Ed Schmidt of Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter will be doing a presentation titled, The Importance and Pleasure of Growing Native Plants at the Ethical Society of Saint Louis on Sunday, May 8, 2016 from 9:45 to 10:45 a.m. There has been a lot of publicity the past year or so about…
“Largest selection of native wildflowers available in the St. Louis area…” which “…will offer hundreds of varieties of Missouri native annual and perennial wildflowers, ferns, trees and shrubs to use in home landscaping and to attract wildlife,” according to the Shaw Wildflower Market website page. Wild Ones – St. Louis Chapter will…
By Ruth Kelley Acting President, Wild Ones – Tupelo Chapter Upcoming events for native plant enthusiasts: Seventy species of native wildflowers featured on greenhouse tour Sunday, May 1, 2016 at 2:00 p.m. Greenhouse Tour and Seedling ID Southernwood Gardens (on Facebook) 4650 Rhine Road (map) Alto Pass, IL 62905 (618) 833-2769…
The Kennedy Woods Advisory Group and Forest Park Forever will be installing native plants in the savanna by the “poke and plop” method. Volunteers are needed to plant the 1500 plugs and will have guidance from six crew leaders. This event is an opportunity to increase biodiversity and savanna health…
Topic: A Morning with Missouri Native Plant Experts Note: Wild Ones members receive 10% off. Betty Struckhoff will have the name badges at the event. Volunteers: St. Louis Wild Ones members will be on hand to answer questions. When: Saturday, April 16, 9:00 a.m. – noon Where: Sugar Creek Gardens…
By Kathee Morgeson Time for sassafras trees to bloom, just after the serviceberry (Amelanchier spp.) start to fade. If you see one, you probably see many since they grow in wonderful thickets. Mine are being given the challenge of breezy days and threats of another night of frost. But, they have…
By Marypat Ehlmann Fran Glass, Board Secretary Dawn Weber, Board Member-at-Large The Pollinator Palette program was created by Greenscape Gardens to increase awareness and engagement in our communities for pollinator issues and the value of native plants. Each month a different native plant that serves as a nectar source or host…
By Kathy Bildner What’s blooming in my yard today? Bluebells! (Mertensia virginica) Bluebells are a sure sign it is spring. In the wilds of Missouri, they grow in large patches in low rich woodlands. In our yards they do well underneath trees in the leaf litter. They come up, bloom, and are…
By Dawn Weber Board Member-at-Large, St. Louis Wild Ones In the United States, to kick off a race, we usually use “On your mark, get set, go!” but I have many work colleagues from London that instead say “Ready, steady, go!”, which leads me to the next photo tip in…
By Barbara Benish National Wild Ones Native Plants Group (from the Facebook page) We’d like to start profiling members’ native gardens – large and small – in the Wild Ones Journal. If you’d like your garden featured, send 2-3 pictures and a description of your garden to journal@wildones.org.
