#button bush

[quinnfrankephotography]

It's been a while since I went for a walk at the Arboretum with the smoke and weather. It was awesome to be back again today.

[ubenebula]

this one lowk drove me crazy. It's a collage of watercolor pieces that I cut out with an exacto blade :')

(it was for a series about insects. this piece was specifically about how we see insects as a child)

[faguscarolinensis]

Cephalanthus occidentalis / Buttonbush at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[bethanythebogwitch]

Native wildflower collection 3

Continued from part 2

Columbine, which the rabbits won't let me grow

Mayapple. Every part of this plant is extremely toxic to humans, but some people still eat the fruit

Golden Alexander

Prairie rose. Looks nicer than cultivated roses tbh

Spiderwort, spiderwort, does whatever a spider... worts

Arrowwood. These grow long, straight branches, which made them very useful for making arrows.

Woodland pinkroot

Lizard tail

Michigan lily. Looks way cooler than the lilies you buy in plant stores

False sunflower

St. John's wort. Don't ask me what kind, there are so many

Germander

Thimbleweed

Prairie cinquefoil

Poppy mallow

Button bush. These develop seed balls that will fall apart in your hand

This one's called blue vervain even though it's clearly purple

Pickerel weed. People will call the coolest plants weeds

Wingstem. This stuff is taking over places where we removed invasive honeysuckle and I love it

Gaura

Yellow flowering hyssop (even though it's definitely white)

That's a wrap. I have a few more pictures, but they were all really badly focused, so I skipped them

[faguscarolinensis]

Cephalanthus occidentalis / Buttonbush at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens at Duke University in Durham, NC

[left-hand-of-dorkness]

a good plant day

[egbctx]

[salbidum]

uhhh I got very ambitious because a neighbor is letting me batch-order plants with her wholesale account for her business. Now I own a lot of tree seedlings and I’m in trouble.