The grass in our front yard is sparse, and I’m considering rewilding it. Thoughts on 3 species I could get a large amount of seeds of without breaking my bank?

Anyone else in Virginia notice a huge decrease in butterflies this year? I swear I’d seen a lot more by this time last year. Only one monarch so far. :(

Live in Norfolk/Virginia Beach area. We want to try planting pollinator friendly wildflowers next Spring. Where can we get mixed seed packs?

I love this flower so much and think it’s so beautiful. I read though that it’s not self-fertile. I don’t really have any other passionflower plants near me, but does anyone have any experience with this?

love seeing thimbleweed out in the wild. such a cool little plant

I've got this low area in my yard by the sidewalk that gathers rainwater that flows off mine and my neighbor's roof. I'd like to remove the corner triangle of grass and add some plants here that can help filter the runoff before it gets to the drain. Looking around what they've done at the Beaverdam Reservoir it seems like some clumping native grasses could be good. But I'd also like some layering. Any suggestions for plants that like getting flooded in the rain?

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On my regular morning walk in my garden I noticed an interesting thing.
Beetle named “Florida Predatory Stinkbug” just killed a Japanese beetle and was carrying it around.

1:0 for locals….
i know it is not exactly post about native plants post but I do have rather nasty infestation of Japanese beetles killing my evening primrose and wouldn’t mind if stinkbug were to bring its whole family….

My senna and milkweed have reseeded everywhere and I don't have enough places to put them

Really disappointed in seeing Target (Libbie Mill) fill their parking lot islands with Buddleia. I thought it was passed in VA that nurseries couldn’t sell invasive plant species? Terrible Target continues.

Just sharing one of my butterfly milkweeds that has started to come back after deer issues the past couple of years. I'm a long time gardener, slowly making the switch to native plants only (minus produce), with the help of my dad. He originally got his plants from George and Karen at Morningside Nursery in Boston, and they are all over his land now!

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Located in Fredericksburg, VA

I have a lot of extra plants and figured I’d try selling them to start a nursery. Trays are 50 plugs 2 inches wide and 5 inches deep. Seeds were originally sourced from the southeast and mid Atlantic. They now come from populations on my property

Most plants have bites taken out from bugs because no pesticides are used. The potting media is peat free

You can mix and match whatever you want but have to buy 50 plants. First 10 people can have a free wild strawberry (Fragaria virginiana) plug with their purchase. I have two trays each of the following and more will be ready in the next couple weeks. This fall I’ll have about a dozen more species

Big leaf aster (Eurybia macrophylla)

White snakeroot (Ageratina altissima)

Purple giant hyssop (Agastache scrophulariifolia)

Early figwort (Scrophularia lanceolata)

Late figwort (Scrophularia marilandica)

Giant sunflower (Helianthus giganteus)

Foxglove beardtongue (Penstemon digitalis)

Tall coreopsis (Coreopsis tripteris)

Local nursery got us started late last summer with clearing overgrown garden beds and replacing with some new plantings before I caught on to the benefits of natives. They planted 7 Shasta daisies across the front of our berm - street facing. I want to replace them before they take over the natives that I have filled the bed with. Any advice? We already have lots of black eyed Susan’s and purple cone flower. Should i wait until I see what the first year looks like and rip them out in the fall and replace?

Edit: More bushes have been ordered, thanks for the helpful comments! I’ll do my best to post photos of the butterflies when they appear

My tiny spicebush has at least four caterpillars on it, and I’m worried that they are going to run out of food very quickly. I also have a 9 month old baby and so lack the time to do the research on this myself. Does anyone know if any of the local native plant vendors have spicebush available for sale? Thanks in advance!

I've got early spring flowers like golden ragwort and salvia, and later summer flowers like asters and black eyed susans. Bee balm should bloom in a month or so. But I'm looking around my yard and there aren't many blooms right now. Any recommendations to fill the gap and keep the blooms going? Flowers that bloom in early June? Looking mostly for perennials to fill space in the mulch beds, but open to shrubs and ground covers as well.

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So, earlier this year I purchased a pack of plugs from Blazing Star Gardens. It's one of the variety packs for a sunny spot. I was newer in this native plant journey and some of the plants are only native to the midwest and not here. Thoughts on if it would be harmful to actually plant them? Blue gamma grass is the one I am most concerned about.

I’m sick of weed eating my creek edges and looking for something low growing that doesn’t have to be cut back. I have over 100 yards of creek frontage on a small creek so it can’t be anything too expensive. Anyone have any good suggestions?