Sow Wild Natives
@sowwildnatives.bsky.social
Native plant nursery in KCMO. We provide high-quality, regional native plants to add function and beauty to yards and greenscapes throughout the Kansas City region to support our vision of restoring balance to our ecosystem.
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We'll have butterfly food: milkweed-Monarchs, Zizia-black swallowtail, senna-sulphers, spicebush-spicebush swallowtail, Dutchman's Pipevine-pipevine swallowtail, pawpaw-zebra swallowtail... And nectar plants: blazingstar, aster, goldenrod, bee balm, native thistle, coneflower, black eye Susan's...
September 15, 2026 at 5:53 PM
We'll have butterfly food: milkweed-Monarchs, Zizia-black swallowtail, senna-sulphers, spicebush-spicebush swallowtail, Dutchman's Pipevine-pipevine swallowtail, pawpaw-zebra swallowtail... And nectar plants: blazingstar, aster, goldenrod, bee balm, native thistle, coneflower, black eye Susan's...
Loving the Helen's flower (Helenium autumnale) right now 💜🌼
September 14, 2026 at 7:31 PM
Loving the Helen's flower (Helenium autumnale) right now 💜🌼
Roundhead Lespedeza (Lespedeza capitata): We love seeing the silvery sheen of this plant from a distance and then get up close and personal to enjoy the subtle flower beauty.
September 10, 2026 at 1:49 PM
Roundhead Lespedeza (Lespedeza capitata): We love seeing the silvery sheen of this plant from a distance and then get up close and personal to enjoy the subtle flower beauty.
A few folks wanted to pose behind our monarch waystation sign this weekend.
September 7, 2026 at 2:26 PM
A few folks wanted to pose behind our monarch waystation sign this weekend.
The blue lobelias are really shining
August 25, 2026 at 1:01 PM
The blue lobelias are really shining
Like this beautiful rose mallow, we are open this weekend, Friday and Saturday 9AM-4PM. Saturday is also grounding in the garden between 8:30AM-9AM.
August 21, 2026 at 12:36 PM
Like this beautiful rose mallow, we are open this weekend, Friday and Saturday 9AM-4PM. Saturday is also grounding in the garden between 8:30AM-9AM.
10 days ago this friend was boogying across the bridge to the greenhouse to look for a place to pupate. Today she emerges beautifully. 💜🐛🦋
August 17, 2026 at 3:08 PM
10 days ago this friend was boogying across the bridge to the greenhouse to look for a place to pupate. Today she emerges beautifully. 💜🐛🦋
Reminder, we're open today and tomorrow, August 7th & 8th, 9AM-4PM.
August 7, 2026 at 1:26 PM
Reminder, we're open today and tomorrow, August 7th & 8th, 9AM-4PM.
Our Zizia are crawling with black swallowtail caterpillars. 💜🐛
August 6, 2026 at 11:13 PM
Our Zizia are crawling with black swallowtail caterpillars. 💜🐛
Good morning from this adorable bumblebee on Echinacea purpurea with Cuphea viscosissima in the background.
August 2, 2026 at 3:13 PM
Good morning from this adorable bumblebee on Echinacea purpurea with Cuphea viscosissima in the background.
Tracy spoke with Celia on the latest episode of the Up From Dust podcast about her journey with arachnophobia and helping people get over their fears.
www.kcur.org/2026-07-20/a...
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July 23, 2026 at 12:13 PM
Tracy spoke with Celia on the latest episode of the Up From Dust podcast about her journey with arachnophobia and helping people get over their fears.
www.kcur.org/2026-07-20/a...
www.kcur.org/2026-07-20/a...
A big, beautiful, bumble on the downy skull cap (Scutellaria incana) this morning.
July 17, 2026 at 2:04 PM
A big, beautiful, bumble on the downy skull cap (Scutellaria incana) this morning.
The beauty berries are blooming beautifully today and buzzing with life.
July 16, 2026 at 2:12 PM
The beauty berries are blooming beautifully today and buzzing with life.
We're not the only ones loving the purple headed Helen's flower (Helenium flexuosum). 🐝🌼💜
July 13, 2026 at 3:40 PM
We're not the only ones loving the purple headed Helen's flower (Helenium flexuosum). 🐝🌼💜
Summer/fall hours July - October 2026:
1st & 3rd successive Fridays and Saturdays 9AM-4PM
July 3-4
July 17-18
August 7-8
August 21-22*
September 4-5
September 18-19
October 2-3
October 16-17
*We're closed the 3rd Saturday of August so Grounding in the Garden will take place on August 22nd instead.
1st & 3rd successive Fridays and Saturdays 9AM-4PM
July 3-4
July 17-18
August 7-8
August 21-22*
September 4-5
September 18-19
October 2-3
October 16-17
*We're closed the 3rd Saturday of August so Grounding in the Garden will take place on August 22nd instead.
July 3, 2026 at 12:28 AM
Summer/fall hours July - October 2026:
1st & 3rd successive Fridays and Saturdays 9AM-4PM
July 3-4
July 17-18
August 7-8
August 21-22*
September 4-5
September 18-19
October 2-3
October 16-17
*We're closed the 3rd Saturday of August so Grounding in the Garden will take place on August 22nd instead.
1st & 3rd successive Fridays and Saturdays 9AM-4PM
July 3-4
July 17-18
August 7-8
August 21-22*
September 4-5
September 18-19
October 2-3
October 16-17
*We're closed the 3rd Saturday of August so Grounding in the Garden will take place on August 22nd instead.
The downy skullcap (Scutellaria incana) showing off its amazing blooms this week! This one's hanging out with some Rudbeckia hirta.
June 25, 2026 at 11:03 PM
The downy skullcap (Scutellaria incana) showing off its amazing blooms this week! This one's hanging out with some Rudbeckia hirta.
First pond turtle sighting of the year!!!! 💚🐢
June 15, 2026 at 11:24 PM
First pond turtle sighting of the year!!!! 💚🐢
The calamint (Clinopodium arkansanum) is looking amazing this time of year. It smells amazing most of the year.
June 12, 2026 at 12:23 PM
The calamint (Clinopodium arkansanum) is looking amazing this time of year. It smells amazing most of the year.
Shhh, the American Painted Lady caterpillar is sleeping on the pussy toes. 💜🐛
June 9, 2026 at 12:35 PM
Shhh, the American Painted Lady caterpillar is sleeping on the pussy toes. 💜🐛
Loving the lead plant (Amorpha canescens) that is now blooming.
June 5, 2026 at 12:52 PM
Loving the lead plant (Amorpha canescens) that is now blooming.
The evening primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa) is looking awesome on this overcast morning.
June 2, 2026 at 2:23 PM
The evening primrose (Oenothera macrocarpa) is looking awesome on this overcast morning.
We had a dead bumblebee on the cabin porch this morning and one of our young customers decided to give it a dandelion burial. 🥹 How precious!! 💛🖤💛
May 29, 2026 at 6:13 PM
We had a dead bumblebee on the cabin porch this morning and one of our young customers decided to give it a dandelion burial. 🥹 How precious!! 💛🖤💛
Collecting sedge seeds in the lawn tonight and these beautiful flowers were raining down on us from the male persimmon tree (Diospyros virginiana) above us. If only this were a scratch and sniff photo you could smell how fragrant they are too.
May 23, 2026 at 1:52 AM
Collecting sedge seeds in the lawn tonight and these beautiful flowers were raining down on us from the male persimmon tree (Diospyros virginiana) above us. If only this were a scratch and sniff photo you could smell how fragrant they are too.
Blooming in the bumblebee garden this week:
Zizia aptera
Marshallia caespitosa
Monarda bradburiana (which crept over from the sensory garden but that's okay, the bumblebees don't mind)
Zizia aptera
Marshallia caespitosa
Monarda bradburiana (which crept over from the sensory garden but that's okay, the bumblebees don't mind)
May 6, 2026 at 6:24 PM
Blooming in the bumblebee garden this week:
Zizia aptera
Marshallia caespitosa
Monarda bradburiana (which crept over from the sensory garden but that's okay, the bumblebees don't mind)
Zizia aptera
Marshallia caespitosa
Monarda bradburiana (which crept over from the sensory garden but that's okay, the bumblebees don't mind)
Blooming in the bumblebee garden this week:
Penstemon cobaea
Aquilegia canadensis
Penstemon pallidus
Penstemon cobaea
Aquilegia canadensis
Penstemon pallidus
May 6, 2026 at 6:23 PM
Blooming in the bumblebee garden this week:
Penstemon cobaea
Aquilegia canadensis
Penstemon pallidus
Penstemon cobaea
Aquilegia canadensis
Penstemon pallidus