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Kristin Wyatt

@kristinwyatt.bsky.social

On The Last Of The Wingstem
#bees #nature #photography
#nativeplants

A bumble bee feeds on yellow wingstem flowers in autumn.

November 8, 2026 at 2:44 PM

FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Pulsatilla nuttalliana, our Prairie Pasqueflower, blooming off the Buttonrock Reservoir Trail #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 7 🌿

Faintly bluish white flowers with numerous yellow anthers

November 7, 2026 at 3:02 PM

FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Callirhoe involucrata, our Purple Poppy Mallow, blooming in my yard. I never planted these. #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 7 🌿

November 8, 2026 at 3:46 PM

Get To Know Nature

@gettoknownature.bsky.social

Tiny but dramatic. A skipper on the stunning spiky center of a Purple Coneflower

#Noirvember #invertebrates #NativePlants #BugSky 🌿

A small butterfly perches on a spiky, hedgehog like dome.

November 5, 2026 at 2:20 PM

FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Claytonia lanceolata, our Western Springbeauty, blooming above Minturn #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 5 🌿

November 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM

FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Prosartes trachycarpa, our Rough-Fruited Fairy Bells, blooming at Deer Creek Canyon Open Space #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 7 🌿

Nodding white flowers withered creamy anthers

November 7, 2026 at 4:01 PM

Get To Know Nature

@gettoknownature.bsky.social

It’s very pretty out there
(Virginia Creeper) #NativePlants 🌿

A cluster of five red leaves like a star hangs from the side of a wooden trellis, with blurry green and yellow leaves as a backdrop.

November 7, 2026 at 1:09 AM

FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Delphinium nuttallianum, our Nuttall's Larkspur, blooming on Table Mountain in Golden #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers Fallback to May 8 🌿

Purple larkspur flowers with many anthers ready to break open and free their pollen

November 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM

City Mouse Garden

@citymousegarden.bsky.social

#NativePlants Liatris aspera giving all the whimsy we need on our first chilly #FlowersOnFriday.

#gardening #bloomscrolling #FlowerReport #SmallJoys #UrbsInHorto #Chicago 🌱

Purple buttons with silly string like protrusions.

November 6, 2026 at 4:36 PM

FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Viola bicolor, our Wild Pansy, blooming on the Towhee Trail #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 5 🌿

Blue and white violets with yellow throats and purple nectar guides

November 5, 2026 at 3:00 PM

FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Scutellaria brittonii, our Britton's Skullcap, blooming on the Shadow Canyon Trail #nativeplants

#FallbackFlowers #Fallback to May 5 🌿

Blue flowers with lighter mouths and fuzzy caps

November 5, 2026 at 2:53 PM

JB 🦃| Native Plant Gardener (WI)

@jbtheexplorer.bsky.social

Now can we get 200% more native plant posts please. #nativeplants

Bluesky @bsky.app · 5d

We're seeing 200% of our usual data traffic—and climbing! Thanks to all of you for making this a night to remember

Steeply climbing chart with the number 25.8 Gb/s superimposed.

November 4, 2026 at 10:13 PM

aphili8.bsky.social

@aphili8.bsky.social

I can’t get enough of the witch hazel this year in Pennsylvania. #nativeplants

November 8, 2026 at 8:21 PM

FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Penstemon utahensis, our Utah Beardtongue, blooming near Gateway #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 4 🌿

November 4, 2026 at 5:41 PM

Julie the ok gardener

@juliejam.bsky.social

A busy longhorn bee from late October. I like the way they seem to blast off each flower. Melissodes bee on Panicle asters, Symphyotrichum lanceolatum. #bees #nativeplants 🌱 #gardening

November 9, 2026 at 2:07 PM

FrontRangeWildflowers

@frwildflowers.bsky.social

Penstemon moffatii, our Moffat's Beardtongue, blooming off Highway 50 &
Escalante Canyon Road #nativeplants

#FallBackFlowers #FallBack to May 3 🌿

Purple penstemon with dark purple nectar guides

November 3, 2026 at 2:45 PM

Spooky Swamp

@swampvids.bsky.social

Northern blue flag, a showy wildflower that is generously willing to put up with being routinely flooded by several inches of water. #nativeplants 🌿

November 9, 2026 at 2:52 AM

JB 🦃| Native Plant Gardener (WI)

@jbtheexplorer.bsky.social

The native garden blooming season is nearly done now. Just a few stragglers left over.

#nativeplants #garden #gardening #autumn #Wisconsin

Ratibida pinnata flowers still in bloom.

November 6, 2026 at 6:53 PM

Julie the ok gardener

@juliejam.bsky.social

Good morning. Sorry no posting, but I'm swamped nursing another relative after joint replacement. The weather is getting colder, but I still surprised by a Monarch in the mealycup sage when I let the home nurse in yesterday. This one is from last weekend. #gardening 🌱🦋 #butterflies #nativeplants