I checked on the plants this evening that were planted in our Homegrown National Park and they appear to be growing well. The maidenhair fern might be getting too much sun but it still looks alright.
I think of Dicentra as ephemerals, but they actually bloom a lot longer than most plants of that type. Mine still have a few fresh flowers.
How exciting to see the leaves on one of the thimbleberries eaten by some bug or other! They are adding to the food web.
People worry about insect “damage” but this is the whole point of a native garden for me. In a well-balanced garden, the plants won’t be overwhelmed by insects.
My camas (Camassia quamash) plants have seed pods forming. I need to research what conditions these plants need for their seeds to germinate. The packet of seeds I planted hasn’t germinated, so if my own plants have fresh seeds, maybe I can have more success with those.
Here are the Collomia grandiflora seedlings, growing quickly and well:
And below are the Lupinus bicolor seedlings, also growing well:
My Nootka rose in the memory garden/parking strip is spreading quickly via rhizomes. My first thought was to cut these suckers off. I realize now that they are free plants–I can separate them and add them to the native plant garden and also share some with neighbors.