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#nativeplants

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Today’s plan is to propagate Frogfruit.

Another native ground cover! I mean, I can do mulching, but that won’t attract bees and butterflies. This is a host plant for some butterflies here in South Florida.

I got the cuttings in the morning. Once the sun goes down, I will plant these directly in the soil. That’s the recommendation.

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Out the front of our house when we moved here there was a rose bed. We replaced that with some grevillea.

Result: full ground coverage, and instead of sparrows and blackbirds, we saw a scrap between a New Holland Honeyeater and an Eastern Spinebill for prime nectar spots.

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#Wildflowers #NativePlants #Iowa

Update on mystery sunflower! I’m calling it a Hairy Sunflower (Helianthus hirsutus). Your intrepid reporter braved heat, humidity, and fierce chiggers to make some more observations.

The flowers are growing on the roadside on a wooded river bluff.