Last week we had several days of relatively cool weather for southeast Michigan. Including one night when temperatures reached the high 40’s Fahrenheit.
Which had me thinking of fall and what native plants I might want to add to my garden.
A good time to check upcoming plants swaps and sales and mark my calendar.
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Native to Michigan, Southern Blue Flag iris is one of the native plants I bought last year at the Kensington Metropark spring native plant sale.
The plants sold at the sale are from seed collected from metropark plants.
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While two nights of hard frosts last week had gardeners concerned (including me, I moved many of my flower and vegetable pots into the garage), spring seems to have finally arrived to southeast Michigan.
Forsythia are mostly finished blooming. Eastern Redbud trees are covered in lovely purple flowers.
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