Greauxing Wild; Native Plants for Habitat Gardens

06/02/2026

Reds.. whites and pink, yellow and blue
Names in captions

06/01/2026

05/23/2026

Canna flaccida is loving this rain
Looks like I will have more divisions to pot up in the fall. The two I had available this year went early.

This species did not get rank like the tropical, nonnative cannas that often over grow their welcome. When it died back after the first freeze last year it dropped completely to the ground and disappeared quickly.

Many of the plants I offer for sale are propagated or divided from plants that are thriving in my yard. I feel this gives me confidence that these plants are easily grown in our native soils and conditions.

05/19/2026

Strolling the backyard sanctuary this morning

05/18/2026

So thankful to friends who came and sat a while during our plant sale Saturday.
We got to enjoy sharing a bit of our experience in the sanctuary.

So much life in our backyard and nursery.

Today we released a female tiger swallowtail. She was raised on black cherry. Tiger swallowtails also use tulip poplar in our sanctuary.

Cherry trees support several species of colorful butterflies and moths in our area. Young cherry trees have the most tender leaves and can fit in an enclosure.This is why we pot up seedlings. We had several 2 year old saplings available for sale (a few remain.)

The second subject of this post, a male prothonotary warbler is part of why we occasionally raise caterpillars in protective enclosures.

We currently have a nest of eastern bluebirds feeding a brood as well as a female prothonotary warbler sitting on 3 eggs she’s laid in a small watering can.. the male brought her a spider breakfast this morning.

I had noticed the male warbler making a few nests around the sanctuary. But when he began one in this watering can I had on a low shelf steps from our backdoor, I decided to make it more safe by hanging it from the eaves of our covered walkway. The female decided it was a great spot.

We do our best not to disturb her. It helps that the opening is facing away from our backdoor.

This story brought to you by a yard full of native plants. This is Greauxing (the) Wild

05/09/2026

UPDATE 5/12

Link to inventory- it will change before Saturday so speak up if your heart is set on something. These plants need to find new homes first and foremost.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1m1rNswDXCxenYfYSI1RuwG5R0hpUS1Gz3HtHyuC2urk/edit?usp=sharing

In one week.. for one day only.. only one of some varieties

-East Baton Rouge ecotypes
-Aquatic plants
-Host plants for less common butterflies
-Proven woodland shade species for pollinators

Inventory available soon-subject to rapid change as quantities are very limited.

Pictured counter clockwise from top: elephants foot, native canna, pink spiderwort,blue eyed grass, blue water hyssop, herb of grace, obedient plant, black cherry.

05/05/2026

Pickerelweed (Pontederia cordata) thriving in a low spot, mixed with native canna lilies

03/20/2026

HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SPRING!

We’ve been taking a break from social media and hustling because we are making some major changes to function more effectively and efficiently.

We do have inventory and many mature plants are waking up.

Our focus is on plants that are essential to ecosystem balance but are often unsung and therefore challenging to source.

We have small quantities of these plants as they are grown from our parent plants.

Working on an inventory
Please be patient if you message the page 🙏🏼

Just some photos of the early bloomers

03/13/2026

Watched a bee in the area of the habitat where I keep some bare ground of the native alluvial clay. The bare area is adjacent to this shot by 1 foot. Not sure what bee is up to on this cool morning. I have not made an absolute identification so if any fellow naturalist which to chime it- please do!

The plants beginning to sprout are Helianthus floridanus - Florida sunflowers, thanks to the identification by Dr Charles Allen who tells us these are found along the Amite River in our area. They were indigenous to the property and where they are in this thick erosion resistant clay soil they do not grow taller than 4 ft maximum. They spread by runner and I have not had success or seen evidence of them growing from seed. I leave the seed for wildlife. I often take divisions to keep the colony compact. Where they have been planted in loose rich soil they grew to 6ft.

As far as habitat, the stems were left as were the leaves from several varieties of oak in the area. The area is high ground in a spot that is subject to swiftly moving water in the kind of rain we have just had. Even in the flood of 2016 this area did not erode. One of the many reasons I’ve left it for the bees. 🐝

11/16/2025