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Wild Seed Project in Maine

I forget how I stumbled upon their site, but recently I finally found a much closer source for sundial lupines (Lupinus perennis), which I have written about before.   The Wild Seed Project in Maine had sundial seeds available, which is more in line with our budget than buying plants in containers.  Nasami Farm is west of us here in Massachusetts and does have sundials, but only in one quart containers.  I’ll write more about Nasami Farm in future posts. Continue reading “Wild Seed Project in Maine” →

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Behold the wild garage bed in 2017!
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Pondering a notion on natives and non.

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So the property already had some non native plants mixed in with the “locals” here before we bought it, and I have since added some as well through both blissful ignorance and two deliberately foreknown sentimental based acquisitions.  While making tea tonight, I had an idea…what if I made labels for all the plants in the front yard designating which is which? Continue reading “Pondering a notion on natives and non.” →

Planted the seeds last year–nothing happened.
When I later asked of the greenhouse where I bought this exactly which variant it was…they didn’t know. Letting it grow for now.
This had zero flowers until I started tentatively pruning. Must have done something right.
I’d be delighted if eventually the only things growing under there is the lilies of the valley and the clover.
I desperately feel like I know what this is, but…I got nothing.

Images from May 26, 2020