Wildflowers in Winter presented by Mary Anne Borge

Mary Anne Borge is a naturalist, photographer, author and educator. She is the editor of Butterfly Gardener magazine, a naturalist and instructor at Bowman’s Hill Wildflower Preserve, and a Pennsylvania Master Naturalist. She is the team leader for Lambertville Goes Wild, lambertvillego..., a volunteer organization that successfully led the City of Lambertville to certification as a community wildlife habitat by the National Wildlife Federation. At her blog, the-natural-web.org, Mary Anne writes about and illustrates with her photography the importance of native plants to all life.
Even in winter, native plants are visible all around us. Learn how to identify the standing winter skeletons of some common native plants in winter, what characteristics to look for including the common types of fruit you might see in winter, which plants take special advantage of the winter months to photosynthesize and how they do it, and the benefits native plants offer to wildlife and to your own gardens in winter.

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I removed all the Asian praying mantis egg sacs and a year or two later, I had the first native Carolina Mantis.