Celery looper moth (Anagrapha falcifera) enjoying milkweed.

#wildlifegardening #milkweed #prairiegardens #moths #lepidiptera #pollinators #pollination

I made a quick walk through video of my back garden, if anyone likes to see. The bare soil around the stepping stones have been very recently seeded with native grasses.

https://youtu.be/Gtimzt6K5rU

#gardening #prairiegardens #yxe

Yesterday became native plant day: First, my order of plugs from "Wild About Flowers" out in Okotoks, AB arrived - including giant hyssop, prairie sagewort, larkspur, dotted blazing star, blue beard tongue, spike goldenrod and marsh violet.

Then I drove to a small aquatic plant nursery near Grandora, SK to get my arrowheads and Alaskan Iris.

A good day!

#nativeplants #wildlifegardening #gardening #prairiegardens #flowers #waterplants #arrowheads #iris #sagewort #beardtongue #larkspur #yxe #Alberta #Saskatchewan #prairieplants

The incredible intricacy of a nigella flower in my garden this past summer. Pollinators love them, and they last very long.

#gardens #gardening #garden # gardenflowers #nigella #prairiegardens

Bumble bee on lavender in my garden, summer 2021.

#bumblebees #pollinators #gardeninsects #gardening #lavender #insectphotography #insects #prairiegardens #prairieinsects

That was quick! The first of my seed orders arrived.Thus we start our journey towards the 2023 gardening year!

Quite a few more orders are on the way - some vegetables, some native plants, some flowers. And of course, bulbs and rootstock only in the spring!

#seed #gardening #seedcatalogue #flowers #vegetables #prairiegardens

Monkshood in the snow, from November.

Happy Christmas to those who are celebrating, and Happy Hogswatch to the cognoscenti!

#flowers #gardens #gardening #monkshood #prairiegardens #Holidays #hogswatch #discworld

Red-hot poker (Kniphofia) that was still flowering in my garden when the first snow fell back in early November.

#garden #flowers #gardening #Redhotpoker #snow #prairiegardens

A particularly photogenic larkspur in my garden this past summer. The vivid blue looks so good against the green foliage - I had cosmos growing behind it.

#gardencolour #gardening #gardens #larkspur #delphinium #blueflowers #prairiegardens