Shade garden of native plants (lemmy.world)
From bottom to top: Trillium ovatum Oxalis oregana Polystichum mutinum Dicentra formosa Melica subulata
Widespread exposure to altered fire regimes under 2 °C warming is projected to transform conifer forests of the Western United States (www.nature.com)
cross-posted from: slrpnk.net/post/1775366...
Four O’clocks (lemmy.world)
Here’s a gray-area plant that I recently received as a gift. Hastily handed to me, bareroot, after sitting in a hot car for a few hours, they were barely hanging on. I plopped them in pots, watered them well, and set them in a mostly shady area (~4 hrs of afternoon sun). The gifter had no idea what they were....
Poll via Vote to Read the Room
I spent a fair amount of time learning under a well-known native conservationist in the area, as well as working with a few university reps and some organizers of local organizations, and the general consensus I got of the area is:...
I’ve never really seen a baby rhododendron, but a friend of mine has one that seeds prolifically. (i.imgur.com)
Supporting role: sword fern
Enjoying the Blazing Star (i.imgur.com)
If anyone has an ID on these little orange butterflies, I’d be eternally grateful.
Self-Heal (Prunella vulgaris) and it’s pollinator (Bombus sp.) (i.imgur.com)
Pacific Bleeding Heart (Dicentra formosa) and Redwood Sorrel (Oxalis oregana) (i.imgur.com)
Two of my favourite shady forest plants from the PNW!
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