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#dianthus — Public Fediverse posts

Live and recent posts from across the Fediverse tagged #dianthus, aggregated by home.social.

  1. Nepenthes progressions 2021-2026

    Nepenthes are carnivorous plants under the order of Caryophyllales, making them loosely related to cacti and carnations, but also the other common carnivorous plants like Venus fly traps and sundews. There are many other plants that have learned to eat insects that aren't related though. When this happens, we call the process convergent evolution. Two different species, with the same selective pressures, ended up evolving similar systems to overcome those pressures. Think of bats and birds […]

    garesgarden.wordpress.com/2026

  2. From our yard recently, “sending” these blooms from our heart to @Kleen and @Weather_Rock_Wx, in gratitude for their June 2 and June 5 donations! How to donate, plus FAQs: bikemonterey.org/about/financi.

    About those blooms: Learn what we frequently do with lavender, and why we bought special thread at Slow Fiber, Monterey—better still, see a Salinas bike commuter we met when she was en route there June 5, to help her friend / the owner in that shop. bikemonterey.org/bike-buzz-17t

    #ActOnClimate #cycling #biking #transportation #ActiveTransportation #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #OrganicGardening #flowers #dianthus #SweetWilliam #lavender #SweetPeas #gardening

  3. We cut these flowers from our yard on Saturday to take to a friend’s 80th birthday celebration. Wish we could likewise take some to @Kleen and @Weather_Rock_Wx, in gratitude for their May 2 and May 5 donations. These faithful donors—they pitch in every month!—are so appreciated.

    How to donate, plus FAQs: bikemonterey.org/about/financi

    #ActOnClimate #cycling #biking #transportation #ActiveTransportation #BikeTooter #MontereyCounty #OrganicGardening #flowers #dianthus #SweetWilliam #ForgetMeNots #borage #gardening

  4. It's starting to be #iris season too. Not sure what these little ones are, Siberian iris maybe. The #dianthus is "meh" this year. Centered is a marshmallow shasta #daisy that got bugs; the blooms _really_ didn't care for malathion, so they got snipped.

    Wait a minute — who's hiding back there‽ 😼

    #gardening #cats #GardenCat

  5. #Dianthus is a key #herb used in #Chinese #TraditionalMedicine aka #TCM to treat #urinary difficulties. In #Western #HerbalMedicine, the entire plant is used as a bitter tonic herb that stimulates urinary system & #digestive systems. #DianthusChinensis is classified as #antibacterial, #diuretic, #emmenagogue & #febrifuge.

    Only the flower petals are edible to humans but not for your pets. You can sugar flowers into candy. Or add petals to salads.