I haven't seen many butterflies this summer. Here is a tiny gray hairstreak butterfly on boneset. #butterfly #insect #insectphotography #wildflowers #boneset #flowerphotography #nature #hoosiermast

I adore this garden. And I’m not just saying that because I designed and planted it. But because it’s a lovely place to be, full of little places, life and hope. And I think it’s a good start to show what can be done with a mix of #NativePlants, edible perennials, #WildFlowers and ornamentals.

This isn’t the best photo but you can get a sense of the upper seating area and the view down the valley.

#gardening #GardenDesign

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There is a glorious rose, 'Gertrude Jekyll', growing up the back of the pergola. Behind it is a line of Meadowsweet, to the left is an Aronia bush.

#gardening #GardenDesign #ForestGarden #NativePlants #WildlifeGarden #WildFlowers

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And at the heart of the garden is this chonking great pergola! Again, made by David Carter from The Coppice Plot, it is *so darned sturdy*. He set the main uprights on padstones. This pergola is going to last longer the new build house in the background, and that’s the truth.

The pergola looks down the wooded valley, and it really is a magical place.

#gardening #GardenDesign #ForestGarden #NativePlants #WildlifeGarden #WildFlowers

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Also, near this point I experimented with using crushed concrete as a growing medium, following John Little’s lead (see https://www.tiktok.com/@grassroofco )

The idea is, low nutrients favour plants other than grass, and the alkaline conditions favour alkaline loving plants, like Creeping Thyme.

Works an absolute treat, I wish I had more crushed concrete 😉

#gardening #GardenDesign #ForestGarden #NativePlants #WildlifeGarden #WildFlowers

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Back on the ground, looking back at the house, you can see how the beds are filling up. Sweet Woodruff has turned out to be a champion ground cover in the conditions (the inner curved bed is very wet in the winter, dries out in the summer), and there’s Silverweed too, under the 'Harlow Carr' rose I think.

#gardening #GardenDesign #ForestGarden #NativePlants #WildlifeGarden #WildFlowers

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I have taken some photos of the Clifftop garden, kind of a wildlife-ornamental-#ForestGarden, lots of edibles in the mix. plenty of #NativePlants & #UK #WildFlowers

Here’s a thread of the pics.

First up, David Hunter’s really rather lovely rustic Larch fencing sets off the garden against the lush wooded valley. The rose is 'Harlow Carr' from David Austen. Geranium’s client’s own

David’s website https://thecoppiceplot.com/

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There are no bad plants, but white vervain in late summer or fall is kinda hard to love.

#Plants #Fall #WildFlowers

Here's a photo from our morning walk under a nicely overcast sky with some drizzle. :)

This beautiful golden-yellow color along our trails is kindly provided by Isocoma menziesii aka Menzies' Goldenbush — a small shrub in the Asteraceae (sunflower) family that typically blooms summer into fall here.

Vertical, might need a click/tap to see as intended.

https://www.alex-kunz.com/photos/native-wildflowers-chaparral/isocoma-menziesii/

#BloomScrolling #Summer #Yellow #CANativePlants #NativePlants #Plants #Wildflowers #NaturePhotography #CloseUp

Late season #wildflowers. This is California Fuchsia. Grows in crazy dry places and blooms in the fall.

I spent the weekend at #MigFest, the bird migration festival organised by #Spurn #BirdObservatory and the #BTO. Spurn is currently full of Perennial Sow-thistle, so that's been the theme of my weekend. Stunning flowers once you look at them properly. #Yorkshire #WildflowerHour #Bloomscrolling #botany #plants #flowers #wildflowers #plantscience #photography

#wildflowerHour two purple flowers from Aberlady Nature Reserve. It was tricky to find the lousewort in flower, and we only spotted the one ragged Robin in flower.
#wildflowers

Hilly trail on this morning's walk.

#MorningWalk #Sunshine ##Hiking #IL #Illinois #Trails #Walking #Wildflowers #Photography #Nature #Landscape #NaturePhotography

#Summer is finally coming to a close in our part of the world. The flowers and plants were beautiful, but the heat events were grim n dangerous. Will miss the flowers, not the life threatening heat. #Kansas #Wildflowers

#silentsunday #bloomscrolling #wildflowers

I also apparently can’t recognize mustard on the hills anymore when they’re not in bloom…or they have already disappeared. Instead I found prickly lettuce and short mustard, which did not have usable seeds even from the nearby dried plants.
#wildflowers

There are lots of insects around, since it's still pretty warm outside. They'll start to disappear when the temperature goes below 50F/10C. #insects #bugs #insectphotography #nature #naturephotography #wildflowers #damselfly #wasps #dragonfly #boneset

Gliding over an aquatic meadow of Eelgrass (Vallisneria americana). The flowering stems form spirals and pull the flowers under the surface.
Schools of fish fry were hiding in there from predators.

Vertical photo.
#wildflowers #lake #kayaking

#BloomScrolling #wildflowers #photography #pictoftheday

Gm friends 👋

🇬🇧 Wild rose Bush blooms in the spring. White rosehip flower close-up. Rosehip is used in folk medicine

Le rosier sauvage fleurit au printemps. Gros plan sur une fleur de rose musquée blanche. La rose musquée est utilisée en médecine traditionnelle

I always enjoy watching bumblebees going about their business. Observed this Bombus appositus (white-shouldered bumblebee) last weekend visiting a population Gentiana parryi (Parry's Gentian) in the Pecos Wilderness, Santa Fe National Forest, New Mexico. Earlier in the season, before the Gentiana are flowering, I have seen these bees visiting several other genera of wildflowers including Monarda, Oxytropis, and Penstemon. #Bombus #Bumblebees #Bees #Pollinators #Botany #Wildflowers