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My Favorite Plant-It-And-Forget-It Flower: Black-eyed Susan

Garden Experiments — Tue, 21 May 2019 13:25:53 +0000

If you’re looking for a plant-it-and-forget-it type of plant that still produces lots of flowers AND attracts pollinators, then look no further than the black-eyed Susan (Rudbeckia hirta). This easy-to-grow wildflower is found throughout North America where you can find it alongside roads, in grassy openings and prairies, and even along the edge of forests. […]

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How to Grow Pink Evening Primrose

Garden Experiments — Fri, 06 Jul 2018 23:08:47 +0000

Sundays after church, my dad would pile the family into the car and take us for a drive through the countryside just outside the boundaries of the big city. We would see miles of delicate pink flowers lining the edges of the roads, growing the cracks in the sidewalk, and on the banks of the […]

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Partridge Pea: Butterfly Host Plant & Pollinator Plant

Garden Experiments — Sun, 27 Aug 2017 11:41:33 +0000

Summer is the time of the year that you’ll see the bright yellow flowers of partridge pea blooming along the side of the road or along streams and ditches. They will continue to flower from late summer to early fall. Creates Food for Pollinators & Wildlife This little plant packs a mighty punch when it […]

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Lyreleaf Sage – Mississippi Wildflower

Garden Experiments — Mon, 24 Jul 2017 19:31:36 +0000

Spring comes early in Mississippi. While my friends who live in states to the north continue to fight through snow and ice, I start to see the fresh green of new plant growth emerge from my lawn in mid to late-March. The early arrival of spring weather is one of my favorite things about living […]

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To Find a Windflower

Garden Experiments — Fri, 23 Jun 2017 08:18:25 +0000

Although I’ve lived in Mississippi for a long time off and on, there are many of our state’s wildflowers that I still haven’t seen. There are so many beautiful surprises in the woods, lawns, and roadsides of Mississippi. We just have to look for them. As I was walking through a nearby neighborhood in March, […]

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Wildflowers in Michigan

Garden Experiments — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 18:35:26 +0000

I love traveling to different places and getting to see the wildflowers and botanical gardens there. It’s especially fun when the native plants are different than the ones that grow in Mississippi. It’s fun to see how many I already know and then try to identify the new ones. Loda Lake Wildflower Sanctuary On a […]

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Prairie Blue-eyed Grass

Garden Experiments — Fri, 14 Apr 2017 14:30:10 +0000

It’s early April, but I’ve already started mowing the grass. The backyard just got a little too unruly, and I have already gotten my first tick of the season. This is always a sign that it’s time to mow. I try never to walk through grass higher than my ankle for that reason. Now, I try […]

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Virginia Spring Beauty – Claytonia virginica

Garden Experiments — Mon, 27 Feb 2017 14:57:29 +0000

When I reach my limit with the bleakness of winter and cold temperatures, the tiniest pink striped flowers start to poke their heads out of lawns and ditches. To me, the Virginia spring beauty (Claytonia virginica) is a harbinger of spring and warmer weather. These wildflowers bloom just before the false garlic – so they […]

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Fall Asters: Purple Blooms for Bees, Butterflies, & Beauty

Garden Experiments — Sun, 06 Nov 2016 18:18:18 +0000

Fall in the southeast still tends toward the warmer temps, which means that bees and butterflies are still hanging around. The scorching heat and sun of the late summer has often killed off many of the most prolific flowering plants, meaning there are less flowers for the pollinators to feed on. Adding a few fall-flowering […]

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Fog Fruit – Mississippi Wildflower

Garden Experiments — Fri, 09 Sep 2016 15:35:41 +0000

I took this photo on a hot, steamy late August day on the banks of the Mississippi River near Vicksburg, Mississippi. The name of this plant just makes me smile. Fog fruit – I can just picture the fog rolling in from the river and resting around this little plant. Plant Names The scientific name of this plant […]

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