Native Spring blooms at Eastside Cats:
White Trillium
Wood Poppy (yellow) and Rue Anemone (white)
Red-berried Elder
Trout Lily (first year coming up!)
Bloodroot
Pussytoes
What is a native plant?
"Native plants" are plants that were wild before Europeans settled in Michigan in the 1700s.
These plants are well-adapted to the local climate and ecosystem, meaning they require less time and effort from their gardener, generally requiring little fertilizer, pesticides, or supplemental watering to keep them looking great.
Native plants provide valuable habitat to birds, insects, mammals, amphibians, and other wildlife.
In addition, we 'leave the leaves' every autumn, as we are encouraging a woods-like habitat in our yard.
Am thankful for the natives!
Let's Hop!
The native flowers are pretty. Love the name pussytoes!
ReplyDeleteIt has been wonderful to see the wild flowers. Because of the cold in the rain and I did not get out on my bicycle I missed a lot.
ReplyDeleteI'm very jealous of your trilliums. I planted some last year but they don't seem to have come back
ReplyDeleteVery nice to see the flowers blooming. The wood poppy is especially appealing to me.
ReplyDeleteAwesome!
ReplyDeleteYou have some awesome blooms
ReplyDeleteThose are all very pretty. We enjoy Blooming Seasons. Thanks for joining Angel Brian's Thankful Thursday Blog Hop!
ReplyDeleteIf we weren't required to have a lawn of some kind, I'd want nothing but native plants here, too.
ReplyDeleteYour natives are lovely.
Beautiful blooms.
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