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Inspired by natures design on the forgotten coast 🪾🦪✨
08/10/2026

Inspired by natures design on the forgotten coast 🪾🦪✨

🆔: Neptunia lutea, commonly called the yellow neptunia or the yellow-puff, is a trailing, vine-like perennial, herbaceou...
06/02/2026

🆔: Neptunia lutea, commonly called the yellow neptunia or the yellow-puff, is a trailing, vine-like perennial, herbaceous plant in the legume family (Fabaceae). It is native to the United States, where it is primarily found in the South Central region, extending eastward into the Blackland Prairies of Alabama and Mississippi. 

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These bright and showy flower heads are visually attractive and are of interest to small pollinators, especially bees, who are its main pollinators. The foliage serves as a host for Ceraunus blue butterflies and possibly other butterflies that use a variety of legumes. Yellow Puff is sometimes grown as a forage for livestock.

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It can be found growing wild in dry, rocky sites of prairies, open woodlands and disturbed soils of roadsides in moderately to well-drained sand, loam and clay. Its extensive root system is highly effective at preventing soil erosion, making it invaluable for stabilizing banks, slopes, and other erosion-prone areas. It forms a symbiotic relationship with nitrogen-fixing bacteria, enriching the soil with nitrogen, thereby boosting fertility and improving conditions for other plants. This plant is a wonderful ground cover and flourishes in full sunlight but can also tolerate partial shade. While generally hardy and adaptable, optimal growth occurs in areas receiving ample sunlight. Furthermore it is very low maintenance!

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🥳Fun fact: Just like its distant relative and maybe more familiar plant, sensitive mimosa (Mimosa pudica), the leaves of Yellow Puff are “thigmonastic,” meaning they physically respond to touch, vibration, or sudden heat. They may also close at night and during periods of cloudy weather. This behavior is thought to serve as a defense mechanism — startling or deterring herbivores, reducing the plant’s exposed surface area to conserve water, or making the plant appear less appealing.

🆔Osmundastrum cinnamomeum aka cinnamon fern! It is a species of royal fern native to the Americas and Asia. It is named ...
05/20/2026

🆔Osmundastrum cinnamomeum aka cinnamon fern! It is a species of royal fern native to the Americas and Asia. It is named for its upright, cinnamon-colored fertile fronds that appear in spring. Cinnamon fern has a fossil record extending into the Late Cretaceous of North America, approximately 73 million years ago, making it one of the oldest living plant species! The genus itself goes back to the Triassic!

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It is a host plant to at least 8 species of Lepidoptera larvae. The “fuzz” (tomentum) on young fiddleheads is used by birds, such as yellow warblers and hummingbirds, for nesting. It is highly resistant to rabbit and deer browsing; mostly unpalatable to herbivores.

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It can be found growing wildly in wet savannas, wetlands, floodplains, marshes, dry-mesic forests and subtropical prairies. It also thrives in open meadows as a dominant species. The cinnamon fern is a highly successful species and can thrive in temperate, subtropical and tropical ecosystems. It is great as a ground cover and in rain gardens, wetland and wildlife gardens as it can survive in both a variety of soils and sunlight exposure.

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🥳Fun facts: The Osmundastrum cinnamomeum fern forms huge clonal colonies in swampy areas. These ferns form massive rootstocks with densely matted, wiry roots. This root mass is an excellent substrate for many epiphytal plants. They are often harvested as osmunda fiber and used horticulturally, especially in propagating and growing orchids. AND it often used in constructed wetlands for wastewater treatment (phytoremediation) due to its ability to tolerate waterlogged conditions and assist in nutrient cycling♻️

🆔Penstemon digitalis aka foxglove beardtongue! It is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae...
05/06/2026

🆔Penstemon digitalis aka foxglove beardtongue! It is a species of flowering plant in the plantain family, Plantaginaceae. It is a native of the Mississippi basin and its occurrences in Canada and the eastern United States are introductions. Because of this, Penstemon digitalis is the most widespread species of Penstemon east of the Mississippi River.

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It is a host plant to the Common Buckeye, the Baltimore Checkerspot, the threatened Saunders’ Sallow Moth and at least a dozen other species of butterflies and moths. On top of that, it is the host plant for the specialist Mason Bee. It is visited by a number of native bees and is frequented by newly hatched bumble bees; its tubular flowers attract hummingbirds. Beardtongues in general fill a critical role for pollinators by providing pollen and nectar at a time when resources are dwindling at the end of spring. It tolerates deer and other wildlife browsing.

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Foxglove beardtongue can be found growling wildly in moist open woods, prairies, fields, roadsides and places with poor drainage, loamy to sandy loam soil in prairies, meadows, and open woodlands. It prefers full to a half day of full sun and a light and well drained, sandy, or gravelly soil. Its showy flowers are a great choice for roadside plantings in addition to flower and rain gardens.

🆔Asclepias viridis aka green milkweed, green antelopehorn or spider milkweed! It is a species of milkweed in the dogbane...
04/29/2026

🆔Asclepias viridis aka green milkweed, green antelopehorn or spider milkweed! It is a species of milkweed in the dogbane family. Native to the midwestern, south central and southeastern United States, as well as to the southeastern portion of the western United States.

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Like some other milkweed species, A. viridis is a host plant for the Monarch, Soldier, and Queen butterflies. It is one of the most important host plants in the southern United States for the generation of monarch butterflies that develop from eggs that monarchs have laid after spending the winter in Mexico. It is avoided by mammalian herbivores and livestock due to its milky bitter sap.

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It can be found along roadsides, ditches, prairies, open areas, and overgrazed cattle pastures. Because of its shorter height and taproot, Spider Milkweed does not tolerate high amounts of vegetative competition. It is tolerant of dry conditions and most soil types aside from very moist, and prefers full sun. At home, it is known not to grow well in containers as it must have ample space for its taproot to be established in order for it to reach maturity.

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04/22/2026

Happy Earth Day, ya’ll‼️

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We really do live in paradise ⚜️

😍Judy with🆔 Baptisia alba, aka white wild indigo or white false indigo, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the pea fami...
04/15/2026

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🆔 Baptisia alba, aka white wild indigo or white false indigo, is an herbaceous perennial plant in the pea family, Fabaceae. It is native in central and eastern North America.

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👕👖The name “Baptisia” means “to dye,” referring to some species (B. australis, but alba does contain pigments) in this genus being used as a dye. During the 1700s, Baptisia was cultivated and used as a, though lesser, substitute for true indigo (Indigofera tinctoria) when supplies were limited

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Baptisia alba flowers are pollinated by bumble bees.The caterpillars of several skippers, butterflies and moths feed on the foliage: Southern Dogface, Orange Sulphur, Clouded Sulphur, and Eastern Tailed-Blue. It is a larval host plant for Zarucco Duskywing and Wild Indigo Duskywing. Deer and rabbits browse the foliage, and as a legume it provides nutritious, protein-rich food for them.

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Blooming occurs from April to July, earlier in the southern part of the range. The species is native to grasslands, and can be grown in some gardens. It can also be found growing wildly in open woodland areas and prairies with tall grasslands- additionally along roadsides, hiking trails, and railways. It can thrive in moist, rocky, sandy, and acid soils- also tolerates clay. It does best in full sun; can tolerate both drought and seasonal flooding 🌧️ 🌊 Tends to perform poorly when planted close to black walnut trees.

⚠️ This plant is known to be fatal to cows and can be irritating to humans if ingested⚠️

Throwback to a terrific transformation in Lafayette!⚜️This low maintenance, natural yet architectural space offers uniqu...
04/08/2026

Throwback to a terrific transformation in Lafayette!⚜️
This low maintenance, natural yet architectural space offers unique, cohesive, year-round interest and abundant, diverse habitat for birds, pollinators and other neighborhood wildlife

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We removed the existing non-native plant material from the newly installed garden bed, added native shrubs, a native flowering tree, a lush groundcover massing of perennial grasses throughout the entire landscape garden area and dappled massings of structured, native perennial wildflowers with various colors and bloom seasons throughout the groundcover to create a very easily-enjoyed “prairie patch” 🌾🌻🌳

🆔Euonymus americanus aka strawberry bush! Sometimes called hearts-a-bustin’! It is species of flowering plant in the fam...
04/01/2026

🆔Euonymus americanus aka strawberry bush! Sometimes called hearts-a-bustin’! It is species of flowering plant in the family Celastraceae. Native to the eastern United States, with its distribution extending as far west as Texas.

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It is a host plant for 14 species of Lepidoptera larvae, including specialists like American ermine moth, cecropia silkmoth, white-marked tussock moth, and currant clearwing. The flowers offer nectar to hummingbirds, bees, and butterflies. It has vibrant fruits and foliage during the early autumn season which can attract rabbits and white-tailed deer—who also eat the twigs. The bright orange-red aril that covers the seed provides a source of fat and sugar to songbirds, small mammals, and wild turkeys. The seeds are dispersed by birds and deer.

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In the wild, it can be found in shaded conditions and wetland areas such as margins of swamps, shaded stream banks, and sloped wetlands. However, though it resides in moist areas, it is not a flood tolerant species; therefore, only being able to grow in moderately saturated soils. It can happily be used in rain, shade, and native gardens and is perfect for wooded and naturalized areas. It’s prone to suckering, which is ideal for letting it grow as a hedge.

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⚠️ All parts of this plant are toxic to humans and pets if ingested⚠️ However, American indigenous people have several known medicinal uses for it 🙌🏻
Please leave it for only the wildlife to consume!🐛🦌🦃

03/27/2026

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Join us for our Louisiana Native Plant spring sale out at the GULF COAST FLORA nursery, we will be selecting the best of our stock to pick from. So bring a wagon or some plastic to wrap your car real tight!
👀‼️First 25 customers receive a free plant, one that we hold dear! So come early - sha baby!
SATURDAY March 28th 10 am - 3 pm
250 Tupelo road, Arnaudville LA
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