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**KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)** @kellyromanych@mastodon.social · 18h

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KellyAnn Romanych (she/her) @kellyromanych@mastodon.social

Welcome the wild bees

A honey bee and much smaller native bee share a Phacelia bloom. The native may be a Halictus or Lasioglossum

An all purple flowerhead with trumpet shaped petals and long stamens. On our left, a honey bee. On our right, a mich smaller native bee with a dark body, fuzzy gray hairs, and a white and black abdomen. About the size of a small rice grain.

#bees #NativePlants

**Jake Rayson** @natureworks@mas.to · 20h

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Jake Rayson @natureworks@mas.to

Saw these beauties today in Pengelli woods and my heart sang

Wood Anemone (Anemone nemerosa) #NativePlants #Cymru #BloomScrolling

Small white 5 petalled woodland flowers with yellow bits in the middle

**Visions of Napa** @visionsofnapa@sfba.social · 21h

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Visions of Napa @visionsofnapa@sfba.social

Native Plant Sale!
by the California Native Plant Society, Napa Valley Chapter

When:
Saturday, 4/12, 10am-3pm
Sunday, 4/13, 10am-2pm

Where: Skyline Wilderness Park – 2201 Imola Ave., Napa, California

Free admission to Skyline Park during the sale.

Over 1,000 hard-to-find native plants, more than 125 species, for sun and shade will be available.

#Napa #California #NativePlants #garden #gardenining

https://chapters.cnps.org/napa/2025/02/05/spring-2025-plant-sale-april-12th-and-13th/

Napa Valley Chapter - CNPS · Feb 6Spring Plant Sale April 12th and 13th 2025 - Napa Valley Chapter - CNPSSaturday 4/12 10am-3pm & Sunday 4/13 10am-2pm (CNPS Member Pre-Sale – Saturday from 9am-10am) Skyline Wilderness Park – 2201 Imola Ave., Napa Free admission to Skyline Park during the sale. […]

**JohnMoyer** @johnmoyer@okla.social · 1d

JohnMoyer @johnmoyer@okla.social

Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) on wild Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vine in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on March 16, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Mar23_birds_and_cats/2025mar16_titmouse_IMG_3115c.html

#birds #titmouse #Baeolophus #Parthenocissus #wildlife #wildlifephotography #nativeplants #Oklahoma #photography

also at: https://1-john-moyer.pixels.com/featured/titmouse-3115-john-moyer.html

A Tufted Titmouse (Baeolophus bicolor) was standing on a wild Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vine with crest partially raised in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on March 16, 2025.

**All for Gardening** @afg@vive.im · 1d

All for Gardening @afg@vive.im

Guerrilla success! https://www.allforgardening.com/1254066/guerrilla-success/ #NativePlantGardening #NativePlants #RainGardens

**Climate Jenny 2.1** @ClimateJenny@biodiversity.social · 1d

Climate Jenny 2.1 @ClimateJenny@biodiversity.social

Bluebells by the river. #NativePlants

A solid carpet of Bluebells stretches all the way to the edge of the river, which is grey, reflecting a grey sky. The Bluebells are leafy, bright green plants about a foot tall, with big oval leaves that look like they might make a tasty salad. The flowers hang down in clumps of blue bells. There are hundreds.

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**Pollinators** @Pollinators@epicure.social · 1d

Pollinators @Pollinators@epicure.social

@Axiom Have fun with the research. Native plants are good for the planet! The local pollinators are looking for quality native plant meals from spring to fall. Fiber sprouts. Ha ha. #nativeplants, #growyourown.

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · 1d

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

I have tried a few times to photograph the flowers of thin leaf huckleberry (Vaccinium membranaceum), but things happened. Today I was successful at catching an image or two. The flowers are very delicate and open for a day or two before they drop, while the berry takes a few months to ripen.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #NativePlantsOfThePNW #NativePlants

Thinleaf huckleberry flowers hang on a branch, looking like old-fashioned blown glass lampshades. They're a delicate, almost transparent green tinged with pink or bronze. The fruit is at the base, very prominent and dark green. The berry will turn deep blue-purple when ripe. They're very tasty if you can beat the birds to them.

Here you can see some older flowers turning brown, and one berry with the corolla gone but a pistil still evident. The leaves are thin, bright green, oval and dentate. These are still edged in new leaf red

**KellyAnn Romanych (she/her)** @kellyromanych@mastodon.social · 1d

KellyAnn Romanych (she/her) @kellyromanych@mastodon.social

First Romneya of spring

A big Romneya poppy flower nestled in leaves in morning sun. The flower is bigger than a hand. White crinkled petals surround a yellow pompom center

#BloomScrolling #NativePlants

**Caramelized Shallots** @CaramelizedShallots@ohai.social · 1d *

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Caramelized Shallots @CaramelizedShallots@ohai.social

One of my favorite flowers, the very ephemeral bloodroot, Sanginaria canadensis has made its appearance. Native to most of the eastern half of the US and southern Canada, it’s an early spring pollen and nectar source for native pollinators. The seeds are dispersed by ants.

Photo of a few bloodroot plants. The flowers are white with a yellow center. The leaves are a soft greyish green and deeply lobed.

#NativePlants #pollinators #NativePlantGardening

**JohnMoyer** @johnmoyer@okla.social · 1d

JohnMoyer @johnmoyer@okla.social

Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) on wild Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vine in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on March 16, 2025

Some of the camera settings I used to make this photo are at: https://www.rsok.com/~jrm/2025Mar23_birds_and_cats/2025mar16_cardinal_IMG_3120c.html

A Northern Cardinal (Cardinalis cardinalis) was standing on a wild Virginia Creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia) vine in Norman, Oklahoma, United States on March 16, 2025. His crest was not fully raised.

#birds #cardinal #northern_cardinal

**excited for the mastodon rise** @qkslvrwolf@mastodon.social · 2d

excited for the mastodon rise @qkslvrwolf@mastodon.social

http://gaiagarden.blogspot.com/2025/04/removing-invasive-plants-satisfying-and.html

gaiagarden.blogspot.comRemoving Invasive Plants - A Satisfying (and Usually Cheap) Way to Help Increase BiodiversityAll of those "pretty" white-blooming trees are Callery Pears, better known as "Bradford pears". This non-native has become quite invasive in...

#gardening #plants #NativePlants

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · 2d

Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

This photo is exciting to me. I bought this Pacific crabapple (Malus fusca) 5 years ago. It did not bloom...and then yesterday I saw flower buds all over it!
My daughter was all agog too.
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #NativePlants #OurGarden

Three bright pink crabapple buds are poking out from a mass of bright green leaves, mostly lanceolate and dentate. The photo is taken in dappled sunlight.

**Pollinators** @Pollinators@epicure.social · 2d

Pollinators @Pollinators@epicure.social

April 9, afternoon in which we see two ants, one tree swallow and these lovely Prairie Smoke plants. #nativeplants, #treeswallows, #minnesota, #getoutside, #zone4b.

A ferny plant hugs a pink blossom. The background to the left is a dried oak leaf in tan. To the right a dried prairie smoke leaf also in tan.

**Native Plants Unlimited** @Nativeplantsunlimited@mastodon.social · 2d

Native Plants Unlimited @Nativeplantsunlimited@mastodon.social

Join us this Saturday- it’s going to be an unbelievable lovely day of spring sunshine! Come and get some bare root plants for your garden- or, order ahead and pick up in Bloomington. We’ll see you outside at #SwitchyardPavilion! #BloomingtonIndiana #Indianapolis #NativePlants #Indiana #hoosiersocial #hoosiernews #HoosierMast

**Carolannie** @carolannie@c.im · 2d *

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Carolannie @carolannie@c.im

Evergreen huckleberries (Vaccinium ovatum) are blooming. This hardy native is evergreen, and used by wise people for hedges. Its blue huckleberries are very small but usually abundant, and tasty!
#Photography #SeattleWashington #SeattleSpring #BloomScroll #NativePlants

White and pink bell shaped flowers cluster along branches covered with smal,l oval, dentate dark-green leaves. The flowers will become little blue huckleberries in fall.

**Just Tired** @Just_Tired@mastodon.world · 3d

Just Tired @Just_Tired@mastodon.world

I wanted to add a few more trees. I've lost 2 beautiful sugar maples in the last few years. I've replaced them with red maples, but it's going to be a while until they're 50' tall. Got some pawpaw seedlings and persimmon seedlings. Native fruits from my area. I have a mulberry and crabapple for other native fruits. Next are some evergreen trees for a windbreak. #gardening #trees #nativeplants