Blog and photos by Fran Glass Secretary and Membership Chair, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Plant name: Blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitca) (also called blue cardinal flower or great lobelia) Description: This Missouri native perennial is clump-forming. It grows about two feet tall with showy flowers in August and September….
August 2 and 5, 2017 Kevin King hosted two August yard tour gatherings. Thirty members and seven guests attended Wednesday evening August 2, and 16 members and two guests attended Saturday August 5. James Faupel made announcements on Wednesday, as did Marsha Gebhardt on Saturday. Kevin built three town homes…
By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter Each year, the Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) offers Missouri residents a variety of tree and shrub seedlings for reforestation, windbreaks, and erosion control, as well as for wildlife food and cover. MDC provides mainly one-year-old, bare-root seedlings. A few species are…
There’s just a few days left for $15 early bird registration to our 2017 Native Plant Garden Tour on September 16. After August 15, tickets will be $20 and only available at our four retail garden center partners: Garden Heights Nursery in Richmond Heights Greenscape Gardens & Gifts in Manchester Rolling Ridge Nursery in Webster Groves Sugar Creek…
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…
