Dees Landscape

Just wanted to share photos of the beautiful and beneficial native plants that Across the Prairie: Oklahoma-Native Plants listed in their inventory post.

My tips on using natives in the residential landscape:

- Plant in mass. Mass plantings of a single species, or pairs of complementary species make a huge visual impact.

- Interplant with native grasses. The grass adds support for tall and/or branching plants, and also creates a “canvas” for flowers to be in the spotlight.

Crocuses in bloom! They seem to go away as quickly as they appear, and I really appreciate their fleeting beauty. They will return to welcome spring again next year- in larger numbers.

What would you plant here? 🤔 The beds will get about 6-8 hours sun, with a big maple shading them in the evenings.

I just finished these terraced beds lining the front walkway. I love the contrast between the light concrete and rich, dark soil. It creates such a fun illusion at different angles!

Tulsa, OK (zone 7b)

I will be growing cut-flowers in 2024 for sale at my roadside stand in Broken Arrow, OK. Here are my selections! I will continue to add to this album if I find more that I'd like to grow (although I probably have enough already 😅 but I want dahlias too!)

Saw this plant while I was out walking the dogs a few weeks ago and it has been in the back of my mind since 😄

smooth sumac (Rhus glabra)
9 X 12 inch, oil pastel on paper

I planted these in clumps! Planting in clumps will produce a very bold and readable design. Since these flowers are so small, mixing the bulbs all together can lead to a visually “noisy” design. This is especially true from a distance!

This design features tommies purple crocus, striped squill, and blue squill.
They are planted in clumps to form a sprawling tapestry of cool colors.

Big photo dump from May 23’ till late November 23’

So excited 😄 2500 bulbs tucked in tight and cozy for the winter!
This design features a mix of 2000 yellow crocuses and 500 ‘lilac wonder’ wild tulips.

The display will come into full bloom early spring and fade late spring; just in time to plant summer annuals in their place.

Datura wrightii (aka sacred datura, thornapple, jimson w**d, moonflower). My favorite plant! It’s a southwest native, short-lived perennial, that blooms enormous trumpet-shaped flowers continuously from June-October. Great pollinator plant! Needs full sun. Also has some interesting use-history.

I really love that the flowers open late in the evening and stay open till late in the morning. It’s always eye-catching to see some huge new blooms when I’m doing my morning gardening!

Pictures from a client’s flowerbed. Purple coneflower (echinacea purpurea) and black-eyed Susan (rudbeckia hirta). This bed also has Shasta daisy (leucanthemum x superbum), but the flowers have come and gone. I love these planted together!

https://medium.com/museum-confidential/the-varieties-of-cucurbitaceae-1eb4f7d790f

Check out my blog post on the Cucurbit family of plants!

Also I posted a link below to get some GIANT pumpkin seeds.
You can be the envy of your neighbors this fall by growing a 2,000 pound pumpkin in your front yard but you need to get your seeds fast 😆

https://amzn.to/3hUSVxM

100 x Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Seeds - Record Breaking at 1689 LB competitions - by MySeeds.Co 100 x Dill's Atlantic Giant Pumpkin Seeds - Record Breaking at 1689 LB competitions - by MySeeds.Co

Plants for sale! Tulsa area only.

St. John’s wart (Hypanthium perforatum) $5 each
Guava (Psidium guajava) $10 each
Taro AKA Elephant Ear (Colocascia sp.) $10 each