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The nursery has started to take shape, with a selection of native perennials and grasses that are well suited to our local conditions. I’ve been updating the shop as plants become ready, and will continue to add to it as the season moves along.

➡️You can browse what’s currently available at our online nursery using the link in my bio.
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1. Woodland Stonecrop—Sedum ternatum | Semi-evergreen groundcover for dry to medium shade—white, foamy flowers bloom over a long period in spring.

2. Robin’s Plaintain—Erigeron puchellus ‘Lynnhaven Carpet’ | Also semi-evergreen, with cheerful, white-to-lavender daisy like flowers in spring.

3. Calico Beardtongue—Penstemon calycosus | An exceptionally good plant for urban conditions, as it can tolerate near full shade to sun.

4. Harebells—Campanula rotundifolia | Hairbells appear delicate, with thin, strappy foliage and blue, bell shaped blooms in summer, but they are tough as nails and thrive in hot, dry conditions.

5. Vervain—Verbena Homestead Purple | This verbena produces almost neon purple blooms all summer and thrives in hot and dry conditions.

6. Ohio Spiderwort—Tradescantia ohiensis | Another charmer who thrives in the variable light conditions that many urban gardens face. Ohio spiderwort is a vigorous grower for full sun to part shade gardens.

Our friends at Patchen Square Community Garden are hosting regular art in the garden events! Check their profile for more details

These are shots from last season’s nursery, something to look forward to as things begin to take shape again.

At the start of the season, the nursery is still mostly gray. Bare soil, muted tones, and small flashes of green just beginning to push through.

Over time, it fills in. Leaves expand, grasses rise, and what begins as a few scattered seedlings becomes something fuller and more abundant.

🌱 Browse what’s growing now on the Studio Humelim online shop, which is updated as plants are ready for your outdoor spaces.

Plant of the Week: Sharp lobed hepatica — Hepatica acutiloba

One of our very earliest wildflowers, hepatica is a vital resource for the first pollinators to emerge in spring. The flowers range from clear white to pale purple and pink, and emerge on fuzzy stems before the season’s new foliage. After the flowers fade, the three lobed, speckled foliage remains and looks good well into winter. 

There are several gorgeous stands in full bloom on the High Line right now (pictured in slides 1 and 4) and our inventory of hepatica is also just starting to wake up! (pictured in slides 1).

Hepatica likes shady conditions with medium to medium-dry soils. She definitely doesn’t tolerate crowding, so give her a little breathing room. Give her a couple years, and she will spread into a luxurious clump. 

🌱 Browse our entire selection of available plants at the Brooklyn nursery: link in bio.

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