# native plant (blogs) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 13 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover native plant. Page: Feed: --- ## [The Notorious (and other) Visitors to Our New Prairie Garden](https://prairieecologist.com/2026/08/19/the-notorious-and-other-visitors-to-our-new-prairie-garden/) _2026-08-19 · Chris Helzer · The Prairie Ecologist_ Kim and I recently moved across town. We waited a year before starting to work on the yard and garden, but things are underway now. Kim’s in charge of the vast majority of the landscaping, but I’m putting together a … Continue reading → ## [Reimagine resilience](https://blog.hughhollowell.org/reimagine-resilience/) _2026-08-18 · Hugh Hollowell · Hugh's Blog_ I have always liked Victor Havel’s declaration that hope is an orientation of the spirit. For years, my blog’s tagline has been “Hopeful in spite of the facts,” and that is sort of what I’m getting at – hope isn’t dependent on facts, but on your orientation. And a key component of that orientation, for … Continue reading "Reimagine resilience" ## [Little Front Yard Prairie](https://tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/08/18/little-front-yard-prairie/) _2026-08-18 · Cindy Crosby · Tuesdays in the Tallgrass_ “To keep every cog and wheel is the first precaution of intelligent tinkering” —Aldo Leopold \*\*\*\*\* A few years ago, we added a small front-yard prairie planting; an anniversary gift from Jeff to myself. Labor included. I was late to … Continue reading → ## [My phlox is laughing at this heat.](https://blog.hughhollowell.org/my-phlox-is-laughing-at-this-heat/) _2026-08-17 · Hugh Hollowell · Hugh's Blog_ But I am not. It’s hot here. I know, I know. I live in Mississippi, and it’s August. What do you expect? Actually, most summers are not horrible here. There are usually enough thunderstorms and cloud cover to keep it from getting too hot for too long – most days are around 90 to 93. … Continue reading "My phlox is laughing at this heat." ## [The Tastemakers, 2026](https://varnelis.substack.com/p/the-tastemakers-2026) _2026-08-16 · Kazys Varnelis · Kazys Varnelis_ Since this is a brief piece, I thought I would violate my own rule about not posting work in its entirety here because of Substack’s use of the Pangram AI system. ## [Making a Difference](https://helenyoest.substack.com/p/making-a-difference) _2026-08-16 · Helen Yoest · Garden writing from the heart..._ FILED UNDER SUSTAINABILITY ## [Talking Wildlife With #GardenDC](https://helenyoest.substack.com/p/talking-wildlife-with-gardendc) _2026-08-15 · Helen Yoest · Garden writing from the heart..._ Filed under Podcast... ## [Our Beautiful, Disturbed Weeds: Ruderals](https://thegardenmixerpodcast.substack.com/p/our-beautiful-disturbed-weeds-ruderals) _2026-08-14 · The Garden Mixer Podcast’s Substack_ One More Sip Notes, Links, & Laughs ## [Leftovers: Yes please! Say wildlife](https://rcannon992.com/2026/08/13/leftovers-yes-please-say-wildlife/) _2026-08-13 · rcannon992 · Ray Cannon's nature notes_ The wheat has ripened ever so fast in this hot – scorching! – summer of ’26. The combine harvesters have rumbled in and rumbled out, the grains have been harvested, the straw has been carted off, and what’s left is lying on the ground: leftovers! For whomever wants to come and pick and peck at \[…\] ## [Photos of the Week – August 12, 2026](https://prairieecologist.com/2026/08/12/photos-of-the-week-august-12-2026/) _2026-08-13 · Chris Helzer · The Prairie Ecologist_ Quick last minute announcement we are hosting a plant identification/habitat workshop at the Platte River Prairies next Tuesday (9am-2pm). Fore more information or to RSVP, please contact Kate Samuelson at kate.samuelson@tnc.org. I spent a couple days at the Niobrara Continue reading ## [Refer a Friend, Earn Rewards (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/g2ZEy9fTUGPD) _2026-08-13 · **Sponsored**_ Earn rewards when friends get the Graphite Business Card through your referral. ## [Wild Weather Prairie Walking](https://tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/08/11/wild-weather-prairie-walking/) _2026-08-11 · Cindy Crosby · Tuesdays in the Tallgrass_ “I am reminded, as I often am, how nature is invisible to us until we start to notice… .”—Helen Whybrow \*\*\*\*\* Let’s go for a walk between the thunderstorms, humidity, heat, wind, tornadoes, lightning, and hail, and see what’s happening … Continue reading → ## [Native Plants: 101](https://helenyoest.substack.com/p/native-plants-101-dab) _2026-08-09 · Helen Yoest · Garden writing from the heart..._ FILED UNDER POLLINATOR PLANTS ## [Kiss of Death?](https://lanativeplantsource.substack.com/p/kiss-of-death) _2026-08-08 · Eric Ameria · LA Native Plant Notes_ How to Water (and not Water) a California Native Plant Through its First Summer ## [Drought & Heat Strategies with Carol Reese](https://thegardenmixerpodcast.substack.com/p/drought-and-heat-strategies-with) _2026-08-07 · The Garden Mixer Podcast’s Substack_ Ep. 47 Notes, Links, & Laughs ## [Mountain Vacation](https://prairieecologist.com/2026/08/04/mountain-vacation/) _2026-08-04 · Chris Helzer · The Prairie Ecologist_ Kim and I took our annual trip to the mountains last week. We ve been refining our vacation strategy over the last several years, having recognized that we want somewhat different things from our trips. Kim wants to do some hiking Continue reading ## [The search for the perfect pair of pants.](https://blog.hughhollowell.org/the-search-for-the-perfect-pair-of-pants/) _2026-08-04 · Hugh Hollowell · Hugh's Blog_ I am not a vain man, at least when it comes to clothes. I wear a uniform of sorts most days it s jean-cut chino pants and a t-shirt in the summer, and a sweat shirt or hoodie in the winter. There is a dress version of the uniform, where I wear the same pants Continue reading "The search for the perfect pair of pants." ## [August Arrives on the Tallgrass Prairie](https://tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/08/04/august-arrives-on-the-tallgrass-prairie-2/) _2026-08-04 · Cindy Crosby · Tuesdays in the Tallgrass_ “But common or rare, showy or not, the flowers of the tallgrass prairies are best seen in their own frame of native grasses, lit by the lofty vault of prairie sky… .“–John Madson \*\*\*\*\* August arrives on the tallgrass prairie. … Continue reading → ## [Hummingbird Hawkmoths: Masters of Teasel Flower Foraging](https://rcannon992.com/2026/08/02/hummingbird-hawkmoths-masters-of-teasel-flower-foraging/) _2026-08-02 · rcannon992 · Ray Cannon's nature notes_ I recently came across some Humming-bird hawkmoths (Macroglossum stellatarum) feeding on a large patch of teasels in a clearing beside a wood. They were flying around doing a great job of locating the last of the teasel flowers, then hovering in front of them, extending their long tongues (proboscises) into the individual florets and extracting \[…\] ## [Jewels of the Garden](https://helenyoest.substack.com/p/jewels-of-the-garden-ca1) _2026-08-01 · Helen Yoest · Garden writing from the heart..._ FILED UNDER POEMS ## [President’s Letter – July](https://npsnj.org/news/presidents-letter-july/) _2026-08-01 · Kazys Varnelis · The Native Plant Society of New Jersey_ The 2026 Fall Conference, Summer Newsletter, 2026 grants, and ANJEC awards. Read more. The post President’s Letter – July appeared first on The Native Plant Society of New Jersey . ## [Countdown to Getting Paid (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/J92fFCsVavNL) _2026-08-01 · **Sponsored**_ Create a shareable wallet timer — deposits buy back time and pay debt down ## [“Nature’s Best Hope” is Evolution, Not Native Plants](https://milliontrees.me/2026/08/01/natures-best-hope-is-evolution-not-native-plants/) _2026-08-01 · Conservation Sense and Nonsense · Conservation Sense and Nonsense_ Six months ago, an ecologist friend and mentor alerted me that Ferris Jabr was writing an article about Doug Tallamy for The New York Times Magazine. They spoke by phone for about an hour, during which my friend recommended that Jabr also speak with me. I was hopeful that the Times would publish an even-handed Continue reading " Nature s Best Hope is Evolution, Not Native Plants" ## [The Best Bits of Our Past Gardens](https://thegardenmixerpodcast.substack.com/p/the-best-bits-of-our-past-gardens) _2026-07-31 · The Garden Mixer Podcast’s Substack_ One More Sip Notes, Links, & Laughs ## [NPSNJ Announces 2026 Grant Recipients](https://npsnj.org/news/npsnj-announces-2026-grant-recipients/) _2026-07-30 · Kazys Varnelis · The Native Plant Society of New Jersey_ The Native Plant Society of New Jersey is pleased to announce the recipients of its 2026 grant programs. This year’s awards support public gardens, school landscapes, municipal plantings, library programs, park restorations, pocket forests, rain gardens, pollinator habitat, and conservation research across New Jersey. The post NPSNJ Announces 2026 Grant Recipients appeared first on The Native… ## [A Prairie Road Trip](https://tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/07/28/a-prairie-road-trip/) _2026-07-28 · Cindy Crosby · Tuesdays in the Tallgrass_ “…Leave the beaten track occasionally…Every time you do so you will be sure to find something that you have never seen before.” — Alexander Graham Bell \*\*\*\*\*\*\* We’ve taken Alexander Graham Bell’s opening quote to heart this year. Back in … Continue reading → ## [Nectar Robbing—A Foraging Behavior](https://helenyoest.substack.com/p/nectar-robbinga-foraging-behavior) _2026-07-26 · Helen Yoest · Garden writing from the heart..._ FILED UNDER BEES ## [The Dawn Song](https://helenyoest.substack.com/p/jewels-of-the-garden) _2026-07-25 · Helen Yoest · Garden writing from the heart..._ FILED UNDER POEMS ## [My New Writing Life](https://helenyoest.substack.com/p/my-new-writing-life) _2026-07-24 · Helen Yoest · Garden writing from the heart..._ FILED UNDER MUSES ## [Garden Ornaments: Are You Ruining Your Garden with Too Much Stuff?](https://thegardenmixerpodcast.substack.com/p/garden-ornaments-are-you-ruining) _2026-07-24 · The Garden Mixer Podcast’s Substack_ Ep. 46 Notes, Links, & Laughs ## [On Substack and Ai](https://varnelis.substack.com/p/on-substack-and-ai) _2026-07-22 · Kazys Varnelis · Kazys Varnelis_ Now, more than ever, I would rather you read my work where it belongs, on my website. ## [Milestones and Prairie Meditations](https://tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/07/21/milestones-and-prairie-meditations/) _2026-07-21 · Cindy Crosby · Tuesdays in the Tallgrass_ “It’s tough to make predictions, especially about the future.” — Yogi Berra \*\*\*\*\* Here’s looking at you, 65! Today is that milestone for me. I’m welcoming all the good things about this rite of passage. Medicare coverage. Senior discounts. Free … Continue reading → ## [Earn crypto from idle GPUs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/aznpo54aYoOT) _2026-07-21 · **Sponsored**_ Run one CLI command, connect your GPU, and start receiving crypto payouts. ## [You Say Fireflies; I Say Lightning Bugs](https://helenyoest.substack.com/p/nectar-robbinga-foraging-behavior-f4e) _2026-07-19 · Helen Yoest · Garden writing from the heart..._ FILED UNDER INSECTS ## [Heinous Native Plants](https://thegardenmixerpodcast.substack.com/p/heinous-native-plants) _2026-07-17 · The Garden Mixer Podcast’s Substack_ One More Sip Notes, Links, & Laughs ## [Wild carrot: the enigma of the dark centred umbel!](https://rcannon992.com/2026/07/16/wild-carrot-the-enigma-of-the-dark-centred-umbel/) _2026-07-16 · rcannon992 · Ray Cannon's nature notes_ The wild carrot (Daucus carota) – also called Queen Anne’s Lace – is famous for having small dark flowers at the centre of the otherwise, white umbel. However, not all umbel heads have them! Despite being relatively tiny (a few millimetres across) these variably sized central umbellets as they are called (not omelettes but umbellets!), \[…\] ## [Mepkin Abbey](https://blog.hughhollowell.org/mepkin-abbey/) _2026-07-14 · Hugh Hollowell · Hugh's Blog_ In August of 2010, I spent a week at a silent retreat at Mepkin Abbey, a Trappist Monastery in South Carolina. I was in the midst of a time of discernment. I was so broke and scared and newly married. I would pray with the monks 7 times a day and eat with them in Continue reading "Mepkin Abbey" ## [Our Precious Public Lands and Prairies](https://tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/07/14/our-precious-public-lands-and-prairies/) _2026-07-14 · Cindy Crosby · Tuesdays in the Tallgrass_ “The Trump administration on Friday moved to open the habitats of imperiled animals to farming, drilling, mining, real estate development and other activities in what environmentalists characterized as the most severe erosion of protections for wildlife in half a century.“—Catrin … Continue reading → ## [Creative Garden Edging](https://helenyoest.substack.com/p/creative-garden-edging) _2026-07-12 · Helen Yoest · Garden writing from the heart..._ FILED UNDER STYLE ## [Big, Juicy, Garden Regrets](https://thegardenmixerpodcast.substack.com/p/big-juicy-garden-regrets) _2026-07-10 · The Garden Mixer Podcast’s Substack_ Ep. 45 Notes, Links, & Laughs ## [I Never Planted ‘Pink China’](https://helenyoest.substack.com/p/i-never-planted-pink-china) _2026-07-07 · Helen Yoest · Garden writing from the heart..._ FILED UNDER WEEDS ## [July in the Garden and on the Prairies](https://tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/07/07/july-in-the-garden-and-on-the-prairies/) _2026-07-07 · Cindy Crosby · Tuesdays in the Tallgrass_ “In the summer season, especially, everything upon the prairies is cheerful, graceful, and animated…I pity the man whose soul could remain unmoved under such a scene of excitement.” —Joseph N. Nicollet \*\*\*\*\* Oh July. What a month of extremes you … Continue reading → ## [Heroic Native Plants](https://thegardenmixerpodcast.substack.com/p/heroic-native-plants) _2026-07-03 · The Garden Mixer Podcast’s Substack_ One More Sip Notes, Links, & Laughs ## [Are bee flies useful pollinators?](https://rcannon992.com/2026/07/02/are-bee-flies-useful-pollinators/) _2026-07-02 · rcannon992 · Ray Cannon's nature notes_ Bee flies (Bombyliidae) are amongst the first insects to appear in the spring and can be seen hovering above flowers or resting in the sunshine in their beautiful furry coats! This dense body hair keeps them warm when they emerge, especially in March and April, and is also a very good material for transport pollen. \[…\] ## [Revising the Eradication Goals of Invasion Biology](https://milliontrees.me/2026/07/01/revising-the-eradication-goals-of-invasion-biology/) _2026-07-01 · Conservation Sense and Nonsense · Conservation Sense and Nonsense_ It is my pleasure to publish (with permission) Arthur M. Shapiro’s (Professor of Ecology Evolution Emeritus, UC Davis) review of Ecological Explosions: The History of Biological Invasion and Invasion Science, by Daniel Simberloff (Professor of Environmental Science, University of Tennessee). Professor Simberloff is a prolific and vociferous adherent to the hypotheses of invasion Continue reading… ## [A day out on the Dyke looking for lizards!](https://rcannon992.com/2026/06/30/a-day-out-on-the-dyke-looking-for-lizards/) _2026-06-30 · rcannon992 · Ray Cannon's nature notes_ There are a number of Devil’s Dykes in the UK, both natural and man-made. One of the most intriguing is a long (11km) earthen barrier in eastern Cambridgeshire and Suffolk, which is thought to be of Anglo-Saxon origin, dating from the 6th and 7th Centuries. It’s hard to imagine how much effort it must have taken to \[…\] ## [Hello, Prairie Summer!](https://tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/06/30/hello-prairie-summer/) _2026-06-30 · Cindy Crosby · Tuesdays in the Tallgrass_ “…When I slow my pace of living so that I truly see the grassland, then my life comes into focus.” —Jeffrey Lockwood \*\*\*\*\* The prairie sizzles. This weekend was a good time to make my way back to the prairie … Continue reading → ## [President’s Letter – June](https://npsnj.org/news/presidents-letter-june/) _2026-06-29 · The Native Plant Society of New Jersey_ John Landau’s legacy, Foote’s Pond Wood, NPSNJ’s 2026 grants program, and WILD in the Garden State . Read more. The post President’s Letter – June appeared first on The Native Plant Society of New Jersey . ## [A Honey Bee Speaks](https://lanativeplantsource.substack.com/p/a-honey-bee-speaks) _2026-06-27 · Eric Ameria · LA Native Plant Notes_ The Word from Apis Mellifera ## [Hydrangeas Reconsidered with Scott Beuerlein](https://thegardenmixerpodcast.substack.com/p/hydrangeas-reconsidered-with-scott) _2026-06-26 · The Garden Mixer Podcast’s Substack_ Ep. 44 Notes, Links, & Laughs ## [June at Nachusa Grasslands](https://tuesdaysinthetallgrass.wordpress.com/2026/06/23/june-at-nachusa-grasslands-2/) _2026-06-23 · Cindy Crosby · Tuesdays in the Tallgrass_ “…What (Nachusa) does exceptionally well is inspire.”—Andrew Moore \*\*\*\*\* After a string of heavy thunderstorms and severe weather in Illinois, Friday dawned cool and sunny. The perfect day for a dragonfly data collection at Nachusa Grasslands. What a prairie wildflower … Continue reading → ## [Roses: The Gateway Drug](https://thegardenmixerpodcast.substack.com/p/roses-the-gateway-drug) _2026-06-19 · The Garden Mixer Podcast’s Substack_ One More Sip Notes, Links, & Laughs ## [Newsletter news](https://blog.hughhollowell.org/newsletter-news/) _2026-06-18 · Hugh Hollowell · Hugh's Blog_ As many of you know, I have written a weekly newsletter since the spring of 2015. It s a small act of love, an act of care, I put out into the world. The premise is simple: The world is filled with both ugliness and goodness, but ugliness knocks on your door, while goodness often requires Continue reading "Newsletter news"