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Thanks for greauxing native, Liz!

Thanks for greauxing native, Leah!

ANPP congratulates Michele Billeaud for a certified silver habitat in Lafayette! Michele's home is located in a traditional subdivision in the city of Lafayette. She is a Master Gardener graduate and was introduced to the native plant movement through the program. She also has property on Toledo Bend and in Huron. She had used natives from those areas for years before seriously studying them. Michele has always desired to attract wildlife and has enjoyed watching her home lan

By Dan Weintritt and friends Created for use by the Louisiana Native Plant Society with the Acadiana Native Plant Project. Made in the style of Dan Gill's Month by Month Gardening in Louisiana, Cool Springs Press, Copyright 1999, 2006 NOVEMBER - To Do November should be the peak fall month for the garden. The days are short and beginning to cool, the plants are relaxed, refreshed, and getting ready for winter hibernation, and wildlife should be busily feeding away to be ready

Northern Catalpa, Catalpa speciosa, is a deciduous tree that grow to 100 feet. It loves growing in moist sun and part shade. Mature trees are drought tolerant. It produces large frilly white blooms from April to June. Long brown seed pods ripen in the fall. Butterflies and bees nectar on the flowers. Catalpa is the host plant for the Catalpa sphinx, Ceratomia catalpa, and the Tersa sphinx, Xylophanes tersa. The Catalpa sphynx caterpillars are sometimes called Catalpa worms an

Created for use by the Louisiana Native Plant Society with the Acadiana Native Plant Project. Made in the style of Dan Gill's Month by Month Gardening in Louisiana, Cool Springs Press, Copyright 1999, 2006 OCTOBER - To Do While October 1st isn't likely to be noticeably more comfortable than the day before, Autumn is certainly about to be upon us! Fall bloomers should be at their peak, as the diminishing days and fewer hours of sunlight, known as the photoperiod in botany, are

With a Bachelor of Science (USL) and a Master's Degree (LSU) in horticulture,

Mayhaw, Crataegus opaca, is a native perennial fruit tree that grows to 30’. Mayhaw is the official fruit tree of Louisiana.

ANPP congratulates Wendy, Charlie, and Asa Stewart for a certified bronze habitat in Lake Charles!

ANPP congratulates Mary Fournet “Bubbles” Guirard for her silver level Louisiana Certified Habitat in St. Martinville.

By Dan Weintritt and friends

According to her sister Anushka, Nel was a nature lover, to put it mildly.

Swamp Milkweed, Asclepias incarnata, is a native perennial that grows to around 5 ft tall and produces beautiful light pink flowers from June to October.

Thank you, Susan, for Greauxing Native!

Thank you, Zackery, for Greauxing Native.

Thank you Bill and Deedy for Greauxing Native.

Thank you Dustin for Greauxing Native!

Thank you Marie for Greauxing Native!

Thanks for greauxing native, Cindy and Mike!

Thank you Judge and Elizabeth for Greauxing Native!