Blue Jay Barrens

Blue Jay Barrens has never had an abundance of early spring wildflowers, and as the deer population increases, those that were here years...

My artificial barrens in a pot continues to evolve.  Originally planted in the container were Draba cuneifolia , Draba reptans , and Lea...

The rains have come and temperatures have warmed.   That means the little winter annuals of the barrens are growing rapidly in order to ga...

Most of my pot grown native plants were freed to live their lives in likely locations close to the house.   A few of the rarer collections...

I’m not sure that there is any single event that indicates to me that we’ve made the transition from winter into spring.   If forced to...