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Was so excited to plant a sassafras this year that I planted two. This one's leaves shriveled up before it sprang back into form; the other did well most of the season until it suddenly died. Excited again about this survivor! #nativeplants

Here it is two days later 👀

Shadows of maple leaf viburnum berries becoming a favorite part of the fall forest #nativeplants

Was so excited to plant a sassafras this year that I planted two. This one's leaves shriveled up before it sprang back into form; the other did well most of the season until it suddenly died. Excited again about this survivor! #nativeplants

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Fifth year trying dwarf chinkapin oak acorns after reading D. Tallamy. Yield is never great but I do get a couple seedlings every year. Still not convinced there's an oak for every yard (eg we don't have much full sun and our yard is wet), but ask me again in a few years! #nativeplants

Really hoping some swamp white oak acorns take 🤞🤞

Very satisfying to shake a paw paw tree, hearing the fruit fall through foliage and go thump. I don't think the smell and taste will ever grow on me. Really like how easy they are to grow from seed. #nativeplants

Sharing the location of paw paw stands feels like a secret handshake between tree people.

Kudos to @phoenixbooks.biz for putting this in the front window. What a delight. #nativeplants

"Humans have used oak galls to make ink for at least two thousand years. In fact, many important documents, such as the Dead Sea Scrolls, the Magna Carta, and the Declaration of Independence, were written with gall ink." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_ga...

Kudos to @phoenixbooks.biz for putting this in the front window. What a delight. #nativeplants

Here's some flavor: "I love acorns and always have some in my desk drawer or lined up on the mantle or tucked in a pocket of my rucksack. I give them as gifts, but only to my closest friends. [ctnd]

Seed collecting at Elizabeth Park, CT. Swamp white oak acorns! For my wet backyard. #nativeplants

Seed collecting at Elizabeth Park, CT. Swamp white oak acorns! For my wet backyard. #nativeplants

Tupelo seeds (Nyssa sylvatica). Another good one for my yard, already have two small trees. Tupelo will be putting on a show in a few weeks.