#annual plants

[blooming-horticulturalist]

salutations! I'm the Blooming Horticulturalist 🌿 nice to meet you :)

I'm a professional horticulturalist of 3 years! so— while I'm moving away from my newbie/beginner status— as my username suggests, I'm still blooming.

im sorry i have way too many pictures of our greenhouse kitty

I started my journey 3 years ago as a measly watering boy at a local retail nursery, and now I'm the Annual House Supervisor at the biggest production greenhouse in my area. 🌿

As you can imagine, most of my expertise is in ornamental annuals, however i DO still have knowledge about everything from houseplants, tropicals, edibles/herbs, perrenials, trees & shrubs! i just dont have nearly as much knowledge and comfortablility in them as i do with annuals.

I'm always learning though, I try not to stay stagnant! While i learn some things by my own observation, i also love interrogating my coworkers about their plants in their greenhouses, and bothering my boss with questions about as much as i can think about.

I wouldn't call myself a hobbyist, as I dont really garden for fun! or really at all tbh— before i started this profession i wasnt really that interested in or good at plants! and i get enough of it at work, so why would i waste money to keep them for myself when i get to appreciate them everyday already?

I do have a few houseplants though, and i do some propogation experiments from time to time, its nothing big though! I've also been learning about native & invasive plants in my region and going out to identify them for fun. i have a lot of opinions of the moral implications of working as a commercial horticulturalist while trying to learn about invasive plants 🌿

The purpose of this blog is primarily to record my experiences and things i learn at work! But I'm hoping it can also be entertaining and possibly educational. I wont present myself as an expert though, if you have any questions about my posts or plants in general feel free to ask!! Answering questions helps me to learn and commit things to memory so im more than happy to help the best i can.

I also want to get to know the online horticulture community, and make friends who work in the industry, so if you want to be mutuals feel free to follow me!

#intro post #blog #blog intro #plants #horticulture #plantblr #plant tips #plant parent #plant dad #plant mom #plant nerd #houseplants #annual plants #flowers #greenhouse #horticulturalist #cottagecore #cottage aesthetic #plant aesthetic #houseplant aesthetic #monstera #mutuals #make friends

[fortheloveofdeaddove]

Obligatory gardening post. It's horribly, stupidly cold today. I'm not sure my hostas will survive this cold snap 😭

I've tried to sow seeds indoor before but it went awry. Many years later I'm making another attempt, and this is going VERY well so far. I'm trying to produce bouquet flowers. It's mostly annuals, which is a departure from previous years where I focused on establishing native plants. The middle of the garden will stay native while the rim will focus on bouquet flowers.

Ugh it's nasty out there.

So some of what's pictured here:

Sage

Rosemary

Lavender

Thyme

Allysum

Peonies

Snapdragons

African daisies

Siberian something or other

Moonflowers

Eggplants

Mortgage tomatoes

Marigolds

Helichrysum

Chamomile

Rape leaf (Chinese leaf veg)

Black Eyed Susan

Nasturtium

Spinach

And that it. That's my garden so far.

#gardening #planting seeds #seeds #sowing seeds #indoor gardening #outdoor gardening #vegetable gardening #flower garden #native plants #annual plants

[damngreenhouse]

sun’s finally out 🌞

#plantblr #myplants #annual plants #petunia #lantana #fuchsia #pansy #gazania #potato vine #gardening

[lenisbalenas]

Eclectic Landscape A picture of a sizable eclectic shade courtyard path in spring.

#terrace landscaping #blue spruce #birch bark #landscape lighting #annual plants #landscape

[hellsitegenetics]

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Closest match: Mercurialis annua genome assembly, chromosome: LG2 Common name: Annual mercury

#tumblr genetics #genetics #asks #requests #sent to me #kirby #magolor #plants #flowers #annual mercury

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Friday 10 November 2023

The annual Persicaria maculosa (kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate, lady's thumb, lady's pinch, redshank) can reach over 1m high when in flower. A plant that can add fun to a late summer border.

Jill Raggett

#persicaria #kiss-me-over-the-garden-gate #lady's thumb #lady's pinch #redshank #pink flowers #annual #plants #horticulture #gardens #garden #Sussex #Great Dixter

[389]

Tom Hallman, from JCA Annual (1990)

#art #tom hallman #jca annual #flowers #chair #plants #u

[geopsych]

So.

Today two family members ill-advisedly took me to two separate garden centers and told me to go wild and get what I want for my containers this year as a birthday present. And well yeah, this happened.

#flowers #plants #gardeners on tumblr #container garden #may #springtime #annuals

[charlesreeza]

I had no idea this Devil's Trumpet (double purple datura) would get so large! The flowers are pretty, but I won't grow another one. Now I have to find all the seed pods and destroy them along with every other part of this highly toxic plant that came with no warning label.

#large annual plant #poisonous plant #gardening #hallucinogenic #bad trip guaranteed

[xofeno]

🌱 HAPPY EARTH DAY 🍅

#it's annual gardener!jay appreciation day y'all #enjoy #jay halstead #jesse lee soffer #chicago pd #cpd 7x06 #gardening #plants #tomatoes #cpdedit #tvedit #gifset #gifs #edit #earth day #garden #S7 #happy earth day #mine #queue the post to begin

[blogbirdfeather]

Annual Rockrose - Alcar (Tuberaria guttata)

Cascais/Portugal (5/04/2024)

[Nikon D850; ∑150mm F2.8 EX DG OS HSM APO Macro with Circular Flash Nissin  MF 18; 1/250s; F22; 400 ISO]

#plants #plant photography #herbs #flowers #annual rockrose

[puppyeared]

theyre talking about minecraft

#I’ve accepted at this point that I will never learn how to draw silvers quills lol. it looks simple in theory but it’s so.. fucking hard… #I made them look wavy bc I figured using psychic powers all the time like that has side effects right? like when mob uses his PSI and his #hair floats or smth. and I put stars because why not and I think it looks really cool when i thinking about blaze’s sun motif #I am actually not that invested in sonic the hedgehog. all I know is I was weirdly interested in it when I was really small because sonic #looked really cool to me for some reason. also silver and tails are my favourites so #the edges of blazes shirt are supposed to resemble the edges of the sun. like when you draw the sun like this ☀️ #and I put a plant on silvers shirt because his and blazes story in the 2019 annual is so important to me lol #I would draw more sonic characters if I could just. put perfectionism behind me and stylize them to make it easier for me sjfjgshfh #it’s just the proportions that does it for me.. I like looking at sonic fanart while knowing I will never get over the proportions #my art #myart #fanart #sonic the hedgehog #sth #blaze the cat #silver the hedgehog #sonic 06 #fur #? #silvaze #I’m gonna tag it as silvaze. as a treat

[thedisablednaturalist]

Can someone explain perennial and annual to me in simple terms. For some reason those concepts cannot breach my brain fog and I always get confused by them.

#gardening #gardener #plants #what about plants that never seem to die and come back every year #do all annuals do that??? #do perennials die after a season?? #im not a plant person unfortunately but i want ti get better

[aisling-saoirse]

Annual Saltmarsh Aster - Symphyotrichum sebulatum

Found in mid September on a decaying roadside within a wide swath of spartina salt marsh is this small species of aster.

Like all asters, the petals are purple rays which lead to a collection of small yellow disc flowers in the center where pollen is found. This flower is an herbaceous annual (only lives one growing season) and can grow about 3 feet high. They can be seen flowering purple in autumn and may be rather difficult to find amoung other larger high marsh species.

In terms of ecology, it's common to find monarch butterflies present near these flowers on their return migration south. Asters typically provide local pollinators with late meals before winter. We only spotted one butterfly in the marsh this year, which was not ideal...

This species occupies a high marsh habitat niche, usually these are areas subject to tidal flows only twice a day. In disturbed open ground this species can often fill in small patches, occasionally it can also be found growing on highways due to high salt concentrations. This aster is native to saline coastal environments from Texas to New England (for some reason wikipedia claims this species is native to the Pacific coast and Californian deserts, this is almost certainly incorrect and contradicts their own source). In some northern states such as Maine and New York, the annual Saltmarsh Aster is apparently becoming somewhat rare in those native ranges due to development and sea level rise.

Next time you're in a coastal salt marsh and can stomach the smell, look around for these cute charismatic flowers.

#plant profiles #eastern North American native plants #salt marsh flora #annual saltmarsh aster #Symphyotrichum sebulatum

[scribefindegil]

the season of plant sales is upon us and I am thriving

#my peas are up and i ordered some more pole bean seeds so i can enclose our porch in an arbor of vegetables!! #and next weekend i will acquire the annual herbs and flowers for our plant glyph #some borage and rattail radishes self-sowed from last year and i'm waiting to see if the morning glories return #everything is better when there are plants #gonna make this garden grow

[jillraggett]

Plant of the Day

Tuesday 31 October 2023

The large compost heaps at Great Dixter, East Sussex, UK, formed an excellent growing area for pumpkins (Cucurbita pepo) and gourds. These tender annual plants thrive on the humus rich heaps being warmed by the heat of the decomposition.

Jill Raggett

#cucurbita #pumpkins #gourds #tender #annuals #compost #compost heap #Great Dixter #plants #horticulture #garden #gardens #Sussex #vegetable garden #vegetable