A Pollinator Sanctuary In Suburbia

08/10/2026

NURSERIES THAT CAN GROW RARE NATIVE PLANTS SHOULD BE CELEBRATED - WE STAN YOU Next Door Nursery. WE STAN YOU ❤️‍🔥
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We have some special plants we’ll be offering for sale tomorrow. The rare Coreopsis intermedia collected by Akash Munshi , a selection of Narrowleaf Mountain Mint we found with ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛ ʀᴇꜱᴄᴜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ - ᴛᴇxᴀꜱ that smells like fruit loops, and Carex Glaucescens, Blue Sedge collected by the legendary botanist Jake Smith. Even the common species have a story like our Blue Mist Flower and Chalky Bluestem collected from this field, one of the last stands of remnant prairie in Pasadena. There’s less than 1% of coastal prairie left so join us in our shared mission of reintroducing our native plants back into our landscape before they’re all gone.

We have some special plants we’ll be offering for sale tomorrow. The rare Coreopsis intermedia collected by Akash Munshi , a selection of Narrowleaf Mountain Mint we found with ɴᴀᴛɪᴠᴇ ᴘʟᴀɴᴛ ʀᴇꜱᴄᴜᴇ ᴘʀᴏᴊᴇᴄᴛ - ᴛᴇxᴀꜱ that smells like fruit loops, and Carex Glaucescens, Blue Sedge collected by the legendary botanist Jake Smith. Even the common species have a story like our Blue Mist Flower and Chalky Bluestem collected from this field, one of the last stands of remnant prairie in Pasadena. There’s less than 1% of coastal prairie left so join us in our shared mission of reintroducing our native plants back into our landscape before they’re all gone.

08/10/2026

I KNOW YOU NEED TO KNOW THIS, so lemme tell you NOW that Next Door Nursery has something to say:
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NEW PLANT UNLOCKED - Gaillardia aestivalis var. flavorivens or Yellow Sandhill Blanketflower is the newest species we are working on offering next year. I first met this plant last summer in north Harris County on a piece of land slated for development. I was only able to harvest a pinch of seeds from a few plants but that was all I needed to start cultivating this beauty. I've been harvesting seeds every day for the past couple of months from these plants and expect to have more than enough for everyone in the spring.
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GO ON BOOKIE...GO GET YOU MANY. GET SOME FOR YOUR BESTIES, FRIENDS, AND FRENEMIES

08/04/2026

So you don't make it any messier, of course.
See comment section, I left ya a gift

08/02/2026

I bought these last week from The Arbor Gate. They're huge! And they're ONLY $12.99 for each 1 gal container. Guess why I bought them?
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Wafer Ash is a host plant to the Giant Swallowtail Buttefly. The eastern giant swallowtail is the largest butterfly in North America! FR FR. GO GET YOU SOME, BOOKIE. Plant and butterfly details in comment section.
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15635 Farm to Market 2920, Tomball, TX, United States, 77377

Contact info
+1 281-351-8851
[email protected]
arborgate.com
HUUUUGE PLUS: THE FOLKS THAT WORK AT The Arbor Gate ARE SUPER NICE

08/02/2026

Thanks for sharing this Crime Pays But Botany Doesn't
Folks, if you're nearby, please go see 'em and buy their native plants. Please do not allow a nursery that sells native plants to go away. Please.
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"LOCAL TEXAS NATIVE NURSERY IN TROUBLE! PLEASE SUPPORT THEM!
Green Sleeves Native Nursery in Pflugerville, Texas just East of Austin might go under after taking a bit economic hit from water restrictions enacted by the city of Pflugerville that were unrelated to drought. Basically, the city reservoir was mismanaged and city officials didn't realize it had sprung a major leak until six months after the fact. The nursery owner had to physically truck water in every day for a few weeks at the beginning of the summer, which put them a few dozen grand in the hole.
If this nursery closes, it will be a huge hit for the native plant movement in Central Texas. They grow a ton of rare natives that nobody else carries and they sell it at affordable prices. I've given them a ton of seed because I know they'll grow it well and sell it at affordable prices and the more rare native plants I'll encounter (and the less crepe myrtles and nandina I'll have to look at, both of which make me wanna puke)."

07/25/2026

Look at these HUGE AND HIGH QUALITY Wafer Ash for only $12.99 sold The Arbor Gate! This one is a host plant to the GIANT SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY!

Wafer Ash at this size and prize is sooo hard to find. Ya hear me?!? So go get you several.
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So if you want the GIANT SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY to not only visit you but live in your own Sanctuary, drive now to the The Arbor Gate and buy their entire stock.
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07/25/2026

HUGE SPICEBUSH FOR ONLY $14.99 at The Arbor Gate! GO GET YOU SOME!

SPICEBUSH SWALLOWTAIL HOST PLANT - HIGH QUALITY AND HUGE AND CHEAP!
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What are you waiting for? Go Get You Some Bookie! These aren't going to last! I don't care if you live in an obscure cul-de-sac on Pluto...you get your hiney up and drive to the The Arbor Gate and buy their entire inventory

You already know how
E X P E N S I V E
SPICEBUSH AT THIS SIZE IS AT NURSERIES IN INNERLOOP HOUSTON AND HERE I AM... Your Native Plant Overlord, a fellow native plant hoarder BFF, doing all the work for you...so you too can have several. So, go on Bookie...buy their entire stock.

07/25/2026

HUGE AND CHEAP HERCULES CLUB - GO GET YOU SEVERAL!!!
GIANT SWALLOWTAIL BUTTERFLY HOST PLANT
GO BUY YOU SEVERAL!!!
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I want to thank The Arbor Gate for selling this HUGE HERCULES CLUB. This giant is less than $30 dollars!
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Folks, do you even know how hard it is to find native plants? Do you even know how hard it is to find CHEAP native plants? I am telling you right now, on this day that has completely soaked my expensive designer unmentionables bc it's so hot Hot HOT and humid outside, you need to go over to The Arbor Gate and buy all their Hercules Club inventory. LOOK AT HOW HUGE IT IS! See comment section...My BFF Englebird Humperdink the Hercules Club and I had to make a lil MTV video.

PS - The folks that work at The Arbor Gate are soooo nice!

07/25/2026

Hi. A lot of times, I struggle to find the message in my post. After all, there's only so many ecoregion or Texas native plants that I can post about here at my super packed tiny plot.
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Today, I wanted to tell you how I support the mockingbirds that nest in my Live Oak trees.

1.) I will not spray my plants with poisons.
2.) I have a bird bath which I clean every 2 days.
3.) I grow native plants like Elderberry and American Beautyberry. And look...They're growing in containers. 🙂

4.) AND TO FEED THE CHICKS? I grow host plants for butterflies, moths...

Want more details on these native plants? Don't worry, I got'chu Bookie. Hop on to the comments section.

07/24/2026

My morning view. IT IS POSSIBLE to grow native plants in containers. These plants get morning sun to noon. They live just under my covered patio.
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