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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

We'll have butterfly food: milkweed-Monarchs, Zizia-black swallowtail, senna-sulphers, spicebush-spicebush swallowtail, Dutchman's Pipevine-pipevine swallowtail, pawpaw-zebra swallowtail... And nectar plants: blazingstar, aster, goldenrod, bee balm, native thistle, coneflower, black eye Susan's...

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

Loving the Helen's flower (Helenium autumnale) right now 💜🌼

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 10/09/2026

Roundhead Lespedeza (Lespedeza capitata): We love seeing the silvery sheen of this plant from a distance and then get up close and personal to enjoy the subtle flower beauty.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

A few folks wanted to pose behind our monarch waystation sign this weekend.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

The blue lobelias are really shining

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Like this beautiful rose mallow, we are open this weekend, Friday and Saturday 9AM-4PM. Saturday is also grounding in the garden between 8:30AM-9AM.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

10 days ago this friend was boogying across the bridge to the greenhouse to look for a place to pupate. Today she emerges beautifully. 💜🐛🦋

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Reminder, we're open today and tomorrow, August 7th & 8th, 9AM-4PM.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 07/08/2026

Our Zizia are crawling with black swallowtail caterpillars. 💜🐛

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 02/08/2026

Good morning from this adorable bumblebee on Echinacea purpurea with Cuphea viscosissima in the background.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 23/07/2026

Tracy spoke with Celia on the latest episode of the Up From Dust podcast about her journey with arachnophobia and helping people get over their fears. www.kcur.org/2026-07-20/a...

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 17/07/2026

A big, beautiful, bumble on the downy skull cap (Scutellaria incana) this morning.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 16/07/2026

The beauty berries are blooming beautifully today and buzzing with life.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 13/07/2026

We're not the only ones loving the purple headed Helen's flower (Helenium flexuosum). 🐝🌼💜

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 03/07/2026

Summer/fall hours July - October 2026: 1st & 3rd successive Fridays and Saturdays 9AM-4PM July 3-4 July 17-18 August 7-8 August 21-22* September 4-5 September 18-19 October 2-3 October 16-17 *We're closed the 3rd Saturday of August so Grounding in the Garden will take place on August 22nd instead.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 26/06/2026

The downy skullcap (Scutellaria incana) showing off its amazing blooms this week! This one's hanging out with some Rudbeckia hirta.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 16/06/2026

First pond turtle sighting of the year!!!! 💚🐢

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 12/06/2026

The calamint (Clinopodium arkansanum) is looking amazing this time of year. It smells amazing most of the year.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 09/06/2026

Shhh, the American Painted Lady caterpillar is sleeping on the pussy toes. 💜🐛

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

Loving the lead plant (Amorpha canescens) that is now blooming.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 02/06/2026

The evening primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa) is looking awesome on this overcast morning.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

We had a dead bumblebee on the cabin porch this morning and one of our young customers decided to give it a dandelion burial. 🥹 How precious!! 💛🖤💛

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 23/05/2026

Collecting sedge seeds in the lawn tonight and these beautiful flowers were raining down on us from the male persimmon tree (Diospyros virginiana) above us. If only this were a scratch and sniff photo you could smell how fragrant they are too.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Blooming in the bumblebee garden this week: Zizia aptera Marshallia caespitosa Monarda bradburiana (which crept over from the sensory garden but that's okay, the bumblebees don't mind)

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Blooming in the bumblebee garden this week: Penstemon cobaea Aquilegia canadensis Penstemon pallidus

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

We're so excited to unveil our new Welcome mural created by Hanna Albina! Here's the artist with her painting. Check it out when you visit this season.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

We're open for the 2026 season! 2026 hours: May - June Fridays and Saturdays 9AM-4PM July - October 1st & 3rd successive Fridays and Saturdays 9AM-4PM

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

We're open for the 2026 season! 2026 hours: May - June Fridays and Saturdays 9AM-4PM July - October 1st & 3rd successive Fridays and Saturdays 9AM-4PM

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 15/15 Prunus serotina - Black Cherry This may be Tracy's favorite spring flowering tree (don't tell the other kids; she loves them too). And it blossoms will be a part of the new Welcome mural that will be completed soon. We can't wait for you to see it!

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 14/15 Aquilegia canadensis - Columbine

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 13/15 Glandularia canadensis - Rose verbena

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 12/15 Fragaria virginiana - Wild strawberry

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 11/15 Polemonium reptans - Jacob's ladder

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 10/15 Mertensia virginica - Virginia bluebells

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 9/15 Ceanothus herbaceus - New Jersey Tea

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 8/15 Silene caroliniana - Wild pink

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 7/15 Amsonia ciliata - Threadleaf bluestar

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 6/15 Delphinium tricorne - Short spring larkspur

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 5/15 Viola pedata - Bird's foot violet

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 4/15 Zizia aurea - Zizia aurea

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 3/15 Lonicera sempervirens - Coral honeysuckle

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 2/15 Taenidia integerrima - Yellow Pimpernel

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 14/04/2026

Blooms around the nursery this week: # 1/15 Antennaria parlinii - Pussytoes

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 05/04/2026

Good morning from the greenhouse this morning.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 25/03/2026

We will be delaying our spring opening day at the Nursery to May 1st. We will continue to participate in March & April off-site sales (see our website for details). Why? I (Tracy) made some poor management decisions which resulted in losing most of our overwintered plants to last week's freeze.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 22/03/2026

Cute little pussytoes, Antennaria neglecta, already supporting the pollinators visiting the sensory garden.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

The sand phlox (Phlox bifida) is blooming!!! Unfortunately we won't have this species available for sale again this year, but it makes a wonderful ground cover with early spring blooms if you can find another vendor carrying it.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 16/02/2026

The Ozark witch hazel (Hamamelis vernalis ) looks amazing this time of year. Aren't those blooms so cool?!

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 09/02/2026

If you're at the Plan It Native conference Tuesday and Wednesday, stop by the Community Table in the Anita B. Gorman Center to chat during breaks.

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Sow Wild Natives @sowwildnatives.bsky.social · 08/02/2026

Pulling back the frost cloth on this warm February day to see if the babies need watered. Yup. Even with the snow melt, they're pretty dry. But it's so rewarding to see all the green and even some early spring beauty blooms.

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