#nativeplant

I've been doing all i can to ID this Carex. Everything i'm reading is pointing me to ID it as Carex pseudocyperus. It's growing in a natural bog that is overflow from one of the many springs on our part of Little Bearwallow Mountain. My friends have been doing some maintaining of the bog and selectively eliminating plants to produce a spectacular wetland designed garden. Nothing has been brought from outside sources. Just all plants transplanted from one area of the property to this area or vice versa. . . . #carexpseudocyperus #carex #grass #nativeplant #bog #wetlands #boggarden #swamp #plantidentificationhelp #plantidentification #wncmountains #southernappalachia #upperhickorynutgorge #blueridgemountains #gertonstrong #ilovegardening #ilovewhereilive #mountaingarden #shadeplants #shadegarden #woodland #woodlandplants #woodlandgarden (at Gerton, North Carolina) https://www.instagram.com/p/CPcZJeRDSnn/?utm_medium=tumblr

What a beautiful name, (enchanter's nightshade)... an overlooked plant of woodlands, now I am wondering what its pollinators might be, probably diptera, but bees are mentioned in the e-literature as well.   Given that they are often in the middle of the woods, bloom in the summer it is more likely that they are targeting diptera as bees are largely absent at that time of year.   seems like a very reasonable species to plant as ground cover in heavy shade.     Specimen and picture by Helen Lowe Metzman.  

A coontie palm (Zamia integrifolia), a Florida native but can survive up to usda zone 8b (which includes Seattle). It’s endangered in the wild but widely available in garden centers and landscape nurseries. The pot is by Eli Akins, Waldo Street Pottery. @waldo_street_pottery #mybonsaiworld #trees #cycads #palms #bonsai #nativeplant (at Adam's Art and Bonsai Studio and Nursery)

A weed that irritates everyone, thorny, leaves are shot through with holes from being fed on by many of its personal insect hosts, but...this is a native plant, related to tomatoes and T'ai Roulston's work in Shenandoah Valley shows that for some bumblebees this is the main pollen source in the summer.  So, inspect you preconceived notions and maybe let a few horse nettles (Solanum carolinense) bloom in the back of your garden.  Don't be a flower snob.  Specimen and picture by Helen Lowe Metzman, Howard County, MD.    #horsenettle #flowersnob #nativeplant #pollinatorplant #pollination #bumblebees #flowers #usgs #bees #nativebees #conservation #ugly #forlorn #ignored

Agastache foeniculum. Anise or Giant Blue Hyssop. A lovely and large bee plant, native to northern climes. Plant it! Photo and specimen by Helen Lowe Metzman.

Hemlock Trail

Native plants are so important for the environment. They improve all aspects of the ecosystem. This is the leaf of a wild geranium. My favorite native plant from my garden.

Same photo now edited. This time, a basic black and white filter that mimics Kodak film.