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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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Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jul 25

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jul 22

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jul 3

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

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jul 2

Update, we have budding

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jul 1

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

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 30

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

Red buds of native cardinal flower getting ready to open

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 28

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

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Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 28

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

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Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 23

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

Praying mantis perched on an id tag in the plant nursery

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 21

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 21

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

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 21

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

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 20

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 18

Absolutely!

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 18

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

Upright Prairie coneflower, taking over the border as coreopsis sunsets

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Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 7

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

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 3

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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Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 3

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

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.

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 2

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · Jun 1

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

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · May 31

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

Vase arrangement with snapdragons, astilbe, & native beardtongue

Vase arrangement with snapdragon, native coreopsis & native beardtongue

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · May 31

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

Claytonia @claytoniastl.bsky.social · May 29

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