Mystery Plant

By Amy Redfield Another for the growing mystery plant files! This attractive, upright grower has volunteered in a fellow native plant grower’s yard. Any clues would be welcome!

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Photos from Principia School grant

by Ed Schmidt The St. Louis Chapter of Wild Ones recently made a grant to The Principia School for the purchase of native plants for a landscaping project that will be used to educate students about native plants. Lynne Scott, principal at Principia Upper School, writes, “I wanted to send…

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May meeting photos

Here are some photos from the May meeting at the home of Chris Siewig, owner of Nature’s Re-Creations. Photos by Bill Hoss and Brian Hall.  Click any thumbnail for a larger image.  Once you’re viewing a large image, you can click it to see the next photo.

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Deer-resistant plants

As several Wild Ones have encountered, deer are becoming increasingly common in urban landscapes.  They can be fun to see, but they can also be hard on landscape plants. At our Earth Day booth, several people asked about plants that deer are less-likely to eat.

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Mystery plant #2

By Susan Pletscher Can anyone identify this plant with distinctive seeds?  It looks neat, but I need to know whether to pull it up or not before it drops seed.   I know that I have a definite weed next to it — like a thistle or something that is for…

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Polyphemus moth

By Kathy Bildner In March I brought a cocoon of a Polyphemus Moth into my house. I found it in the backyard on a bittersweet vine that grows up my silver maple tree. I knew what it was because last spring I did this same thing. Mid April it emerged…

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2012 Sustainable Backyard Tour – opportunity to get involved

The Sustainable Backyard Tour is a self-guided, open-house-style tour of sustainable outdoor spaces in and around St. Louis. Attendees get to see how others have integrated sustainable living practices including rainwater harvesting, composting, keeping chickens, bees, or goats, using renewable energy, permeable surfaces, recycled art and more. The concept of…

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