Claytonia

Putting bouquets together for tomorrow morning’s #farmersmarket . Lots of native flowers are in bloom! #ucityfarmersmarket #nativeplants #claytoniastl #hydrangeas #bloomscrolling #ashysunflower #cupplant #prairieironweed #wildbergamot #cardinalflower #obedientplant #bouquets

Too hot outside, so the potted calendula is blooming inside #calendula #macromonday #bloomscrolling

From the garden, #native #cutflowers #bloomscrolling #cardinalflower #lobeliacardinalis #blackeyedsusans #rudbeckiahirta #joepyeweed #eutrochiummaculatum #prairieironweed #vernoniafasciculata #pinkechinacea #echinacea #anisehyssop

Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) beginning to flower. A Joepye (Eutrochium maculatum) grows buds in the background.

Close up of Joepye flower buds. Hand in the photo shows scale.

Large Cardinal flower with a hand to show scale

Cardinal Flower ( #Lobeliacardinalis) is blooming. This native grows tall in a rain garden/french drain that helps mitigate water damage to the shed. Beautiful & supports the ecosystem! Joepye ( #eutrochiummaculatum) close behind #cardinalflower #nativeplant #nativeplantsofnorthamerica #raingarden

Update, we have budding

Catnip plant in flower, pale pink to white with fuchsia polkadots

Native Slender Mountain Mint in bloom. Fine & fragrant leaves topped with cloud like flowers of pale pink & white

Native Pink Primrose in bloom. Pink petals fade to white in the center with fuchsia veins

Native Rattlesnake-master in bloom. Flowers are unique with frosty green, spiky spheres

What’s blooming in the farm garden? Catnip & native plants: Slender Mountain Mint, Pink Primrose & #Rattlesnakemaster #bloomscrolling #catnip #Nepetacataria #slendermountainmint #pycanthemumtenuifolium #pinkprimrose #eryngiumyuccifolium #nativeplantsofnorthamerica #nativeplants #bloomingnow

Red buds of native cardinal flower getting ready to open

The cardinals are coming! #cardinalflower #lobeliacardinalis #nativeplant #nativeplantsofnorthamerica #micromonday #nativeplantsofmissouri

Bee on a Wild Bergamot flower

Wild Bergamot (Monarda fistulosa) is a native #beebalm blooming now. Pollinators, especially bees, love their fountain like blooms. Also makes a great oregano substitute #bloomscrolling #wildbergamot #monardafistulosa #beebalm #nativeplants #nativeplantsofnorthamerica #nativeplantsofmissouri #bees l

Meet Cup Plant (Silphium perfoliatum), a native water fountain for pollinators. Still waiting on this sunflower relative to bloom, but the leaves are showy most of the year. Their shape holds small pools of water #cupplant #silphiumperfoliatum #silphium #waterfountain

Praying mantis perched on an id tag in the plant nursery

Employee of the week: this young #prayingmantis protecting the #nurseryplants with their fierce hunting skills #employeeoftheweek

One good thing about this heat wave is sun tea with mint from the garden #suntea #mint #garden

Ripe wheat stalks

Cut wheat ready to dry for 7/10 days before cooking

Winter wheat, sown in fall makes an excellent cover crop. And the birds are absolutely obsessed!! Its fun to watch them hover & bend over the stalks to eat the wheat berries. They had me thinking I needed to harvest & cook some myself! #wheat #wheatberries #birdseed #covercrop #garden #feedthebirds

Flower arrangement with snapdragons, yarrow & natives: upright coneflower, coreopsis, orange coneflower

Farmers market table. Cut herbs & flowers, bouquets, arrangements & potted plants

Farmers market display of plants & heirloom seeds

Summer plant sale! $12 trees, $3 herbs & more. Shop online or visit us at the Ucity farmers market today & next Saturday #plantsale #ucityfarmersmarket #claytoniastl #nativeplants #heirloomseeds

Marshmallow plant in bloom

Carrot flower

Black-eyed susans in bloom

Snapdragons in bloom

What’s blooming in the garden? Marshmallow, Carrot 🥕, Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta), Snapdragons. #gardenblooms #bloomscrolling #marshmallow #carrotflower #blackeyedsusans #rudbeckiahirta #echinacea

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Upright Prairie coneflower, taking over the border as coreopsis sunsets

Upright Coneflower (Ratibida columnifera) is unique with its tall center. As coreopsis sunsets, this flower takes over my prairie border #uprightconeflower #ratibidacolumnifera #uprightprairieconeflower #mexicanhatconeflower #nativeflowers #bloomscrolling #nativeplantsofnorthamerica

Bolted radish plant with both flowers & edible seed pods. Let pods dry out on the plant for mature seeds you can plant in fall or next spring

Radish plant flowers. They come in pinks, whites & purples

Radish season isnt over if ur plants bolted. Pretty flowers in pinks, purples & whites come next then delicious seed pods! Young pods are tender & juicy with a milder radish flavor I like better than the root. Ripe seeds can b saved #radish #radishflowers #raphanussativus #bloomscrolling #bolting

Did you plant a tree this spring? As temperatures ramp up, your new plant may need a little extra love. We have lots of info at claytonia.biz to help you take care of your trees & find success in the garden. #treecare #nativeplants #plantingtrees #plantingthefuture

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Close up of Gray Dogwood flowers. They still have the classic 4 white dogwood bracts, but the flowers are much smaller & occur in clusters

Gray Dogwood in Bloom. This plant is growing in dry, full sun. They are very easy to care for. Full sun to part shade. It prefers moist soil & can tolerate short periods of standing water. Does fine in drier spots too & has some drought tolerance. Often shrub like, but can be easily pruned into a small tree.

Gray Dogwood (Cornus racemosa), doesnt look like the dogwoods most are familiar with. Gray dogwood is just as showy & super easy to care for! More info in alt text & at www.claytonia.biz/plant-info/t... #graydogwood #cornusracemosa #dogwood

Plants aren’t the only ones enjoying a shower on this hot day #Hummingbird #GardenLife #PlantNursery #WaterThePlants

Gray Tree Frog peaking out of a plant nursery tray. On our urban farm

Employee of the week, Gray Treefrog, hopefully eating lots of those no good dirty rotten aphid-farming ants! #graytreefrog #treefrog #gardenfrog #gardenecosystem #farmhelp #farmhelpers #employeeoftheweek

Vase arrangement with snapdragons, astilbe, & native beardtongue

Vase arrangement with snapdragon, native coreopsis & native beardtongue

Bouquets & arrangements, all fresh from out garden. Many natives make wonderful & long lasting cut flowers #floralarrangements #bouquet #bloomscrolling #nativeflowers #gardenfresh #shoplocal #ucityfarmersmarket

We’re still planting seeds on the farm: corn, okra, beans, squash & lots of herbs. Milpa is an ancient #companionplanting technique of summer favorites. Come visit us at the ucity farmers market & we can help you with your companion planting. #ucityfarmersmarket #milpa #summergarden #heirloomseeds

The air is heavy with a scent that’s floral with a bit of cucumber & black pepper. We have tons of native grape 🍇. Most r male or female, unlike a lot of our eating grapes like concord that can self pollinate. 1st yr to bloom, flowers are full of pollen, it’s a boy! #nativegrape #grapeflower #vitis

It’s been cool, dry & overcast, unfortunate for most of the new garden crops, but the snapdragons are thrilled! Lots of new blooms opening #snapdragon #snapdragons #bloomscrolling #stlweather #antirrhinummajus #antirrhinum

It’s lavender season! Order bundles of fresh cut lavender at our online shop, or visit us Thursday & Saturday at the Ucity Farmers Market #lavender #lavandulaangustifolia #englishlavender #ucityfarmersmarket #seasonalflowers #shoplocal #shopsmall

Big Blooms, little plant. Missouri Primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa) makes an excellent ground cover or border plant. It likes sun & most soils. Red stems, attractive leaves and those beautiful yellow flowers!! 😍 #missouriprimrose #oenotheramacrocarpa #nativeplants #nativeplantsofnorthamerica

Strawberry season wrapping up, but remember ur plants 4 a good harvest next yr. After fruiting, they send runners to make most of next yr’s fruit. Help runners connect & root. Keep watered thru summer. Strawberries are easy, but really thrive with a little extra care #strawberryplant #strawberries

3 feet of loveliness. This is native Foxglove Beardtongue or Penstemon digitalis. Only a 2yr old plant and already so showy. The rest of the year it has an attractive semi-evergreen basal clump of leaves #penstemondigitalis #penstemon #foxglovebeardtongue #nativeflowers #nativeplantsofnorthamerica