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I adore Dittany (Cunila origanoides). Dainty flowers, Dainty pollinator visitors, aromatic leaves, frost flowers later, sun and shade. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Blue Mistflower (Conoclinium coelestinum) provides mid- to late-season sustenance for passersby. Monarch! #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Project Native Hedge. From privet to Black Chokeberry (Aronia melanocarpa) and Ozark Witchhazel (Hamamelis vernalis). This weekend, I laid cardboard (craft paper when I ran out), edging, planted, and pine strawed. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

It's caterpillar mania around here!!!! If the kids are looking for something fun to do this Friday and Saturday, bring them out to count caterpillars, just for the fun of it. They're so cute! 💜🐛🐛🐛🐛💜

Blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) looking oh so bluetiful this morning. Reminder we're open September 5th and 6th 9AM-4PM.

Let's consider our scientists and experts, mkay?

Pawpaw (Asimina triloba)fruit is amazing. First taste from our native trees. Bonus: I don't seem to have an allergic reaction to them! (I'm sensitive to some fresh fruits) #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

After over a year and a half of battling achilles tendonitis, I safely completed the Black Elk Peak trail in the South Dakota Black Hills.

Devil's Tower Day.

We've been seeing so many baby monarch and swallowtail caterpillars on our milkweed (Asclepias spp.) and Alexander's (Zizia spp.)!!!! 💜🐛 This also means that the plants you take home this fall will look pretty rough as the little munchers defoliate them. But that's why we grow them!

Creek. Canyon. Fish. Spears. Sounds fantastic! Spearfish Canyon, South Dakota.

Listen to Spearfish Falls. Rejuvenating.

Spearfish Canyon is lovely. #nature #trees

Spearfish Falls is lovely. #nature #trees

Spearfish Canyon is lovely. #nature #trees

Dignity of Earth and Sky. Chamberlain, South Dakota, above the Missouri River.

So, is this Hoary Vervain (Verbena stricta) just chilling in the South Dakota Badlands?! #nativeplants

Palatial.

Welcome to South Dakota.

Beetle beetle paw paw. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Bumblebee loves the Azure Blue Sage (Salvia azurea). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Millions of audio recordings of hundreds of bird species have revealed that artificial light is making the birds wake up earlier and go to bed later.

Familiar Bluet Damselfly in the #prairie garden. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Monarch Caterpillar on the Honeyvine Milkweed (Cynanchum laeve). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

So close! Pawpaw (Asimina triloba). When will I know it's ripe? #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Snow-on-the-mountain (Euphorbia marginata). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Common Buckeyes in the #prairie garden.

Life is here in the #prairie garden. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Elderberry (Sambucus canadensis) fruits ripening! #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Common Buckeye chilling on Partridge Pea. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

This old, scraggly privet hedge is going bye bye. #NativePlants to replace it? Needs to be short, given power lines. Current hedge is 30ft long, 4-5ft tall, and 3-6ft wide. Sun, clay-ish soil. KC area. Considering shrubs, small trees, and/or tall perennials. #naturallandscaping ##pollinatorgarden

There's plenty of activity in the #prairie garden! #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Prairie garden doing alright today! #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Pollinator on the #NowBlooming Dittany (Cunila origanoides). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Snow-on-the-mountain (Euphorbia marginata). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Short clip from Whitecap Beach. A chill weekend.

Resilience! This is The Big Tree, a 1,000 year old coastal live oak (Quercus virginiana) located near Rockport, TX, and the coast of the Gulf of Mexico. #nativeplants #trees

Almost Snow-on-the-mountain (Euphorbia marginata). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Pollinators love Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Prairie Blazing Star (Liatris pychnostachya) went all octopus this year. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Pawpaw fruit (Asimina triloba) getting closer! #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Bumble on the Gray-headed Coneflower (Ratibida pinnata). #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Hummmm. Hummingbird visiting the Azure Blue Sage (Salvia azurea) in the #prairie garden. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Blue Sage (Salvia azurea) #NowBlooming in the #prairie garden! #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Milkweed Tussock Moth on Common Milkweed. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Walked the Prairie Garden in the backyard today. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden

Little rain, little droplets, little flowers. Wild Hairy Petunia (Ruellia humilis) decorating the backyard. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Coffee View. Prairie Garden, sunflower patch, shrub corner, buffy grass patch, and more room for less turf. Need more coffee. #WhatYouPlantMatters #naturallandscape #nativeplants #grownative #pollinatorgarden #prairie

Walked around the restored prairie at Jerry Smith Park, south of KC. Cicadas, birds, prairie, trees, relaxation in the morning light.