🌱🌿🌾 #gardeningfeed #gardensky #botany Rhodanthemum hosmariense, shot today 3/24. It's been holding buds since last November, occasionally allowing one to open. But now, with warmer weather, it's starting to really pop. Those are various native wildflower species around it.

🌱🌿🌾 #gardeningfeed #gardensky #horticulture #botany #organic-gardening I think it's time to think about weeds: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌿 #gardeningfeed ##gardensky Another daff/Narcissus opened. It started yesterday, St. Patrick's Day, hence the faintest of lime green on the inner portions of the tepals. ;) This was here before I moved in. I'm leaning towards 'Barret Browning'. What about 'Siempre Avanti' or 'Flower Record'?

🌱 #gardeningfeed #gardensky My "spring" calendar of bloom, 2026 so far, in approximate order: Rhodanthemum hosmariense Clematis cirrhosa ‘Langsdowne Gem’ Arctostaphylos ‘Austin Griffiths’ Bergenia ‘Tubby Andrews’ Narcissus papyraceus Helleborus ‘Sparkling Diamond’ Helleborus ‘Golden Lotus’

🌿🌱 #gardeningfeed #gardensky #organic-gardening My Narcissus 'Cassata' (a split-corona daffodil):

🌿🌱🌾 #gardeningfeed #gardensky #organic-gardening This is my Trillium kurabayashii or Giant Purple Wakerobin. Natively, it occurs only in a small plot in SW Oregon and another plot in Northern California.

🌿🌱 #gardeningfeed #gardensky #organic-gardening The first of my native wildflowers started popping into bloom this week. Here is Nemophila menziesii or Baby Blue-Eyes:

🌾🌿🌱 #gardeningfeed #gardensky #botany #horticulture It's St. Patrick's Day. So, here's some fun bits about the plant(s) called SHAMROCK -- the botanical story and a horticultural/gardening perspective: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌾🌿🌱🌲 #gardeningfeed #gardensky #organic-gardening There's a lot of talk about regenerative gardening, sustainability, native plants, and how much can we actually make our gardens "more like Mother Nature." So... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌾🌿🌱 #gardeningfeed #gardensky Blooming so far, for 2026, in the PNW, in approx. order: Arctostaphylos Austin Griffiths Bergenia Tubby Andrews Clematis cirrhosa Lansdowne Gem Narcissus papyraceus Narcissus Ice Follies Helleborus Golden Lotus Helleborus Sparkling Diamond Anemone blanda ... 1/2

🌾🌿🌱🌲 #gardeningfeed #gardensky #organic-gardening Who's growing Nerine hybrids and where did you buy them? US source, please.

🌾🌿🌱🌲 #gardeningfeed #gardensky Some of you live in a zone where garden-slowing winter has not yet left. Here are some considerations: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌾🌱🌿 #gardeningfeed #gardensky Another unidentified, until now, daffodil to bloom. This (and four other clumps of NOIDs) were here when I moved in. This is probably 'Rijnveld's Early Sensation'. Although there are MANY such yellow large-trumpet daffs, this cultivar is definitely the earliest.

#gardensky #gardeningfeed Not the best photo. This is Rhodanthemum hosmariense, Moroccan Daisy. Evergreen (evergray?). Hardy to Z8. Long-blooming. This one has held dozens of buds since October and has been opening at least one flower every warm day since. Just wait until spring!

🌾🌿🌱 #gardensky #gardeningfeed My Arctostaphylos 'Austin Griffiths' started blooming about two months ago and will continue for maybe two months more. Planted last fall. Not quite two feet high now, will reach about 12 feet in a few years. I will limb it up to show off multiple trunks of red.

🌱🌿🌾 #gardensky #gardeningfeed Earliest daffodils. Narcissus papyraceus (species) -- first bloom 2/9. And this, Narcissus 'Ice Follies' -- first bloom 2/16.

🌱🌲🌾🌿 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #plantscience #botany To honor Women & Girls in Science (commemorated Feb 11), I created this collection of inspiring quotes on gardening, horticulture, and botany. From scientists, novelists, philosophers, and plain ol' gardeners. open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌾🌿🌲🌧️ #gardensky #gardeningfeed #organic-gardening #horticulture It's been a while since I've posted something here. Various reasons. So, if you're up for some garden humor... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌾🌿 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #plantscience #plantbiology #horticulture #organic-gardening Dec 5 is World Soil Day. A year ago, I wrote 6 articles on the most important components of a healthy soil and what gardeners can do to keep it healthy. The first: joeseals.substack.com/p/why-we-sho...

🌱🪴🌲🌾🌿🌴 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #horticulture #plantscience #botany Plenty of indoor gardeners are now wondering why their Christmas cactus is blooming so early. It's a little complicated. In addition to the annotated photo below, I've included detailed points in the ALT text.

🌲🌱🌴🌾🌿 #summerdry #gardensky #gardeningfeed #organic-gardening #horticulture #botany I think gardening is one of the most fascinating of languages. It's full of wonderfully lively, descriptive, and curious words. How many "technical" gardening words do you know? open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌲🌱🌴🌾🌿 #summerdry #gardensky #gardeningfeed #californiagardeners #organic-gardening Okay, so maybe you've shut down your garden(s) for the year. Now you're thinking: "What will I grow next year and where will I get the seed?" I got ya covered. open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌲🌱🌴 🌾🌿 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #Californiagardening #PNWgardeners #horticulture One of the biggest wastes of time in the garden is misidentifying a pest, disease, or weed and then using the inappropriate product (or homemade solution) to "resolve" it. So this: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌲🌱 #summerdry #gardensky #gardeningfeed #organicgardening I sowed a small lawn for my small dog in March. It was sown with a mix of seven native species of grasses, clovers, and a sedge. No amendments, no fertilizing, nothing special. More info in "ALT Text."

🌱🌲🌴 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #flowers #PNWgardening I'm wrapping up the active gardening season. Not "shutting down" or "putting things to bed," mind you. Just not planting anymore. Here's the finishing big touches for 2025: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌿🌲 #summerdry #pnwgardening #gardensky #gardeningfeed #horticulture For those who might be interested in the progress of my 15-month-old garden and landscape... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #organic-gardening #summerdry #horticulture Garden tools need love, too. open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

#gardensky #gardeningfeed #PNWgardening #dahlias #Californiagardening #organic-gardening #horticulture #summerdry 🌿🌱 I'd like to try a poll/survey. Now that the season is coming to a close, I'm interested in what varieties (by name) of DAHLIAS you think were the best as cut flowers (in the vase).

🌱🌲🌾🌿 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #pollinators #organic-gardening #horticulture #plantscience #plantbiology #botany For the fans of pollinators (and we all should be), here's some fun info about who they are and how they do things: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌲🌿🌱🌴 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #summerdry #flowers #organic-gardening An arrangement of dahlias with XAmarine.

🌾🌲🌿🌱🌴 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #soil #horticulture #organic-gardening #plantscience #plantbiology There is life in our soil -- it's called the "edaphon" -- and it has all the abilities you need for the healthiest soil. But... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌾🌲🌿🌱🌴 #gardensky #summerdry #gardeningfeed #horticulture #californiagardening For those of you who don't already know, I have a page on Substack. It's all about gardening -- with a science base. This is my latest article, a long one, but a very special one. open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌾🌲🌿🌱 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #horticulture #plantscience Here is Part 4, the final part, of my series on food plants of North America. It's all about where some of our foods first came from. This one's about funny berries, grapes, wild rice, and maize/corn. open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌾🌲🌿🌱 #summerdry #gardensky #gardeningfeed #organic-gardening #horticulture #plantscience A quick(-ish) read on how to keep your garden and landscape free from marauding deer... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

A better phot oof my X Amarine tubergenii "Belladiva Series" 'Aphrodite'. Makes a difference when you take photos during the day versus night.

🌱🌾🌿🌲 #summerdry #gardensky #gardeningfeed #horticulture #plantscience Here's Part 3 (now of 4) on the food plants native to the Americas. For gardeners, foragers, ethnobotanists, paleoanthropologists, and people who want to know where their foods REALLY come from. open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

I will be renting this when it premiers on Prime tonight. I think it's something we all need -- right now and forever... youtu.be/X1tICIGWiwo?...

🌾🌱🌿🌲 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #horticulture My × Amarine tubergenii "Belladiva" 'Aphrodite'. Taken last evening, just after dark,with a flash.

🌿🌾🌱 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #flowers #horticulture It's fall (almost) and it's time to sow seeds. Soooooo many seeds that a gardener can so right now. A dozen or so very common flowers but here's a look at the uncommon flowers -- that also happen to be EASY. open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌿🌾🌿 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #horticulture #plantbiology #plantscience #botany Here's a whole lot of fun stuff about plants, gardening, and horticulture. In short snippets... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌾🌿 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #fruits #vegetables #plantscience #botany There are so many more fruits, nuts, herbs, and vegetables that originated in North America and were cultivated, to some extent, by the Indigenous peoples. Here's part 2 (of 3) ... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌾🌿🌲 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #horticulture #horticulture #plantbiology #botany I like making more plants from cuttings. I think it's worth doing -- and because of that, I try to do it well. open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌾🌿🌲🍽️ #whatscooking #foodsky #gardensky #gardeningfeed #fruits #vegetables #horticulture #plantscience Ever wonder what foods we eat were originally native to the U.S.? Or anywhere in the Americas? I'm working on the answer, starting with this first in a series: open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌾🌿🌲 #pnwgardening #summerdry #gardensky #gardeningfeed #landscaping #horticulture #plantbiology #botany I've been asked a gazillion times the proverbial question "What's your favorite plant?" The answer: The one(s) that do well in my garden -- with minimal care. open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌾🌿🍽️ #whatscooking #foodsky #gardensky #gardeningfeed #vegetables #organic-gardening #horticulture #plantbiology A week ago, I posted part 1 of my article on the subject of extending the fall (maybe winter) vegetable garden season. Here's part 2... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🍽️ #gardensky #gardeningfeed #recipes #whatscooking #foodsky I don't have a free Substack article today but I've seen LOTS of folks posting their zucchini harvests and asking for recipes (more commonly asked as "What do I do with this thing?"). Here's my collection (pdf): 1drv.ms/b/c/be4a52ae...

🌾🌿🌱🍽️ #whatscooking #foodsky #cooking #gardensky #gardeningfeed #organic-gardening #horticulture #botany If you've ever thought about creating a "kitchen garden" or "potager," or if you're a fan of food history, I might have some fun notes for you... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌾🌿🌱 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #vegetables #organic-gardening #horticulture #whatscooking #foodsky Lots of great vegetables for sowing or putting out now. And lots of ways to keep them growing not just during the fall, but even into and through winter. open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌾🌿 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #horticulture #plantbiology #plantscience #photosynthesis #botany Won't be long before the fall colors light up the landscape. And here's how and why that happens... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...

🌱🌾🌿 #gardensky #gardeningfeed #horticulture #plantscience #botany Who likes Botanical Gardens? Here's a bunch of interesting and odd facts about BGs and other public gardens... open.substack.com/pub/joeseals...