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Chicory with white petals! A new for me. #bloomscrolling #wildflower #zone7b

All three of our girls are in preflower! So rewarding. #homegrow #outdoorgrow #containergardening #zone7b #preflower #cannabis

This is my style of native gardening. I call it "Chaos gardening" although I think it's more proper to call it no-dig gardening.

When we first moved in, 6 years ago in August, I started this garden with a fresh patch of clay soil. It was used as a tomato garden that they lined with plastic to kill the weeds. After years of getting cut down by deer and groundhogs and uninformed lawn care people, I've finally found a rhythm. I've been allowing the garden to fill in and I weed sparingly around the plants. I weed enough to let in sunlight but not enough to draw unwanted attention.

Below are some examples of plants that had been eaten to hell last year (and some this year) but continue to grow in spite of it.

Does anyone else garden like this?
#gardening #nativegarden #nativeplants #chaosgardening #noDigGarden #zone7b #notillgardening #rambling

Chapter 17: What’s Blooming 🌸(And My Big Plans for June)💡 + Mulch Update. 👩🏻‍🌾 https://www.allforgardening.com/1801692/chapter-17-whats-blooming-%f0%9f%8c%b8and-my-big-plans-for-june%f0%9f%92%a1-mulch-update-%f0%9f%91%a9%f0%9f%8f%bb%f0%9f%8c%be/ ##oklahomagardening #englishgardenstyle #GardenPlans #gardentour #perennialgarden #zone7b

Miss "Banana Melt" over here growing like a weed 😜 #homegrow #cannabis #growyourown #containergardening #gardening #zone7b

Lil' garden update! I still have tons to do, but I love seeing the little things change. #zone7b #gardening #babyplants #nativeplants #cosmos #seedlings

We have more simultaneous blooms now than ever before; the irises and tulips and wisteria plus American wisteria and roses are all in bloom together. #gardening #zone7b

It's been a weird spring. #bloomscrolling #zone7b #spring2026 #garden #dogwood

Is it time to sow the sunflowers yet?

How about...now?

#sunflowers #gardening #zone7b

A beautiful Juniper hairstreak, Callophrys gryneus. #insect #insectfriend #entomology #nature #bugscrolling #zone7b

I do not want to work in the garden in my bigg ass winter coat but the beds need to get ready for seed.
#gardening #zone7b

More spring preparation, cleaned up Bog Thing from winter dormancy. I generally try to let it do as it wants with some additions along the way, but trimmed out the dead sundew and pinguicula leaves (leaving the sundew roots) and relocated a venus flytrap seedling (there are a few growing in it). Next year I'll move out the pinguiculas before winter. I only rehydrated it today, not a full flush yet until it resettles.

#CarnivorousPlants #Mosstodon #gardening #plants #zone7b #florespondence

Every year, I wish I had taken pictures at the start of the growing season. I might even pin this so I can have all my gardening stuff together. Who have I become😂 This is year 3 after starting from a blank slate with new fence with different dimensions, grading of the property to accommodate new hardscaping and "wall-to-wall" sod.
#gardening #maryland #bloomscrolling #zone7b #zone7

I divided and repotted a very crowded and rootbound Sarracenia pitcher plant today.

#CarnivorousPlants #sarracenia #gardening #plants #zone7 #zone7b #florespodence

Why, hello, my hollyhock friend! You are looking bright and green!
#gardening #hollyhocks #bloomscrolling #zone7b #zone7

It looks like most of the carnivorous plants survived over-wintering on the balcony in Germany, Zone 7b. I am now prepping soil for divisions and repotting. There are three generations of Venus Flytraps with a small fourth generation seeding to start soon (I have a lot of seeds from last year's harvest and need to test a few).

#CarnivorousPlants #plants #gardening #florespondence #plants #Mosstodon #zone7b #BogPlants

I scattered native plant seeds on Sat Feb 21:

* Early goldenrod / Solidago juncea
* Virginia bluebells / Mertensia virginica
* Canadian wood betony / Pedicularis canadensis

I scraped at the leaves & dirt and tried to drop seeds into crevices/depressions so they would be protected, while still technically on the surface. I hear these seeds need light to grow and can't be buried deep.

Was this too late for cold stratification?

#NativePlants #gardening #zone7b #Philly #ColdStratification

Lookin' a little worse for wear, but it's been a weird winter season. #gardening #zone7b #hellebore #helleborus

I just bought a bunch of native plant seeds for the 2026 season! I am so excited :]

Has anyone else started planning yet?

#gardening #swva #zone7b #virginia #nativeplantgardening

This year the garden started slow, but the tomatoes kept on trucking *way* longer than usual. It's supposed to freeze tonight in NYC so I finally harvested anything that was left.

Sooo if anyone knows what to do with green tomatoes besides frying them, by all means share. This isn't even all of them. #Gardening #DIY #Zone7B #NYC

Beautiful autumnal colors today despite the overcast weather. #gardening #garden #fallcolors #virginia #zone7b #autumn #leaves

Is this weather making anyone else grumpy? It's the end of September we haven't had rain in like a month and it's in the 80s. What the actual fuck? #climatechange #weatherrant #zone7b #virginia #annoyed

I'm installing a native plant pollinator garden for my neighbors, at the end of our street's back alley. Here's the first photo of my progress in implementing my sketched-out plan.

A key part of this design was choosing plants happy in the shade, since this is under large mature trees, and I've had some conflicting opinions on shade tolerance from different sources. I don't have much experience with shade gardening, since my yard is in full sun.

#NativePlants #gardening #zone7b #Philly #shade

Almost ready to harvest some hibiscus for tea! #growyourown #zone7b #containergardening #tea #hibiscustea #hibiscus I'll come back and add alt text!

May have sprained my ankle? We'll see what happens haha. I wanted a nice palate clenser, so I took a nice walk through the garden and did some watering 🥰 #aroundthegarden #gardening #garden #zone7b #nature #zinnia #hibiscus #photography

Fresh bouquet from the garden. #garden #zone7b #dahliaseason #bloomscrolling #flowers #bouquet #gardentherapy

Wonderful little haul from the garden. #gardening #zone7b #cherokeepurple #spicypeppers I cannot remember the name of these peppers, but they're supposed to be spicy.

It's been so fun growing these two mystery seeds. Almost complete opposites! They may have come from the same bag, though? They both have beautiful purple coloration on the stems. It reminds me of a stripped maple. #cannabis #homegrow #containergardening #cannabisplant #zone7b #gardening #highthoughts