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wildflower wednesday

Wildflower Wednesday – Buy Responsibly

April 26, 2017 By Carol Michel 9 Comments

Great White Trilliums have been blooming in my garden for the last week or so. This lovely native wildflower goes by the name Trillium grandiflorum, which is easy to remember because these are definitely grand flowers. Where did I get these wildflowers, you ask? From a reputable company, Old House Gardens, who sources them from a nursery where they propagate them from their stock. They do not stomp out to the woods, find a lovely stand of trilliums, dig them up, and sell them to unsuspecting … [Read more...] about Wildflower Wednesday – Buy Responsibly

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Trout Lilies for Wildflower Wednesday

March 22, 2017 By Carol Michel 3 Comments

I went out to the garden today and walked around a bit, shivering on what is hopefully the last really cold day of early spring. Thankfully, the sun was shining or that 39ยบ  Fahrenheit would have felt a lot colder than it really was. I saw a lot of weeds coming up, along with the foliage of many flowers yet to bloom. Out under the honeylocust tree, I found the distinctly mottled leaves of the Trout Lilies, Erythronium 'Pagoda', a hybrid between two native American species, E. tuolumense … [Read more...] about Trout Lilies for Wildflower Wednesday

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Witchhazel for Wildflower Wednesday

February 22, 2017 By Carol Michel 5 Comments

Which witchhazel do you have? Which hazel? Like the maid on the old television comedy Hazel? No. Witchhazel. That's what I asked. Which hazel? The spring one. Oh, the spring one.  Does she focus on spring cleaning? No, she's a plant. Oh, so not that Hazel? No, witchhazel. That's what I asked. Which hazel? The plant one? What's she called? Which hazel? Are we asking about Hazel again? No, we are talking about witchhazel. I don't know. Which hazel? Hamamelis vernalis. Why … [Read more...] about Witchhazel for Wildflower Wednesday

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Wouldn’t hurt a fleabane

October 26, 2016 By Carol Michel 10 Comments

A little fleabane in the garden never hurt anything or anybody, and it's good for the pollinators. Fleabane, Erigeron sp. is a native wildflower that just shows up here and there in my garden throughout the growing season. I think what grows in my garden is either Annual Fleabane, Erigeron annus or Daisy Fleabane, Erigeron strigosus. Annual or Daisy, I rarely pull it out when it shows up unexpectedly, even though it's a common wildflower. Some might even call it a weed. They … [Read more...] about Wouldn’t hurt a fleabane

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WIldflower Wednesday – August Dreams Garden

August 24, 2016 By Carol Michel 7 Comments

My late summer-autumn blooming border is coming along nicely as we round the corner and head straight to the end of August. I affectionately call this particular border August Dreams Garden because it is planted with mostly native plants that bloom in mid to late summer and early fall.  It's the most designed garden I have, and I try to stay true to the overall concept by planting mostly native, prairie type flowers that bloom late in it. Mostly. I will admit there is one daylily called … [Read more...] about WIldflower Wednesday – August Dreams Garden

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Little Joe Pye Weed

July 27, 2016 By Carol Michel 7 Comments

Little Joe Pye Weed is beginning to bloom in the August Dreams Garden border, just in time for Wildflower Wednesday, hosted by Gail at Clay and Limestone. Little Joe Pye Weed, Eutrochium dubium 'Little Joe', only grows to about four feet, making it a great "back of the border" plant for late summer interest. Pollinators love it to pieces.  When these flowers actually begin to open, they will fly in from all over. Like many of our lovely late bloomers, Joe Pye Weed is a member of the … [Read more...] about Little Joe Pye Weed

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