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Natural Landscapes for Central Oklahoma since 1998

Category: sights from the field

August sights

Andropogon gerardii (big bluestem)

New native and drought tolerant bed. 37 species replaced one large Privet.

Flowers of Side Oats Grama grass.

Zuchette rampicante

Posted on 08/21/2015 by Adam

Posted in garden design, native plants, photos, sights from the field, Uncategorized and tagged big bluestem, native plant gardening, native plants oklahoma.

Pipevine

Aristolochia fimbriata (white veined pipevine) from one of our favorite local nurseries Wild Things. The other worldly blooms and attractive vining foliage make this a nice choice for hanging baskets. Pipevines are host plants for Pipevine Swallowtail butterflies. This particular species is from South and Central America but we have native Oklahoma pipevine species as well.

Posted on 07/04/2015 by Adam

Posted in butterflies, plant explorations, sights from the field and tagged aristolochia, pipevine, white veined pipevine.

Pi House In May

All of the rain has been kind to our Pi house project (except for the leaf rust on the Wheat). Here’s some recent photos showing how things are progressing. I’m glad to see many pollinators and abundant wild life enjoying the biodiversity.

Strymon melinus (Gray Hairstreak)

Milkweed

Astrolepis sinuata (Wavy scaly cloakfern)

Posted on 05/21/2015 by Adam

Posted in garden design, native plants, sights from the field and tagged eco landscaping, gray hairstreak, milkweed, oklahoma, pi house.

Sedum Wall

Posted on 05/07/2015 by Adam

Posted in garden design, hardscaping, sights from the field and tagged living wall, oklahoma, rock garden wall, sedum.

Spring Wildflowers in Central OK

Baptisia australis close up

Erigeron (fleabane) field Norman

Wildflower quartet sw OKC

Baptisia bracteata

Eleocharis (spikerush) Norman

Posted on 04/21/2015 by Adam

Posted in native plants, sights from the field and tagged native plants, okc, oklahoma, wildflowers.

Indian Paintbrush Field

Driving over on Norman’s west side today my eye was caught by the distinct color of the season’s first Castilleja indivisa. This patch was behind Sam’s Club of all places. Despite human’s best efforts wildness persists. That gives one hope:)

Posted on 04/09/2015 by Adam

Posted in native plants, photos, sights from the field and tagged castilleja indivisa, central ok, indian paintbrush, norman ok.

Shades of Spring 2015

Posted on 03/26/2015 by Adam

Posted in photos, sights from the field and tagged norman ok, pansies, patio peach, spring color.

Anemone caroliniana in Norman, OK

Occasionally you get glimpses of what this land may have looked like 150 years ago. I can imagine a whole hillside covered in the pretty purple spring blossoms of Anemone caroliniana. Sadly, today I found only this one lone specimen, perhaps the last of it’s kind in this spot. Remnants of the past but also inspiration for the future. Together we can bring back some of these past beauties.