In Season

Lanceleaf Coreopsis: Golden Native Blooms with Pollinator Power

Coreopsis (Coreopsis species), commonly known as tickseed, brings a cheerful splash of golden sunshine to any native garden landscape. These hardy perennials offer an exceptional combination of long-lasting blooms and carefree maintenance that appeals to both beginning and experienced gardeners. Drought-tolerant and deer-resistant, coreopsis attracts a variety of pollinators with its bright daisy-like flowers while […]

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Winecups: Native Beauty with Ecological Benefits

Education, In Season / By NPI-GNO

Winecups (Callirhoe species) offer the perfect blend of beauty and resilience for native plant enthusiasts. This prairie perennial delights with its vibrant magenta blooms while requiring minimal care once established. Drought-tolerant and beloved by pollinators, Winecups create a stunning ground cover that works beautifully in rock gardens, along borders, or cascading over walls—bringing both ecological

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Growing and Collecting Seeds from Native Cardinal Flower

In Season / By admin

Lobelia cardinalis, Cardinal flower, is one of the most impressive and striking native plants for your late summer garden. This short-lived perennial plant occurs naturally in moist locations, along stream banks, swamp edges, and low woods. In our gardens, they are easily grown in average moist garden beds, but are also the ultimate rain garden

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NPI Tables at the Creole Tomato Fest!

In Season, Uncategorized / By admin

June 11th-12th The French Market Creole Tomato Festival honors Louisiana’s produce, farmers, and our unique cuisine of which the Creole tomato is a star. Tabling at this fest was a great fit as we honored our unique native plants by giving away seeds and educating folks about their importance. It was a blast as you

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Collecting Native Seeds – June

Articles, In Season / By admin

This time of year brings such joy to native gardeners as pollinator activity on native plants really picks up and progression of flowering in the garden marches on from one species to the next. As early species decline and start to set seed, we have an opportunity to collect ripe seed from our plants to

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NPI at the Spring Garden Show!

In Season, News / By admin

Come and find us this weekend at the New Orleans Botanical Garden for the Spring Garden Show! We will be on the lawn in front of the Pavilion of the Two Sisters. Detailed Brochure 2022

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UNO Urban Birding Trail gets started with Kick-Off Event…more to come!

All, Events, In Season / By admin

Last Saturday morning in November, we spent a few hours removing invasive tree saplings from the UNO Woodlot. This is the kick-off of a multi-phase project on UNO’s campus to enhance bird and wildlife habitat by planting native shrubs and trees to further develop a urban birding trail on campus where over 130 species of

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Spooky Plant Walk in Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve

All, In Season / By admin

The day before Halloween, NPI President, Tammany Baumgarten, and Board Director Cheryl Geiger made the trek to St. Tammany Parish to attend a guided walk in the Abita Creek Flatwoods Preserve hosted by the Land Trust for Louisiana. Biologists, Nelwyn McInnis and Latimore Smith guided about 20 participants on a boardwalk stroll through a wet

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Fall Display: “Strawberry Bush” Euonymus americanus

All, In Season / By admin

The Euonymus americana locally know as “Strawberry bush”, “Burning Bush”, “Hearts-a-Busting” is in full display right now. In late summer/early fall the red fruits burst open to reveal bright orange berries. The pictures below are from a NPI member’s garden in New Orleans. It is an adaptable landscape shrub or small tree tolerating different sun

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Living with Hurricanes and Native Plants by VP Nell Howard

All, In Season / By admin

Once again, a summer hurricane has displayed the inherent and wonderful qualities of native plants in the landscape. The live oaks swayed in the 150 mph winds and, if they’ve been maintained properly, few branches broke. In my back yard, the swamp maple, blooming and upright cardinal flower, cherry tree, flowering clematis crispa, often visited

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