| Image | Plant | Status | Notes | Events |
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Trumpet Vine (Campsis radicans) |
Have Invasive (or Potentially) Favorite/Butterflies Native Plant Favorite/Hummingbirds |
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Honeysuckles (Lonicera) |
Have Favorite/Birds Invasive (or Potentially) Favorite/Butterflies Native Plant Favorite/Bees Favorite/Hummingbirds |
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Honeysuckle (Lonicera periclymenum) |
Have Favorite/Birds Invasive (or Potentially) Favorite/Butterflies Native Plant Favorite/Bees Favorite/Hummingbirds |
The nectar can be extracted by removing the flower and pinching the green base off, being careful to avoid breaking the stamen, which can then be gently pulled back through the tube of the flower like a piston, collecting the necter in a tiny drop that appears at the flower's base. This is quickly brought to the tongue, a hard-won but delightful treat for children. White flowers turn yellow as they age, then fall off the vine. Red berries, slightly toxic to humans, are favored by birds. |
February 12, 2019: Bloomed (Observed a branch of blooms already, some several days old--old enough to have already turned yellow. I was surprised to see them so early.) |
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Callery Pear (Pyrus calleryana) |
Have Invasive (or Potentially) Wild/Non-Native/Naturalized |
I discovered a few of these young trees growing on the plot I have planned for my garden and left them, recognizing them as some sort of fruit tree and thinking they were something I wanted to keep. Now that I know what they really are, I will be cutting the extremely thorny nuisances down to the ground and eliminating them. I've never been fond of "Bradford Pears" (which is a cultivar of Pyrus calleryana), and if I'm going to have a tree in my garden, it will either bear fruit or nuts, be a good, long-lived shade tree that provides for nature's creatures (as in food or habitat), bear beautiful, pleasantly fragrant blooms, stunning spring or fall color, or at least have a unique, visually impactful form. This is an Asian arborial weed! | |
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Wild Blackberry (Rubus cochinchinensis) |
Have Invasive (or Potentially) Native Plant Edible/Fruit |
