Claytonia
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Claytonia
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Urban Farm & Online Store in St. Louis. We grow & sell heirloom seeds, native trees & plants, herbs & more. We’d love to help bring ecosystems to your yard! Thank you for supporting small local businesses Shop: claytonia.square.site Site: claytonia.biz
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Too hot outside, so the potted calendula is blooming inside #calendula #macromonday #bloomscrolling
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
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
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
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
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
What’s blooming in the garden? Marshmallow, Carrot 🥕, Black-eyed Susans (Rudbeckia hirta), Snapdragons. #gardenblooms #bloomscrolling #marshmallow #carrotflower #blackeyedsusans #rudbeckiahirta #echinacea
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
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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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
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
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