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frostweed
Feb 12, 2014 10:30 AM CST
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Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
Native Plants and Wildflowers Organic Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Butterflies Garden Ideas: Master Level Forum moderator
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
I think this will be a very good resource for all of us. My favorites are;
wildflower.org http://www.wildflower.org/plan... and
usda.gov http://plants.usda.gov/core/pr...

One of my favorite books is;
Native Texas Plants, Landscaping Region to Region
by Sally and Andy Wasowski

Links by Jmorth
http://www.illinoiswildflowers...
http://www.missouriplants.com/

Links by Horntoad;
Resources:
Wildflowers.org - http://www.wildflower.org/plan...
Bonap - http://www.bonap.org/genera-li...
Itis - http://www.itis.gov/
Flora of North America (FNA) - http://www.efloras.org/flora_p...
Texasflora.org - http://txflora.org/Search.aspx...

Books:
Wildflowers of Texas - Geyata Ajilvsgi
Wildflowers of Houston & Southeast Texas - John and gloria Tveten
Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas - George Oxford Miller

Links provided by Justin
Texas Gulf Coast Vascular Plant Gallery:
http://src.sfasu.edu/~jvk/Gulf......

Texas Pineywoods Plants Digital Gallery:
http://src.sfasu.edu/~jvk/Pine......

Trans-Pecos Plant Gallery:
http://src.sfasu.edu/~jvk/Tran......

Links provided by Flowergirl
this one has some wonderful books listed at the bottom
http://flawildflowers.org/lear...

In this one, scroll down the page & see & learn about different wildflowers in Fl. & where they grow.
http://www.flwildflowers.com/g...

Link provided by SongofJoy
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.ed...



Please post your favorites and I will add them to this top post.
Thank you, and let us have fun learning from each other.
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Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
| @frostweed | Post #554536 (1)
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jmorth
Feb 12, 2014 11:02 AM CST
central Illinois
Charter ATP Member I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! Hosted a Not-A-Raffle-Raffle Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Plant Identifier Garden Ideas: Level 2
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Avid Green Pages Reviewer Photo Contest Winner: 2014 Photo Contest Winner: 2017
http://www.illinoiswildflowers...
http://www.missouriplants.com/
Nothing that's been done can ever be changed.
| @jmorth | Post #554554 (2)
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frostweed
Feb 12, 2014 11:37 AM CST
Moderator
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
Native Plants and Wildflowers Organic Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Butterflies Garden Ideas: Master Level Forum moderator
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
Thank you Jay. Smiling
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
| @frostweed | Post #554565 (3)
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Horntoad
Feb 12, 2014 1:26 PM CST
Name: Jay
Nederland, Texas (Zone 9a)
Region: Texas Region: Gulf Coast Charter ATP Member I helped beta test the first seed swap I helped plan and beta test the plant database. I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Plant Identifier Tip Photographer Garden Sages Garden Ideas: Master Level Hibiscus
Resources:
Wildflowers.org - http://www.wildflower.org/plan...
Bonap - http://www.bonap.org/genera-li...
Itis - http://www.itis.gov/
Flora of North America (FNA) - http://www.efloras.org/flora_p...
Texasflora.org - http://txflora.org/Search.aspx...

Books:
Wildflowers of Texas - Geyata Ajilvsgi
Wildflowers of Houston & Southeast Texas - John and gloria Tveten
Landscaping with Native Plants of Texas - George Oxford Miller
wildflowersoftexas.com



| @Horntoad | Post #554617 (4)
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frostweed
Feb 12, 2014 3:42 PM CST
Moderator
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
Native Plants and Wildflowers Organic Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Butterflies Garden Ideas: Master Level Forum moderator
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
Great books and links Jay, thank you very much. Smiling
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
| @frostweed | Post #554724 (5)
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Justin
Feb 12, 2014 5:47 PM CST
South Texas (Zone 9a)
Birds Butterflies Cactus and Succulents Native Plants and Wildflowers Purslane Lover of wildlife (Raccoon badge)
Region: Texas Region: United States of America
Pages maintained by Dr. James Van Kley, Professor of Biology, Stephen F. Austin State University

Texas Gulf Coast Vascular Plant Gallery:
http://src.sfasu.edu/~jvk/Gulf...

Texas Pineywoods Plants Digital Gallery:
http://src.sfasu.edu/~jvk/Pine...

Trans-Pecos Plant Gallery:
http://src.sfasu.edu/~jvk/Tran...
Justin
| @Justin | Post #554772 (6)
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flaflwrgrl
Feb 12, 2014 6:35 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Garden Ideas: Master Level Butterflies Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Dog Lover
Links

this one has some wonderful books listed at the bottom
http://flawildflowers.org/lear...

In this one, scroll down the page & see & learn about different wildflowers in Fl. & where they grow.
http://www.flwildflowers.com/g...
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
| @flaflwrgrl | Post #554797 (7)
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frostweed
Feb 12, 2014 11:09 PM CST
Moderator
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
Native Plants and Wildflowers Organic Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Butterflies Garden Ideas: Master Level Forum moderator
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
Thank you Justin and Ann, this is going great!!!
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
| @frostweed | Post #554927 (8)
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SongofJoy
Feb 13, 2014 5:13 AM CST
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
http://bioimages.vanderbilt.ed...
I garden for the pollinators.
| @SongofJoy | Post #554959 (9)
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frostweed
Feb 13, 2014 8:01 AM CST
Moderator
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
Native Plants and Wildflowers Organic Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Butterflies Garden Ideas: Master Level Forum moderator
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
Thank you for the link Tee, I will add it to the top post. Smiling
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
| @frostweed | Post #555003 (10)
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SongofJoy
Feb 13, 2014 8:10 AM CST
Name: Carole
Clarksville, TN (Zone 6b)
Charter ATP Member Garden Sages Plant Identifier I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Avid Green Pages Reviewer
I helped beta test the Garden Planting Calendar Garden Ideas: Master Level Cat Lover Birds Region: Tennessee Echinacea
http://uswildflowers.com/
I garden for the pollinators.
| @SongofJoy | Post #555007 (11)
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Kelli
Jun 12, 2015 3:18 PM CST
Name: Kelli
Canoga Park, CA, Sunset 19 (Zone 10a)
Where summer is winter
Amaryllis Region: Southwest Gardening Native Plants and Wildflowers Irises Hybridizer Dragonflies
Container Gardener Garden Photography Cactus and Succulents Bulbs Aquaponics Enjoys or suffers hot summers
California plants, http://www.calflora.org/

At the risk of self-promotion, I am going to list my web page, Wildflowers of Southern California. https://www.facebook.com/Wildf...

| @Kelli | Post #877313 (12)
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frostweed
Jun 12, 2015 4:15 PM CST
Moderator
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
Native Plants and Wildflowers Organic Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Butterflies Garden Ideas: Master Level Forum moderator
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
Thank you for your post and link, your site is beautiful!!! I tip my hat to you.
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
| @frostweed | Post #877377 (13)
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Kelli
Jun 12, 2015 4:16 PM CST
Name: Kelli
Canoga Park, CA, Sunset 19 (Zone 10a)
Where summer is winter
Amaryllis Region: Southwest Gardening Native Plants and Wildflowers Irises Hybridizer Dragonflies
Container Gardener Garden Photography Cactus and Succulents Bulbs Aquaponics Enjoys or suffers hot summers
Thank you

| @Kelli | Post #877379 (14)
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flaflwrgrl
Jun 12, 2015 4:42 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Garden Ideas: Master Level Butterflies Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Dog Lover
frostweed said:Thank you for your post and link, your site is beautiful!!! I tip my hat to you.


I agree Thumbs up Thumbs up
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
| @flaflwrgrl | Post #877386 (15)
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Chillybean
Sep 8, 2015 6:18 PM CST
Name: Kim
Iowa (Zone 5a)
I kill ornamentals... on purpose.
Enjoys or suffers cold winters Spiders! Critters Allowed Birds Houseplants I helped beta test the first seed swap
Region: Nebraska Keeper of Poultry Rabbit Keeper Celebrating Gardening: 2015 Garden Procrastinator Garden Ideas: Level 2
This has been very helpful to me when trying to identify seedlings.
http://castle.eiu.edu/~prairie...

This is Iowa specific, but there is a lot of good info.
http://www.iowadot.gov/lrtf/in...

Are blogs acceptable? I enjoy this one.
http://prairieecologist.com/

A book:
Wildflowers of the Tallgrass Prairie; Sylvan Runkel, Dean Roosa
| @Chillybean | Post #947342 (16)
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frostweed
Sep 8, 2015 7:08 PM CST
Moderator
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
Native Plants and Wildflowers Organic Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Butterflies Garden Ideas: Master Level Forum moderator
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
Thank you for posting those links Kim, I will be checking them out. Smiling
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
| @frostweed | Post #947384 (17)
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kchd
Dec 29, 2015 2:12 PM CST
Name: Katie
Oktibbeha Co., MS (Zone 8a)
Native Plants and Wildflowers Spiders! Lover of wildlife (Black bear badge)
I just posted about this book in the mid-South gardening forum (apologies for the cross-post).
http://garden.org/thread/view_...

I received a new book for Xmas, which I have been wishing for since last year, when it was first published: Native Plants of the Southeast: A Comprehensive Guide to the Best 460 Species for the Garden by Larry Mellichamp.

I really like the way it is put together. It shows you how to choose the best native plants and how to use them in the garden. It is broken up into sections with plant profiles for over 460 species of trees, shrubs, vines, ferns, grasses, bog plants, and wildflowers. Each plant description includes information about cultivation and propagation, ranges, and hardiness. Comprehensive lists recommend particular plants for difficult situations, as well as plants for attracting butterflies, hummingbirds, and other wildlife. If you can find it at your library, it is worth a look.
http://www.timberpress.com/boo...
"That land is a community is the basic concept of ecology, but that land is to be loved and respected is an extension of ethics." — Aldo Leopold
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frostweed
Dec 29, 2015 2:34 PM CST
Moderator
Name: josephine
Arlington, Texas (Zone 8a)
Hi Everybody!! Let us talk native.
Native Plants and Wildflowers Organic Gardener Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Butterflies Garden Ideas: Master Level Forum moderator
I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database! I helped plan and beta test the plant database. Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Birds Cat Lover
Thank you for letting us know about the book Katie, it sounds like it will be great Smiling
Wildflowers are the Smiles of Nature.
Gardening with Texas Native Plants and Wildflowers.
| @frostweed | Post #1017831 (19)
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flaflwrgrl
Jan 3, 2016 7:48 PM CST
Name: Ann ~Heat zn 9, Sunset
North Fl. (Zone 8b)
Garden Sages Region: Ukraine Native Plants and Wildflowers Xeriscape Organic Gardener I was one of the first 300 contributors to the plant database!
Garden Ideas: Master Level Butterflies Charter ATP Member Plant Identifier Million Pollinator Garden Challenge Dog Lover
It sure does!
I am a strong believer in the simple fact is that what matters in this life is how we treat others. I think that's what living is all about. Not what I've done in my life but how I've treated others. ~~ Sharon Brown
| @flaflwrgrl | Post #1022089 (20)

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