Throwback Thursday – Wildflower Workshop on 3-14-2015

On Saturday, March 14, 2015, the Pelican Island Audubon Society (PIAS) and the Eugenia Chapter of the Florida Native Plant Society (FNPS) co-sponsored a wildflower workshop at the (Pelican Island) Audubon House. Thanks to all participants, speakers, and to PIAS…

Wonderful winged loosestrife

Winged loosestrife (Lythrum alatum var. lanceolatum) was one of the first plants to bloom in the wildflower garden planted at the (Pelican Island) Audubon House as part of the wildflower workshop on 3-14-15 presented by the Eugenia Chapter of the…

Hummingbird Pollinator Happiness

The long tubular flowers of coralbean (Erythrina herbacea) are pollinated by hummingbirds and 'long-tongued' butterflies. Different shaped flowers (& floral colors) attract different kinds of pollinators, so plant a variety of shapes & colors of flowers in your landscape. Coralbeans…

Coontie at FMEL & Elsewhere

At Audubon House volunteers relocated giant leather ferns (Acrostichum daeniofolium) to the low areas of the dry retention pond and replaced them with comely coonties (Zamia floridana) graciously donated by Robin Pelensky of Surlaterre Landscape Architecture. Coonties already are planted…