I garden. I encourage others to do it before damage is found. My face is a mess from the work the dermatologist did Friday on the AKs and SKs he found. He also took a couple biopsies to send in. I will get the results of those in a couple weeks. </div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-25198588912289413082018-01-22T12:28:00.000-06:002018-01-22T12:40:09.187-06:00January Wildflower Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I knew I missed the last Wildflower Wednesday, hosted by Gail at <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Clay and Limestone</a>, but didn't remember October was my last post. Since it is snowing today, I took some photos out the door, and made a decision to highlight a plant I don't think I have before.<br />
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I like the colors of the garden better in other seasons, but enjoy them this time of year as well. The cup plant still has some seeds for the birds. <br />
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The plant I am featuring is the tallest in this photo.<br />
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I am thinking this was the second or third season for the Pale Indian Plantain, which I was pleased to get from a friend at a plant/seed share for the Facebook group, Gardening with Nature in Mind. I don't remember if it bloomed last year, but did read that they take a couple seasons to grow large enough to bloom. When I went to get a link for information at the <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ARAT" target="_blank">Lady Bird Johnson</a> site, I saw that it prefers a moist site. This site is not particularly moist, but is not dry, either. The seed heads on the <a href="https://webapps8.dnr.state.mn.us/restoreyourshore/plants/plant_detail/210" target="_blank">round headed bush clover</a> are looking good.<br />
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I did a search to see if birds eat the pale Indian plantain seeds. I found an article that mentioned the seeds can pass through birds and mammals and remain viable to grow. I am not sharing the link, because the article was about using the plants for medicinal uses.<br />
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Two of my photos did not load, so I am not positive if my dates are
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Heather Holm mentioned <a href="http://www.restoringthelandscape.com/2011/08/native-plant-of-week-pale-indian.html" target="_blank">in this post</a> that the stems make good nesting material for many native bees and wasps. When it is time to clean up the garden this spring, I will leave about 10 inches of stems in the ground, and may make bundles of stems. The pale Indian plantain is the light stemmed plant near the seat of the bicycle and to the left of the Amsonia hubrichtti. This photo is from May.<br />
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This photo is from June. I see a penstemon of some kind blooming here.<br />
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Here is some interesting information I found at the <a href="https://nature.mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/field-guide/pale-indian-plantain" target="_blank">Missouri Department of Conservation</a>:<br />
"Pale Indian plantain is not in the plantain family, it is in the daisy
or sunflower family. The word “Indian” in the common names of plants
often essentially means “false,” designating a North American plant that
somehow resembles an unrelated plant European settlers knew from the
Old World. Exceptions are the names “Indian paintbrush” and “Indian
pipe,” in which the plants were named for fancifully resembling objects
used by Native Americans." <br />
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This photo is from July.<br />
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It continued to bloom in August, drawing bees, wasps, and butterflies.<br />
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I believe this is from August.<br />
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I think the September photo is one that did not load. This is either October or November. The plant looks great in all seasons!<br />
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Our schools are closed today due to the snow. They say parts of our city could get more than others. We are not getting a lot here yet, but that could change. I hope all is well with you and your gardens.</div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-19667438554061909382017-10-25T20:38:00.000-05:002017-10-25T22:11:29.774-05:00October Wildflower Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am not sure how October got here so quickly. I am not ready for winter, but most of the flowers in the yard are finished blooming. There are some plants with lovely colored foliage to share for Gail's <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/2017/10/wildflower-wednesday-wild-poinsettia.html" target="_blank">Wildflower Wednesday</a>, though!<br />
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The golden colored plants are Amsonia hubrichtii. I just found out from the <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AMHU" target="_blank">Lady Bird Johnson</a> site that this is only native to Arkansas and Oklahoma. It sure does well here in SE Nebraska, though!<br />
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One flower that still has a few blooms is pitcher sage. This one is a native. I believe it is <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SAAZ" target="_blank">this one.</a> I like having clumps of it in different parts of the yard, and seeing the insects feed on them.<br />
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The different kinds of amsonias bloom very early, and I am always sad the time in bloom is short, but this kind makes up for it with beautiful fall foliage. The short-toothed mountain mint on the right is continuing to look good and attract pollinators.<br />
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Amsonia hubrichtii is another plant I have in different parts of the yard.<br />
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We had been looking south and west. Now, we are facing north and west. Some of the clumps are not golden yet.<br />
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This is the big bed on the east side of the front yard. Only one of the two r<a href="http://www.illinoiswildflowers.info/prairie/plantx/rh_bushcloverx.htm" target="_blank">ound-headed bush clover</a> plants survived last winter, and after being slow to grow, it did quite well this season.<br />
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We have enjoyed a very mild fall so far, but colder weather is on its way. I hope all is well with you and your gardens, and you are finding native plants to enjoy.</div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-26458783556986212462017-09-20T00:00:00.000-05:002017-09-20T00:00:23.445-05:00Wildflower Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I am not sure how September got here so quickly, and is now almost over! I am not ready for winter, but I am determined to enjoy fall. For <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Gail's Wildflower Wednesday</a>, I am going to feature the same plant I did in July, short toothed mountain mint, Pycnanthemum muticum because it is continuing to do so well and is attracting pollinators. I also posted a photo of this awesome plant in my last post that I did because of the huge numbers of painted lady butterflies we had been seeing. I mentioned that if you can only have one native plant, this is one that would be a contender. There are not many plants that feed the pollinators for such a long time! Another plus, is that rabbits and deer do not eat it. I am thinking Gail has posted about it as well, and called it blunt mountain mint, as I read some do. The plants contain pulegone, the same insecticide as pennyroyal, and I read that one can rub some leaves on the skin to repel mosquitoes. That is weird to me, since it draws so many insects to the blooms. This is one you do not want to make tea with like you can Virginia mountain mint.<br />
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Here are some photos I took today:<br />
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There were not as many painted ladies, but there were still a number of them. I love the silver looking leaves. <br />
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I wonder if this is a great golden digger wasp.<br />
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The wasp on the left looks like the previous one, but it is quite a bit smaller. Then, there are a couple tiny ones, smaller than the honey bee in the photo.<br />
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I am not sure what this little insect is. It may be a bee of some kind. It's smaller than half an inch long.<br />
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I was excited to see yet another kind of wasp! I need to learn what kinds these are!<br />
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I believe this wasp is yet another kind. It doesn't look to have white on it like the other black ones.<br />
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I can't see the antennae on this well enough to be able to tell if it is a moth or a butterfly. I know I've seen these here before, but not often.<br />
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I am always glad to see the bumblebees and carpenter bees. They have been around all summer. <br />
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If you have a spot to fill, this is one that looks great all season, and you get to see a variety of pollinators on it! It does well in full sun to part shade. It can handle moist or dry conditions. It spreads by rhizomes, but not aggressively. Here is a link to show more information, including the native range. It is not actually native here in SE Nebraska, but the insects don't realize it, and they sure grow well here! http://www.abnativeplants.com/plant/Pycnanthemum-muticum</div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-6128244915941230252017-09-12T20:08:00.000-05:002017-09-12T20:11:34.889-05:00Painted Lady Irruption, etc.<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I learned a new word this week, after seeing loads of painted lady butterflies in our yard. There are some years painted lady butterflies have an <a href="https://creationwords.com/2017/09/04/painted-lady-irruption/" target="_blank">irruption</a>, where they produce lots more than usual. (There is a more detailed description of it if you click on the link.) The other day, I was pleased to count about 28 of them, but two days later, there were at least 48, and there were at least that many again yesterday! My granddaughter and I saw quite a few here and at a local lake we went to today. She was determined to catch one, but they eluded her.<br />
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I have been posting lots of photos on Facebook, but since I took more photos yesterday, I decided to do a blog post, and include some of the other critters making use of the plants. <br />
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Wild quinine continues to be one of my favorite native plants to grow. It has a long bloom time, and draws insects all season. <br />
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The Canada goldenrod is looking great this time of year! I am not sure how spring and summer have flown by so quickly, though, and here we are almost to the middle of September!<br />
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I don't show our yard from the west often, so thought I'd include this photo, since I took it for some reason.<br />
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Big leaf aster is one I just started growing a couple or so years ago. It is one that likes part shade. A tree across the street was cut down this spring, so there is not as much shade as there had been, but the plants I have around are doing well. It has spread, but not aggressively. I have been seeing pollinators of different kinds on the blooms.<br />
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I planted blue mistflower a couple or three years ago in both curb beds. It has spread beyond where I had planned to allow it to, so I will have some of these to share with the local members of Gardening with Nature in Mind at our spring plant/seed share. It sure is a nice looking plant and bloom, though! <br />
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I am pretty sure this is tall tickseed. It is on the east side of the house.<br />
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It was the sweet black eyed susans I first saw quite a few painted ladies on, and caused me to look around the yard more. I hadn't yet heard this was a widespread occurrence yet.<br />
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Here is a closer view with another visitor, some kind of bee.<br />
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I think it is normally fall when I see this kind of bee. It is larger than other bumblebees I see. The pitcher sage plants are adding a nice blue to all of the yellow in the yard. One of the plants has white blooms, though. It is drawing pollinators as well as the blue ones.<br />
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Liatris aspera, one of my favorites, is looking good with the penstemon seeds.<br />
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This skipper was just on the purple bloom of verbena bonariensis, one of the non-natives I continue to grow because the pollinators are frequently on them. Actually, it is a self sowing annual here, so they take care of themselves.<br />
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The stiff goldenrod blooms are drawing lots of visitors. I usually see a number at a time on this clump.<br />
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I am finally starting to see some spiders the last few days. The other day, I was in awe as I watched an orb spider of some kind take its web down. This is one of the sweet black eyed susan plants.<br />
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Kiss me over the garden gate is another non-native self sowing heirloom annual. It gets six or more feet tall. This one had lots of leaf damage from the June beetles late spring or early summer, but that hasn't stopped it from blooming and looking splendid now.<br />
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Here is another photo of the stiff, also called rigid goldenrod. Some of the plants actually flop in my yard. I've heard they do that in gardens. I recently found out the rigid actually refers to the blooms and not the plants.<br />
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Riddell's goldenrod is not as tall as some of the other goldenrods, and is a bit more upright. I have not been seeing as many monarchs as usual this fall. I hope they show up soon, and haven't skipped me because I didn't get any Mexican sunflowers planted, and there are no Liatris ligulistylis blooming. The plants I bought didn't grow much this season. I hope they do, and bloom next year!<br />
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The Joe Pye plants are about finished blooming, but still have some insect visitors.<br />
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I believe this is Boltonia asteroides 'snowbank'.<br />
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I am glad to be seeing a few eastern tailed blue butterflies.<br />
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Oh, my goodness, if you can only grow one native plant, short toothed mountain mint draws numerous pollinators all summer and into fall! Can you see all five painted ladies? The foliage of the Amsonia hubrichtii, on the left will soon be turning gold.<br />
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Here is a painted lady on a verbena bonariensis, with the yellow of brown eyed susans in the background.<br />
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Here is another photo of big leaf aster blooms, this time with a bee visitor. I love those pollen sacs!<br />
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Zig zag goldenrod is one that prefers part shade. This is the east side of the house. I love seeing bees and butterflies "sharing".<br />
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I hope all is well with the people I have met through blogging over the years. I have not kept up with blog visiting now that I seem to be addicted to Facebook. I need to choose a day once in awhile where I visit blogs.</div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-11982645628866468862017-08-23T23:13:00.001-05:002017-08-24T09:38:04.485-05:00Wildflower Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I had a bit of trouble deciding what plant or plants to post about for <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/2017/08/wildflower-wednesday-flowering-spurge.html" target="_blank">Gail's Wildflower Wednesday</a>.<br />
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This is the first time I've had a tall thistle. It is a volunteer, and it came up in a great spot. It has been fun seeing a variety of insects on the blooms, sometimes quite a few at a time. <br />
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Gail's featured plant, Flowering Spurge has a nice long bloom time, and I see very small insects feeding on the blooms.<br />
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<a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SARE3" target="_blank">Salvia reflexa</a>, lambsleaf sage is a native self sowing annual that I do not remember planting, but am glad it is here. It will kind of be my "feature" plant. It is in full sun here, but I also have some in partial shade. It may have originally come up where I garden across the street. The plants have been coming up for quite a few years.<br />
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Another name for it is lanceleaf sage.<br />
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I have several clumps of it in different areas of the yard. It is a nice filler. I need to be cutting the spent blooms off of this one.<br />
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I have seen butterflies, skippers and different kinds of bees on the tiny blooms.<br />
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Since I had trouble deciding, I wanted to include this photo of sweet coneflowers and other native plants. We have lots of yellow!<br />
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I am enjoying the yellow and purple of different kinds of flowers, such as the <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HEAU" target="_blank">Helenium autumnale </a>and Liatris aspera.<br />
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This skipper is a little larger than most I've been seeing.<br />
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Oh, wait, I needed to include <a href="https://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=ARAT" target="_blank">Pale Indian Plantain</a>! This is the second season for this very tall plant, the first of it blooming. I am tickled with the long bloom time and variety of pollinators it continues to draw.<br />
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During the last storm we had, it was knocked over, and I needed to prop it up. The meadow rue to the left is not as tall as it was last year.<br />
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I hope you are enjoying visits from pollinators on your blooms. The season sure is flying by for me! I am still busy watching our three year old granddaughter four days a week, and we have one or both grandsons on Saturdays. We just set a new schedule that will give us the third Saturday of the month off.</div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-61927204091968914092017-07-25T23:09:00.001-05:002017-07-26T09:31:48.783-05:00July Wildflower Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I missed posting for <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Gail's Wildflower Wednesday</a> last month, so am glad to be getting July done, since I am not posting anything else these days. I just chose one plant this time, what I know as short-toothed mountain mint. I didn't find it at the Lady Bird Johnson site, but found it at the <a href="http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?taxonid=293531" target="_blank">Missouri Botanical Garden</a> page. This article says you can make tea with it, as you can with other kinds of mountain mints, and when I did a search, I found other sites that say it, but I need to check with a friend of mine, and will edit this if he lets me know that he found out one should not with this kind. (Edit: Gene gave me this: http://www.motherearthliving.com/Plant-Profile/herb-to-know-mountain-mint, which says not to make tea with this one due to the higher amount of pugelone, an insect repellent that is also in pennyroyal.)<br />
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Pychanthemum muticum draws lots of pollinators in. People tell me what kinds of wasps and bees I share photos of, but I forget what they say. I am pleased to be able to see them anyway.<br />
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This clump used to be in front of the egress window, where it was shaded by an Amsonia, and even though it looked good, it was about half the height and spread it now is. I was glad to read that it is not aggressive, so if you dig it out, it won't keep going. I am in the process, though, of giving different kinds of plants more room to spread so that the masses of plants are larger. That was one of the suggestions when I became a local pollinator habitat.<br />
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I think it likes its new spot! It can handle sun or part shade.<br />
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There are usually a number of these black wasps on the blooms. There are also quite a few small bees of some kind that I have trouble catching with the camera. There may be an insect of some kind on the upper left.<br />
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Isn't that a nice looking plant and bloom? Blunt mountain mint is another name for it. It can handle dry to moist conditions. Do you have a spot for it if you don't already have it?<br />
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I hope all is well with my blogging friends. I have not been keeping up with you, unless you are on Facebook. Happy gardening! I am watching our granddaughter who is now three four days a week. Now that she is not napping some days, I don't get out to the yard as often as I'd like. I also need to spend less time on Facebook. Balance is hard to achieve sometimes! Do you find that?</div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-69070632305774574822017-05-24T00:00:00.000-05:002017-05-24T11:58:36.917-05:00Wildflower Wednesday, and Yard Update<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
It seems I have only been posting once a month, for <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Gail's Wildflower Wednesday</a>. I decided to include some photos of the yard as well this time. I have lots of blooms that are not native, but am continuing to replace some of them with U.S. natives a bit at a time. I am not attempting to just have locally native plants, though. A number of plants that do well here would not be found together in nature. I am just tickled to have what I do, and to see the insect and bird visitors. I didn't take these photos at a time when they were feeding, even though I have been seeing bees and butterflies on some of the blooms. I learned recently that different kinds of flowers release their pollen at different times of the day. I am not making it out at different times of the day as often as I used to, so maybe the numbers are not as low as I think.<br />
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Here is the front yard, where a silver maple tree used to be until hollow branches were found, and it needed to be cut down for safety. The first wildflower I want to talk about is what appears to be the tallest in this photo, at the back by the bird feeder.<br />
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It took a few seasons, so I am pleased that the <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=BAAL" target="_blank">white wild indigo</a> plant has been blooming for a couple or three years now. I planted a couple more this year, and look forward to them growing large enough to bloom. I recently looked up information to see what native plants are poisonous, after finding out some are. I found out the baptisias are, but they are not severely toxic. <a href="https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/all/baptisia-spp/" target="_blank">Here is some information on that.</a></div>
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It likes sun, and is in a spot that does not get watered much.<br />
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There are a number of <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=BAAU" target="_blank">baptisia australis</a> in the yard. They are in sun, and part sun. These have self sown, and I have been able to share some. I am seeing a few bees on these.<br />
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On the east side of the house is a parent plant and its offspring that I didn't get dug out to move or share. The shorter plant with pinkish blooms is a spiderwort cultivar. The chair belonged to some neighbors who recently moved, due to the mother having memory problems. I don't know where it will end up, but it probably cannot stay on the egress window cover.<br />
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Amsonias are also some of my favorite spring bloomers. I just wish the bloom time was longer.<br />
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The previous photo was looking north and west. This one is looking south, and there are more amsonias and another baptisia.<br />
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Aren't they so pretty?<br />
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I decided to go on a bit of a yard walk, to show the flower beds, always a work in progress. The tall plant by the shed is a buttonbush, which has not yet bloomed. I hope this is the year it does.<br />
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The golden alexanders are still blooming.<br />
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The bare spot by the bird is where I dug out a catmint last year. I planted some native seeds I got from Gardening with Nature in Mind's (on Facebook) plant/seed share last fall, but neglected to write down what I planted, and I think whatever little things have come up are weeds. After this photo was taken, I moved some plants from the yard to fill in the space.<br />
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I am relieved the rabbits are not doing as much damage to the plants as usual. The <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PHPI" target="_blank">phlox pilosa</a> plants, PPP to Gail, have been eaten down to the stubs other years, but they are doing quite well this spring.<br />
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I am glad to be seeing monarch caterpillars on the various kinds of milkweed.<br />
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We started and will end in the front yard. I trimmed back the golden alexanders because they were flopping due to all of the rain we've been getting. I also cut down more stems of the cup plant than usual, hoping it will not hang over the sidewalk as much.<br />
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I am not making it to visit blogs like I used to. I hope all is well with you, and you are enjoying time in your gardens.</div>
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After a few days of the 60s and 70s, we are now having 50s for highs, and there is a chance it will get down to 32 tonight. I had forgotten to take photos to participate in Gail's, from <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Clay and Limestone </a>Wildflower Wednesday, so I put a jacket on this morning and ventured out.<br />
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I had in mind to feature <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CLFR" target="_blank">Fremont's Clematis</a>. I ended up posting a few others that are blooming now as well. Jon Farrar's Field Guide to Wildflowers of Nebraska and the Great Plains said that Clematis fremontt is found only in extreme south-central Nebraska, north central Kansas, and east-central Missouri. <br />
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Its foliage is a bit different from other clematises. I love the flower buds!<br />
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At a local plant sale, I got involved in someone else's conversation when I overheard them talking about this plant, and how the blooms vary from plant to plant. Yes, I have found that to be true!<br />
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My plants tend to sprawl, and I sometimes tie them at the base. I haven't done that yet. <br />
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They look pretty cool after the blooms are spent as well.<br />
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This is a younger plant. The <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=CLFR" target="_blank">Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center </a>shows a wider distribution than the book, probably because the book is about Nebraska and the Great Plains.<br />
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Some of the plants have this thicker kind of bloom.<br />
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Even this younger plant has the thicker blooms.<br />
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Gail, I am tickled that we have the Golden Alexanders in common. This one is on the east side of our house.<br />
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Most of them are not yet blooming, but for some reason, the younger ones are ahead of the established clumps. I have a lot of them dug up to share with others.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HERI" target="_blank">Heuchera richardsonii</a> is one of my favorites, and is almost evergreen.<br />
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I believe this is <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GEMA" target="_blank">Geranium maculatum</a>. I see Nebraska is not one of the states it is native to, though.<br />
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I used to have some non-native <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=AQCA" target="_blank">columbines</a>, which bred with the native ones. All of the other colors are now gone, but I'm wondering if these blooms are a bit larger than the native ones that have not mixed with other kinds. There sure is a nice stand of them this year!<br />
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The <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=HYVI" target="_blank">Virginia waterleaf</a>, a shade plant is starting to bloom. I try to get the plants deadheaded before they can seed around. I just noticed that these are of benefit to bumble bees. I also noticed they are supposed to be divided in fall, but I have shared them successfully in the spring.<br />
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Well, it looks like I will get this posted before the day is over! I am tickled it is spring, and we have blooms! I hope once we get over this cold night, the weather will warm up again.</div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-69344817718951916502017-03-22T00:00:00.000-05:002017-03-22T09:01:13.810-05:00Wildflower Wednesday!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I missed last month's <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Wildflower Wednesday,</a> hosted by Gail, and wow, what changes have taken place since January! Spring is here, and I have been working to cut back last year's growth on plants, and taking the stems to piles I have across the street, just in case there are insects in them. I need to get more of the leaves raked, but want to leave a few. I also have a nice sized pile of leaves across the street for my grandchildren to jump on.<br />
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Speaking of grandchildren, the boys, 5 and 9 have not been prone to pick and eat the plants, but our granddaughter, who will be 3 in June, and is here four days a week, has been picking things, and so far, I have been quick enough not to let her swallow the thing or two she has gotten to her mouth. I am needing to do more research to find out which plants are poisonous. I have hoed out all of the larkspur that has come up so far in the vegetable, except for one plant. That, she did almost get into her mouth the other day. Here is a link I have found so far: <a href="https://www.plants.usda.gov/java/noxiousDriver">https://www.plants.usda.gov/java/noxiousDriver</a><br />
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Can you see the purple in all of the brown?<br />
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I found out that some <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=PUPA5" target="_blank">pasque flowers</a> are native to our area, and some are not. I am not sure, which are which, but am thinking it is the lighter ones to the left of the prairie phlox in the cage to protect the foliage from rabbits. The close up of the deep purple clump is out of order, at the end of the post.<br />
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I didn't see this little bloomer until I looked at the photos! It may be <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=THTH2" target="_blank">rue anemone</a>. <br />
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I am excited for a new season, and to see more and more plants coming up, blooming, and seeing the pollinators on them!<br />
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There are blooms in this photo. I'll show them closer in the next one.<br />
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I'm not sure what the little seedling is in the middle of the pasqueflower blooms.<br />
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Here is the close up of the prettiest clump of pasqueflowers. <br />
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<a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=GETR" target="_blank">Prairie Smoke Geums</a> are one of my favorites.<br />
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I look forward to seeing what wildflowers others post about, and what all we will have for next month's Wildflower Wednesday. <br />
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Added after first posting: Last night, when I took Ruby to her mom, I asked her if she remembers picking raspberries from the garden and eating them last summer. She said she did, and they were, "So good, so yummy!" I asked if she remembers picking kale and eating it, and she said she did. She also remembered watching the bees and butterflies. I told her some of the plants are good to eat, but some are not, and she needs to only eat things I say it is OK to eat. I hope that helped, and that she will follow those directions, since she does not always follow what I say, especially when it is time to put shoes on or change clothes. ;-)</div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-14151744678471291502017-01-25T18:46:00.001-06:002017-01-25T19:55:00.714-06:00Wildflower Wednesday, January, 2017<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I have been posting less and less, and spending so much time on FaceBook, that I rarely read blogs anymore. I do not want to entirely give it up, though, so will try to at least keep up with Gail, from Clay and Limestone's <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/2017/01/wildflower-wednesday-chasmanthium.html" target="_blank">Wildflower Wednesdays</a> and the others who post for it. I have links to the plants I posted today, that give more information about them.<br />
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I didn't remember to get a post ready until last night, when it was too dark to take photos. It has been snowing today, so I took some photos out the front door. We have seen birds when we go out, but they fly away so fast, I am not always sure what they are. The one here is either a wren or a sparrow, I believe. I like how the <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RUMA3" target="_blank">Rudbeckia maxima</a> stems stay upright. I have seen birds eat their seeds before. We are out of their native range, but this clump has done well here.<br />
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Here, we see seed pods of <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SEHE3" target="_blank">wild senna.</a> I recently found out there is one native to our area, but this is not it. Still, it is quite the draw for bees and butterflies here. The smaller seedhead clusters are joe pye weed.<br />
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Most of the <a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=SIPE2" target="_blank">cup plant</a> stems bent over the front walk that comes up to our house, so I had to break them off and set them inside the planting area more. I wonder if there will be more seedlings than usual. I see birds on them in the winter, too.<br />
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I am pleased to have this<a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=DEIL" target="_blank"> Illinois bundleflower</a> right next to our front porch. Birds also eat these seeds.<br />
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I was able to dig out some of the <a href="http://www.missouribotanicalgarden.org/PlantFinder/PlantFinderDetails.aspx?kempercode=c740" target="_blank">j</a><a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" target="_blank">oe pye plant</a> from across the yard to plant on the west side, near the sidewalk, and it is doing fine. I am not sure if it is a native one or a cultivar.<br />
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<a href="http://www.wildflower.org/plants/result.php?id_plant=RAPI" target="_blank">Grayhead coneflowers</a> also self sow around. I went to a native plant talk where it was said they are not good for a home garden. The gal was surprised when I piped up saying they do fine in our yard. They seem to stay pulled or dug out when they come up where I don't want them.<br />
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Here are some wider views of our front yard habitat.<br />
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Please forgive me, but I am going to get political. I have never been one to pay that much attention to what my politicians do, except for some environmental issues that have come up. Now that we have a new president, every day I am hearing things he has said and done that jar me to the core. I am going through stages of grief over this. When he first announced, I think he thought it was a big joke. When different things came out about him, such as his not paying for work or goods what he had agreed to, I figured people would turn from him. Then, when the video of him talking about liking to grope and do other things to women came out, I was kind of glad, because I figured that was it for him. I will never see what others saw in him that would allow them to vote for him. He sure is making a mess of things right now! I am in the anger phase, in case you cannot tell, and even though I have friends who voted for him, I am mad at them for it. I am a Christian, and need to forgive, but I am beyond sad for our future generations. Please read up on pipelines, and when chances come up to fight them, I hope you do.<br />
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Happy gardening, or getting ready to! Plant more native plants, and like Gail says, do not use pesticides!</div>
Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-48814989059061215102016-10-26T00:00:00.000-05:002016-10-26T00:00:00.158-05:00October Wildflower Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We've had some nights in the lower 30s, that killed the ends of the tomato plants. We are still picking some tomatoes, though. Most of the flowering plants are finished blooming, but there is still some beauty out there, that I decided to post for <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Gail's Wildflower Wednesday.</a> Some of the photos were taken around noon, when the sun was quite bright, and some around 6:30 in the evening, when it was near time to get dark.<br />
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The different liatrises are nice and fluffy. I saw a sparrow on one that was on the side of the house. I am not sure if I knew the birds ate these seeds. The color behind it is an amsonia hubrichtii.<br />
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Lead plant is such a slow grower when it is small, but is worth the wait.<br />
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Some of the big leaf asters are finished blooming, but some are still looking fresh. I'm not sure what the little insect is on one of the blooms.<br />
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I was surprised to see a few purple coneflowers blooming. I did have to pull some this summer due to aster yellows.<br />
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The Virginia mountain mints look good, even when going to seed.<br />
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The Illinois bundleflowers look their best when going to seed.<br />
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Cup plants are ones I've seen birds feed from all through the winter.<br />
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Our grandaughter loves the different goldenrod seedheads because they are fluffy. I don't remember what kind of beetle that is, but am thinking it is one I usually see on milkweed. It took off before I could get a clearer photo of it.<br />
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Aren't clematis pitcherii seed pots cool?<br />
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Deadheading the gray headed coneflowers prolonged their bloom time. When I bought the Liatris pyconostachya 'Eureka' I didn't notice the 'Eureka' written in pencil until I got it home. Oh, well, some of the other ones I have are also cultivars. It is shorter than other years<strong>. </strong><br />
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Rattlesnake master is a fun plant to grow. <br />
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I am not sure what kind of goldenrod this is. It is one of Ruby's favorites.<br />
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The New England asters were one of the last to bloom, and I am sad they are about finished.<br />
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Round headed bushclover is another one that was a slow grower here. It bloomed last year, but was much shorter, and the blooms were smaller. I am tickled with how well the two plants did this year.<br />
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The short toothed mountain mint looks awesome all season, and usually has insect visitors on it.<br />
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I know I've shown most if not all of these plants in posts, but am not sure if I have shown them at this time of the season. I hope we all have some nice fall days before winter gets here.<br />
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Corner Gardener Suehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8333330062798605073.post-70008729877190202712016-09-28T00:00:00.000-05:002016-09-28T19:28:59.029-05:00September's Wildflower Wednesday<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
I've enjoyed seeing more and more butterflies, bees, and other pollinators the past couple of weeks. I'm sad that a number of flowers are finished blooming, but am pleased to see the asters, pitcher sage, and some of the goldenrods blooming to showcase for Gail's <a href="http://www.clayandlimestone.com/" target="_blank">Wildflower Wednesday</a>.<br />
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The New England asters have self sown around the yard, and the pollinators have found them. Even though I cut them back this spring, the stems got a disease on them. Still, they are loaded with blooms, and pollinators. This particular clump had the most sulphurs, skippers, various kinds of bees, monarchs, and painted ladies on it.<br />
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The most monarchs I have seen in a day this season was seven. In the past, there have been more. I hope next year is better.<br />
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How many hoverflies and bees do you see?<br />
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There have been a number of painted lady butterflies around, and now there are also some American ladies. I can tell this is one because of the two large eyespots. I see pussytoes is a host plant. I am pleased to have some of that for them.<br />
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There have been several kinds of sulphurs. I enjoy seeing bees and butterflies feeding peacefully near each other.<br />
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I was thinking this was a duskywing of some kind, but Cynthia, Gaia Gardener suggested it may be checkered skipper. How cool! I've never heard of that. I looked it up, and think she is right.<br />
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The goldenrod, 'Wichita Mountains' also draws a number of butterflies and bees. I just looked it up, and read that the blooms and leaves are edible. Have you ever tried it?<br />
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I am pretty sure the bluish and orange butterfly is a gray hairstreak.<br />
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This was taken at a different time of the day when the area was shaded.<br />
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Pitcher sage is another one that self sows around the yard, and I love the blue blooms. They usually have a butterfly or more on the blooms. I cut most of the plants back late spring so they will be bushier and a bit shorter.<br />
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I have seen more silver spotted skippers this year than any other I can remember.<br />
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This has more spots than the American lady. This is a painted lady. I think there have been more of these than other seasons, too.<br />
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I just got a big leaf aster plant a couple years ago, and am enjoying the blooms. It is spreading around a bit, and does not seem to be as appealing to the rabbits to eat as some of the other asters. I looked at my last couple of posts, and saw that I'd already included this in one. I didn't remember it had been blooming that long. That's good to know, since there are some that do not have a long bloom time.<br />
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It is a host plant for several caterpilllars. Do you know what kind this is?<br />
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It has been a hot summer and fall. I am glad the highs this week are going to be in the 70s, instead of the 90s like they were last week. I am almost ready for winter to be here, so we can start over with spring, and hope for milder weather.</div>
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