Blog and photos by Penny Holtzmann Board Member and Treasurer, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Missouri coneflower (Rudbeckia missouriensis) Description: This perennial occurs on limestone glades in the Ozarks and tolerates all the heat and drought that our Midwest summers can throw at them. Missouri coneflower only…
Blog and photos by Besa Schweitzer Webmaster, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Lizard’s tail (Saururus cernuus) Description: This plant is found in rain gardens and ponds. Lizard’s tail colonizes wet soil. It gets it’s name from the white drooping flower stalk you can find June through September. It’s arrow-shaped leaves grow…
July 5 and 8, 2017 Sherri DeRousse and Andy Guti hosted two July yard tour gatherings. Attendance was 22 members and five guests on Wednesday evening July 5, and 17 members and five guests on Saturday July 8. As a discussion format, Marsha Gebhardt interviewed Sherri. Sherri and Andy became…
Blog and Photos by Besa Schweitzer Member and Webmaster, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Horticulturalist at The College School LaBarque campus I’m planning a weeding party at The College School LaBarque campus on Tuesday, July 18. Please arrive between 9:00 – 10:00 a.m. for a few hours of weeding followed by…
By Dawn Weber Member-at-Large, Plant Sale Chairperson, and Chairperson, Technology Committee, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter ” order_by=”sortorder” order_direction=”ASC” returns=”included” maximum_entity_count=”500″] During the Mother’s Day weekend, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter sold 2,110 Missouri native wildflowers and shrubs to Spring Wildflower Market shoppers that were eager to…
By Marsha Gebhardt President, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter As excitement builds around the total eclipse on August 21, people are making plans for where to view it with their family and friends. The lucky members of St. Louis Wild Ones and St. Louis Audubon are offered an outstanding…
June 7 and 10, 2017 Besa Schweitzer and Chris Weiss hosted two June yard-tour gatherings. They welcomed 43 members and four guests on Wednesday evening June 7, and 14 members and two guests on Saturday June 10. Chapter announcements were made by James Faupel and Fran Glass respectively at the…
Once again, we are partnering with the St. Louis Audubon Society to present the third annual St. Louis Native Plant Garden Tour on Saturday, September 16, 2017. This self-guided tour of residential gardens in St. Louis focuses on West county locations this year, highlighting fall blooming plants. See examples of:…
May 6, 2017 Forty-one members attended our May yard-tour gathering hosted by Dale Dufer and Jean Ponzi. Marsha Gebhardt presided. Dale and Jean moved into their home in 1994. At that time the yard was full of invasive trees including tree-of-heaven (Ailanthus altissima), bush honeysuckle (Lonicera maackii), and storm damaged…
Blog and Photos By Penny Holtzmann Board Member and Treasurer, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Canada anemone (Anemone Canadensis) Description: This plant provides a nice ground cover up to 12-inches tall with interesting leaf shape and sweet little white flowers in May and June. Flowers are one…
