Oh my! Margined Calligraphers, according to iNaturalist. #WhatYouPlantMatters #pollinatorgarden

Some activity in the new Prairie garden! Buckeye butterfly on Plains Coreopsis (Coreopsis tinctoria #WhatYouPlantMatters #pollinatorgarden #nativeplants #GrowNative #naturallandscape

Rattlesnake Master (Eryngium yuccifolium) doing is thing. Such a cool native plant! #WhatYouPlantMatters #pollinatorgarden #nativeplants #naturallandscape #GrowNative #deerresistant #rabbitresistant

Partridge Pea (Chamaecrista fasciculata) now blooming in the prairie garden! #WhatYouPlantMatters #GrowNative #nativeplants #naturallandscape #pollinatorgarden

Two years ago all Rudbeckia hirta (biennial) which is now all gone and replaced by Monarda fistulosa (early succession perennial). What will come next in 1-2 years? Go go gadget backyard urban prairie.

"I felt a great kerfuffle in the Force..."

The Missouri Bumble Bee Atlas is a statewide citizen science project aimed at tracking and conserving Missouri’s native bumble bees. See Atlas highlights from 2020-2023, here: bumblebeeatlas.org/pages/dd2d205d…

Wild Hairy Petunia (Ruellia humilis), Wild Violet (Viola sororia) and non-native stonecrop form a living mulch beside American Beauty Berry (Callicarpa americana), etc. in this bed #WhatYouPlantMatters #nativeplants #naturallandscape #pollinatorgarden #GrowNative

Wild Hairy Petunia (Ruellia humilis)! A fantastic living mulch! #WhatYouPlantMatters #GrowNative #pollinatorgarden #nativeplants #naturallandscape

Around the corner, Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum)! This plant can reach 8 ft tall, although this particular plant typically flops over without enough support plants...I'll probably stake it. #WhatYouPlantMatters #nativeplants #naturallandscape #GrowNative #pollinatorgarden

Blooming again! Woodland Spiderwort (Tradescantia ernestiana) Surrounded by Wild Ginger (Asarum canadense) and Wild Columbine (Aquilegia canadensis) #WhatYouPlantMatters #nativeplants #naturallandscape #pollinatorgarden #GrowNative

Political spam texts, calls, mailers and signage are everywhere. I want a yard sign that says, "Be Excellent to Each Other."

Aces!! Can't wait now for Late Fall or Early Winter! Looks like I can sow the Indian Paintbrush about now. #WhatYouPlantMatters #pollinatorgarden #GrowNative #nativeplants

Mums are fine, but have you tried Liatris?! Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) is just cool. #WhatYouPlantMatters #nativeplants #naturallandscape #pollinatorgarden #GrowNative

Stuff your face there, bee. Rough Blazing Star (Liatris aspera) is just cool. #WhatYouPlantMatters #nativeplants #naturallandscape #pollinatorgarden #GrowNative

Seed head of Compass Plant (Silphium laciniatum) with New England Aster (Symphiotrichum novae-angliae) in the background. #WhatYouPlantMatters #grownative #nativeplants #naturallandscape #pollinatorgarden