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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 03/10/2026

What the *heck* is going on over there? Wouldn’t it be nice to not have a gajillion conspiracy theories to have to negotiate in public spaces?

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NorCal Lynne @norcal-lynne.bsky.social · 31/08/2026

Dragonfly and begonia. Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858). Art Institute of Chicago. #InverteFest #SciArt 🌱🌿

Color woodblock print of a turquoise greenish dragonfly on a pink begonia flower, the green leaves are in the lower right corner, and in the upper right corner is writing.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Give it time. If “floof” persists in usage long enough for the OED to include it, everyone else will cave.

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City Mouse Garden @citymousegarden.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

This is basically the dream we had when we went #KillYourLawn in 2020 & started planting natives and it happens daily now! 🤗 #gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #NativePlants #invertebrates #BugSky #bees #pollinators #butterflies #FlowersOnFriday 🌱

In the foreground, a large bumblebee dusted with pollen shares a cluster of pink Asclepias incarnata blooms a smaller bee on the opposite side. In the background, a female Monarch Butterfly is visible hanging from another flower cluster on the same plant.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Yeah, I agree. Maybe suggested they have “joie de vivre”

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JB | Native Plant Gardener (WI) @jbtheexplorer.bsky.social · 31/07/2026

I was photographing these ambush bugs when all of a sudden I noticed this snowberry clearwing right next to me. #nativeplants #insects #garden #gardening #Wisconsin

Mating ambush bugs on rattlesnake master.

A snowberry clearwing moth visiting wild bergamot.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

#caturday #catsofbluesky 16 years old and pretty arthritic, but i claim that Curry is the sweetest & softest floof in all of floofdom.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 26/07/2026

Things could be worse. Today’s ear worm, for the past six hours, has been Bohemian Rhapsody. At least it’s varied.

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FrontRangeWildflowers @frwildflowers.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

Silene hitchguirei, our Mountain Campion, blooming yesterday on Mt. Blue Sky #nativeplants 14,120’

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Neil @neilforreal.bsky.social · 25/07/2026

One of the unexpected joys of getting older is the discovery of gardening(?!). Not too long ago I would have scoffed at the idea, but suddenly I'm planting native perennials and seeing myself as a steward of my patch of earth, connected to and responsible for continuing nature's cycles. #gardening

Black swallowtail caterpillar on a dill plant in Neil's garden.

A bumble bee visits a wild bergamot flower in Neil's garden.

A monarch butterfly on a purple coneflower in Neil's garden.

Wild bergamot, butterfly milkweed, common milkweed, and liatris, some of the native plants in Neil's garden.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

This video is from last summer, I did not see the pollinator yesterday evening.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

The entire time I was weeding, I was enveloped in fragrance. pretty much swooned.

Large white lily flowers with long slender white petals emerging from a central white disc. The 1/2 inch thick stems are 2 feet tall, and sturdy, with several flowers at the top of the stem.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 24/07/2026

#nativeplants The Piedmont Shoal Lilies are blooming now. I had to weed amongst them, as big as these plants are, they were being swallowed whole by Jewelweed. Can't have that!

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 20/07/2026

Sorry it’s taken me so long to reply, I’ve been slammed. I will try to catch up with the list requests, including yours, this week.

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Chris Scary Moss @christoptomus.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

Bugs, fungi, parasites, viruses, algae, and bacteria are part of a system that keeps us alive. You yourself, are a host to billions of organisms that both help, and sometimes hurt you. This evolutionary system has taken billions of years to form. We cannot live without it.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 18/07/2026

The available hybrids are a cross between Calycanthus chinensis and either of two American species, Calycanthus occidentalis (a western North American species) or Calycanthus floridus, ( an eastern Notth American species)

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

We tended them the rest of the year in a large communal pot. This year they bloomed in our shade garden. I have hand pollinated the flowers, keeping my fingers crossed for seeds

Three large yellow and red flowers with brown spots. Each flower hangs from a green stem that is about 18 inches tall.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 14/07/2026

#nativeplants Last summer I was able to locate and dig up 3 different individual Lilium micheauxii in our valley before the deer ate them. The deer always eat them, prevent the plants from blooming.

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Courtney Milan @courtneymilan.com · 13/07/2026

I completely agree: on a global perspective, switching to LED light bulbs and so on while we're spiking energy usage through data centers is a terrible strategy. On a personal strategy level, most of these things just make sense.

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The Dobson Family and Colin the Dalek @dobbersw.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

I still love the theory a Year 6 child proposed to me that David Attenborough is actually God and he got fed up with people not noticing the amazing things he'd created, so he made documentaries to show off.

David Attenborough and one of his creations.

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Robert Reich @rbreich.bsky.social · 10/03/2026

This is how our government has been corrupted: 1) Donors give huge sums to elect politicians 2) Elected officials rewrite rules in donors' favor 3) Donors make huge profit 4) Repeat We must get big money out of politics. It’s the root of all evil in Washington.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Boosting to #nativeplants, I forgot to insert the tag!

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Is that “stupid”? Or CATegorically calculated?

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🥀 BUNNICULA ⛈️🦇🥀 @rosenlynx.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

1. grow native plants to support your local bugs 2. learn about and appreciate the insects around you 3. be radical and spread conservation knowledge 🤘

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Laura Belin @laurarbelin.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

It's late but still Iowa wildflower Wednesday! This week Jo Hain features Ninebark, a shrub that can thrive in rocky, inhospitable terrain and produces clusters of striking flowers. #Iowa #wildflowers #nature #nativeplants www.bleedingheartland.com/2026/06/03/i...

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Iowa wildflower Wednesday: Ninebark

Jo Hain: Ninebark can grow in terrain that is inhospitable to a lot of vegetation. The clusters of flowers are striking and unusual.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

I want to grow amazing native plants that nobody else grows. Not rare ones. Just amazing plants. It challenges me.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

#nativeplants Lilium canadensis var. editorum is blooming now:

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

#nativeplants The bonuses of running a nursery that uses organic practices: we have monarchs!

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

If you keep the sound on, there’s a morning chorus of birdsong. I swear there are more birds on the front acreage since I started the nursery.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

#nativeplants Phlox caroliniana is blooming now. Phlox divaricata and Phlox subulata bloom in early spring. Phlox caroliniana blooms mid spring. Phlox panniculata blooms mid to late summer.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

#caturday : Can you find the cat? I can’t find my cat!

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 30/05/2026

#nativeplants Hummingbird clearwing this morning at the farm. Every time we replace natives with plants from “somewhere else“ we deprive ourselves of beauty, make our lives poorer. Why do that?

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jtkindt @jtkindt.bsky.social · 22/05/2026

Native bloom #20, Hypericum frondosum (Cedarglade St. Johns Wort), purchased a couple years back from @beechhollow.bsky.social. With a bonus bee! #bloomscrolling #nativeplants #bees

Yellow sunburst of a flower (lots and lots of thin filaments tipped by a little spot of pollen, and a pistil emerging in the center, with a few yellow petals.) The face of a very small bee is visible clinging to the filaments at the lower side of the picture.

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hhornfi Twitter archives 2017-2022 @hhornfi.bsky.social · 13/07/2018

BBC: Ireland's fossil fuel #divestment bill to force the €8.9bn Ireland Strategic Investment Fund ISIF to end €300m investments in oil, gas and coal energy in five years. bbc.com/news/world-eur…

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Ireland set to be first country to end investment in fossil fuels

Ireland will become the first country to stop public investments in the fuels when its law passes.

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Sam @smknigh.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

And the bees are in to it!

A small bee takes pollen from bloodroot flower, which has four large white petals and bright yellow anthers carrying pollen

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Sam @smknigh.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

If only Halifax actually tried to enforce the 2022 Spring Garden closure to cars this could have been us

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Joe @scrubfae.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Catawba Rhododendron (Rhododendron catawbiense) WNC 05.03.26 #azalea #wnc #nativeplants #spring #ncwildflowers

Bright pink cluster of azalea blooms characteristic of Catawba rhododendron

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808 Cleanups @808cleanups.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

Happy Aloha Friday and Big Mahalo to today's stellar stewards! Strong breeze today which kept us all cool. We decided to focus on removing invasive grasses under the kiawe trees in order to free up numerous native plants. Everyone did a great job...meticulous work to do...

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 09/05/2026

#caturday #catsky Happy Caturday from the best insomniac companion ever.

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 02/05/2026

Hi, I haven’t had anyone else contact me with this issue. Did the issue resolve?

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Pandra @beechhollow.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

Thank you, I’ll look at it.

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