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Category Archives: Native plants
A Visual Ode to the Holiday
These are Familiar Bluets in their heart-shaped mating wheel. These damselflies belong to the insect order called Odonata, and we often shorten that to “odes” when talking about them among other ode lovers. And below is a photo of one … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Native plants, wildflowers
Tagged alternate perspective, heart shapes, insect love, mating
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Special Garden Visitors
At the risk of getting ahead of myself before I catch you up to real time in the new native garden series, I want to share some observations from my garden today. As I’ve mentioned before, one of the primary … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Native plants
Tagged bee, fly, gardening, lepidoptera, moth, native species, Ohio, parasite, Toledo, wasp
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Going Native in Toledo — Series Intro
In the spring of 2017 I moved to Toledo, Ohio. I bought a house with a lovely yard where I would finally be able to experiment with native plant gardening. I’m beginning a series of posts to document what I’m … Continue reading
Posted in Insects, Native plants, Ohio, Toledo
Tagged biodiversity, gardening, insects, Native plants, Oak Openings, pollinators, Toledo, wild ones
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City Girl Goes Wild
You may recall that I recently wrote about my desire to plant native wildflowers in the yard at my new home. I also mentioned that I had joined my local chapter of Wild Ones, a national organization devoted to preserving … Continue reading
Posted in Native plants
Tagged biodiversity, Native plants, Oak Openings, Ohio, plant nursery, preservation, Toledo
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Gentian Trifecta
I’ve mentioned that this spring and summer have been a time of flower exploration for me. Whereas in past years I might travel to find certain bird species, this year I traveled around northern Ohio to see our various wildflowers … Continue reading
Going Native in Toledo
In recent years, I’ve spent a lot of time around people who are knowledgeable about various aspects of the natural world: ornithologists, entomologists, and botanists — both professional and amateur. Like me, most of my friends are passionate about their … Continue reading
Ohio Has the Blues
The region of northwest Ohio where I live is called the Oak Openings. It’s one of the world’s rarest habitats, a band of sandy soil about five miles wide and 80 miles long, stretching across Ohio and southeastern Michigan. When … Continue reading
Posted in Native plants, Ohio, wildflowers
Tagged butterfly, endangered, Karner Blue, Lupinus perennis, Oak Openings, Ohio, rare, wildflowers
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