I love it when I find hard-to-source native plants fruiting by the side of the road! This is American fly-honeysuckle, Lonicera canadensis. Not endangered, but locally uncommon and rare in the trade. Hoping to collect seed to grow for next year <3

It's the most wonderful time of the year -- mountain laurel time! As seen in my own backyard <3 #nativeplants #nativeplantsofnewengland

Guess what time it is? It's almost time for our spring #nativeplant sale at Red Trillium Gardens! (PM for address because this is also my home and I want to make sure you're a real person). #nativeplantsofnewengland #nativeplantsofthenortheast

I don’t think we should eliminate golf courses for the sake of the environment I just think we should let the environment take over the existing courses and make golfers use the new wild courses, all obstacles included.

The hepaticas are blooming in Massachusetts! Took this photo when I was doing my annual retreat in western MA. #nativeplants #nativeplantsofnewengland

Save the date for our spring #nativeplants sale, Saturday, May 9, 2026, from 11am to 5pm in Lunenburg, MA! Please PM for the address; this is my home, so I like to make sure y'all are real people before handing out the address). #nativeplantsofnewengland #nativeplantsofthenortheast

The perils of following native plant-themed accounts from all over the world: the envy you feel when you see photos of beautiful plants from warmer areas when there's still significant snow cover outside your window.

Not quite the season here, but this is a native favorite of mine. I took out a Norway maple and discovered a poor suffering one in my yard! (It's now thriving). (And it's gonna be Cornus for me until ITIS says otherwise; fight me, Arthur Haines)

#FallbackFlowers to September 3, 2021, Lane Conservation Area, Lunenburg, MA. #nativeplants of New England

#FallbackFlowers to August 26, 2020 in Lunenburg, MA.

Oh this is absolutely gorgeous!

I have a dirty secret, as someone who works with plants and cares about the web of life: I hate winter. I know it's important. But I just want there to be flowers again.

Some #FallbackFlowers from Aug 22, 2021 at Ausable Point in Peru, NY. #nativeplants #nativeplantsofthenortheast

Do you have ants in your #nativeplants? What do you do about them? The answer might be "nothing." Read the blog post here: redtrilliumgardens.com/posts/how-an...

Apparently 4 years and 6mo ago today I visited Garden in the Woods (one of many visits!) Here's one of the #nativeplants I saw: Rhexia virginica (Virginia meadow-beauty). #FallbackFlowers #nativeplantsofnewengland

Oooh, ooh, I have something for this! (ahem, a day late). Corvus frugilegus, the rook, seen on the walking path to Stonehenge this past November. Not native to my area, ofc, but vulnerable in its native range in Europe.

#Fallback to August 6, 2020 with herb Robert (Geranium robertianum) #FallbackFlowers #nativeplants #nativeplantsofnewengland

I wouldn't say I *love* it, but I very much appreciate the drab looking Boehmeria cylindrica, smallspike false nettle, as it's the host plant for numerous butterflies/moths, including the eastern comma, the question mark, and the red admiral. And it's a #nativeplant of New England!

#FallbackFlowers to some #nativeplants I observed Jul 28, 2020:

Wanna see what we're growing for 2026? Our much-anticipated list is now live! redtrilliumgardens.com/posts/whats-... Winter sowing is already well underway... only slightly delayed by being exiled from the plant dungeon for construction!

Leaving Cali today. Don't wanna go. But here, have some #californianativeplants I saw at Point Lobos in Carmel.

Me, an East Coast gal, on the west coast: "This Menzies guy sure was busy." #westcoastplants #californiaplants #californiabotany

Did you know there’s a California native plant garden on the roof of CalAcademy of Sciences? Neither did I, until Friday! #nativeplants #nativeplantsofcalifornia #calacademyofsciences

Oh I probably should have tagged this #nativeplants #nativeplantsofcalifornia

I am going to Santa Cruz next week for a wedding, and the bride is telling me all the cool CA plants I need to see. Among them: toyon, which is a weird little plant that looks like it should be in the holly family but is actually an apple? (tribe Maleae) en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heterom...

Um, hi, is this thing still on? I seem to have forgotten Bluesky existed for, uh... six months? Anyway, I completed my #nativeplant Studies certificate with Native Plant Trust. Here are some photos of my portfolio!

Nursery tasks for the day: - Taking inventory and updating it on my website - Promoting our appearance at the Lunenburg Artisan's Market on Sunday. ... and more, but those are highest priority.

How did I forget to post the final day of #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth? This one is "I’uni Kwi Athi? Hiatho." by Roberta Hill Whiteman. The ground I was born to wants me to leave. I’ve searched everywhere to tell you my eyes are with the hazels. Read more on ko-fi: ko-fi.com/post/Iuni-Kw...

We're in the home stretch with #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth! Today we have "Red" by Cheryl Savageau. "Though acid falls from the clouds maples have gathered on the hillsides in every direction See how they celebrate They are wearing their brightest dresses." ko-fi.com/post/Red--Ch...

More #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "The Yellow Violet" by William Cullen Bryant, about Viola pubescens. "When beechen buds begin to swell, And woods the blue-bird’s warble know, The yellow violet’s modest bell Peeps from the last year’s leaves below." Read more: ko-fi.com/post/The-Yel...

Our little #nativeplants nursery will be at Fitchburg's Earth Day celebration tomorrow: April 22 2025, 2pm-5pm 730 Main Street (lot adjacent to city hall) Fitchburg, MA See our blog post for more details of what we'll have available! redtrilliumgardens.com/posts/update...

Just added to the shop: Symplocarpus foetidus, the eastern skunk cabbage. I have a few 1-2 year old seedlings potted up so far (photo of seedlings in the post). If there's enough demand for it, I'll add more, so no worries if it sells out. These rival any hostas and grow in sun/shade #NativePlants

Good stuff, but lemme add my own, in order from highest to lowest effectiveness: - Bt (Mosquito Bits/Dunks) - A layer of vermiculite or sand on top - keep a fan going - yellow sticky traps Be especially vigilant when you bring plants in that have been outdoors for a while!

Next up in #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "Decaedom: A Spell for Wild Cherry (Prunus serotina)", by Alison Granucci. But Wild Cherry revivaldies! Bacteria, earthworms, fungiall recylefeast — All to celebrate impermanence which is The Kingdom of Decaedom. ko-fi.com/Post/Decaedo...

Describe me this way some day: “Anne has a way with flowers to take the place Of that she’s lost: she goes down on one knee And lifts their faces by the chin to hers And says their names, and leaves them where they are.” “The Self-Seeker,” Robert Frost #nativeplants #naturepoetry

Oops, I’ve gotten behind on #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth! Today: Trillium grandiflorum, as featured in Mary Oliver’s “Trilliums.” ko-fi.com/post/Trilliu...

Next up on #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "Marcescence" by Denton Loving, about American beech (Fagus grandifolia). "A term for how trees like the beech hold thinly bronzed leaves long into winter, awaiting that secret signal to wake." ko-fi.com/post/Marcesc...

Next in #nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth: "Ghost-Flowers," by Mary Thacher Higginson, celebrating Monotropa uniflora (ghost pipes). "No Angelus, except the wild bird's lay, Awakes these forest nuns; yet night and day Their heads are bent, as if in prayerful mood." ko-fi.com/post/Ghost-F...

I apologize to all my friends who may be posting about beaver scent glands, but I need to mute a certain word for my own certainty.

#nativeplants #nationalpoetrymonth continues, with "Mountain Laurel" from Kasey Jueds, celebrating Kalmia latifolia. "Even never having seen/mountain laurel in June, try/to hold it close: near dark, a trembling/of tiny lamps, candling the wished-upon/hours" More info: ko-fi.com/Post/Mountai...

Geranium maculatum today. #nativeplants 🌱

It's no April Fool -- it's day 1 of #nativeplant #poetry month! We begin with "The Blue-Flag in the Bog," by Edna St. Vincent Millay, which features Iris versicolor (blue-flag iris). You can read more about this public Ko-fi post: ko-fi.com/Post/The-Blu...

What I have spent a significant chunk of my morning doing -- figuring out which orchid Robert Frost was writing about in "The Quest of the Orchis." ... why am I like this?

Ain't no party like a Corylus party 'cause a Corylus party has magenta streamers! (i.e. Female flowers of our native hazelnut are in bloom!) #nativeplants #nativeplantsofthenortheast

Been keeping busy! Yesterday's work: ✅ Attended the local pollinator habitat meeting ✅ Brainstormed with my market helper about improvements for this season ✅ Finished moving my overwintered plants off the ground; repotted a few Today: ✅ "Weds woods" time ⬜️ Repotting plants ⬜️ Blog post?

I'll be doing a "Native Plant Poetry Month" feature on social media in April! Read more here: ko-fi.com/Post/Announc...

#nativeplantnursery accountability post: Yesterday: ✅ Continue moving/cleaning up overwintered plants It's sleeting and barely above freezing, so I'm going to stay inside today working on: ⬜️ Posts for Native Plant Poetry series ⬜️ New labels

I've been spammy this morning, but! Time for another #nativeplantnursery scrum lol: Today's task is JUST going to be ⬜️ Continue overwintered plant "unboxing" and cleaning I was completely wiped out by doing that yesterday, so I'm trying to stay within my limitations 🤣

All right, I promised "unboxing" pics of my overwintered #nativeplants. Let's see what has survived and what needs TLC! 🧵 First of all: these were overwintered on the ground, covered in leaves/pine needles, under heavy-duty row cover. This is to avoid large temp swings.

Why yes, Lise, you DO have an allergy to mold, and you were digging around in wet leaves and dirt yesterday. So yes, your eyes are puffy and gritty today and your nose congested. Maybe wear a mask next time, like a genius.