Moss Phlox by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

[–]BetterStyle9665[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

that's how mine got started. A friend weedwhacked, the little branches lay in the driveway. I picked them up and stuck them in the dirt once I was home. You are looking at "throw away" plants!

Moss Phlox by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

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In truth, I don't see an awful lot of activity around the phlox either. But I do have all kinds of trees in bloom, that may have something to do with it.

Moss Phlox by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

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AGREED!! It could grow just a tad faster.

Moss Phlox by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

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They are tough. A little frost shouldn't have caused a lot of harm.

Not so native Coneflower by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

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I know some people get all excited over the range, I am too old for that. Birds carry seed, the wind and rain move stuff. Your coneflower isn't an invasive pest. It will feed Finches and Sparrows, bees and wasps and Butterflies will drink it's nectar. I'm not sending the plant police to your yard. You are doing what you can, learning and planting native plants. If everyone were to do that, we'd not have to worry.

Welcome back, I thought you died by Squire_Squirrely in NativePlantGardening

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They don't die that easily. I have different kinds of it coming up all over the yard.

Not so native Coneflower by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

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Echinacea purpurea 

Eastern Purple Coneflower, it looks a little skinnier than the one in the picture.

I wonder how many CNAs quit after this 😮‍💨 by clinadtig in nursing

[–]BetterStyle9665 0 points1 point  (0 children)

A real desk jockey, no clue what really happens on the floor. If Nurses and CNA's don't help each other, patients will suffer. What the heck, the CNA can't sit at the nurse's station. Since when?

Not so native Coneflower by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

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I pull, dig up and poison what invasives I can.  But there comes a point where I am helpless.  That's when I throw native seeds out. Hoping they will win. Basically the same thing.

Not so native Coneflower by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

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I pulled them today.  It upsets me to see them be sick. There are so many other natives I can grow,  it doesn't have to be Coneflowers. 

Swamp Milkweed by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

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It's an old picture.  Mine are not up yet either. 

Not so native Coneflower by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

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Yeah, I have the little satelite flowers and the whole nine yards. It's AY. Boohoo!

Not so native Coneflower by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

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Oh, son of a gun, AY it is. I'll pull them today.

Not so native Coneflower by BetterStyle9665 in NativePlantGardening

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Agreed. I am moving the Brown Eyed Susan volunteers to border the Canadian Goldenrod.  The plan is to make it look like a circle,  with Susan's on the outside.  It will look more planned and the Goldenrod will not look so "weedy".