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My first 2026 #strawberry #flower has emerged. Lots of flowerbuds are getting ready to bloom. After the blooms, come some of my early, sweet, homegrown #strawberries 🍓
This is in a large garden bed in the side yard - there's thousands of strawberry plants in that bed 😃
We love eating strawberries so we grow lots of them. I have 3 different varieties growing in our front, side & backyards & 2 strawberry planters on our back deck too.

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Ms. Que Banh Jan 15

One new #calendula & one new pink #rhododendron in bloom 🥰

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Ms. Que Banh Nov 24

November 24th & our #GroundCherries are still producing #fruits 😍

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Ms. Que Banh Nov 9

My burgundy lacecap #hydrangeas are pretty in all their life stages. Some buds are still blooming into November but most are going to seed now.

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Ms. Que Banh Nov 9

My pink #cosmos refuse to stop producing new flower buds, in 2nd week of #November 😍

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Ms. Que Banh Nov 9

#PacificAster is one of my fave #NativePlants to use for #rewilding & for attracting more #pollinators.

It's a small, hardy, beautiful purple #NativeWildflower which is found from BC to California. It's tolerant of many different coastal habitats, from ocean sand dunes to rocky outcrops to salt marshes to grasslands to forests. Great plant to use for soil erosion & slopes stabilization work. It has a deep, clumpy, extensive fibrous root system - don't grow beside plants with weaker root systems.

Pacific aster is extremely easy to grow in it's native grow zones, across coastal PNW areas. You'll love their long bloom time, from late May into late October. It provides pollen sources for pollinators in Fall. After they stop blooming, they'll produce fluffy seed heads, full of prolific wind-born #seeds. Snip off tops of seed heads to save them. I store mine in airtight jars & share a lot of them too.

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