seedheads

The plants: Natives Chasmanthium latifolium Northern Sea Oats, a grass with dancing seedheads, and Aster laevis 'Bluebird,' a hit with butterflies, bees and birds, are paired with Carex testacea 'Prairie Fire' and Sedum sichotense, whose colors intensify as temperatures drop; bright chartreuse Lysimachia nummularia 'Aurea' adds to the show.

Mums Not the Word 2011

Grasses and sedums require little attention and their sculptural seedheads last well into the winter months in most garden zones.

Mums Not the Word 2011

A dawn wind rustles loose tin and whispers through stiff sprigs of sage, their seedheads quivering against the wind for as far as I can see into the murky light and beyond, into the empty miles.

Excerpt: Claiming Ground by Laura Bell 2010

This was the seventies, when all things good and young and promising bounded down gentle slopes, through waist-high grass with waving seedheads, under an effervescent sun.

Color Wheel 2010

White pom-pom seedheads of traveller's joy festooned the bare grey beeches, shining silver in chasms of sunlight.

A new look at Bosnia Herzegovina Sophie Cooke 2010

I do love asters–the buds, blooms, foliage, and seedheads.

Winter Plant Portrait-Asters « Fairegarden 2010

I magnified vision enough to see the tiny indentations on its wings where insects had nibbled at it while it fed from the seedheads.

Burning Brightly 2009

The May Night has seeded well when I leave the seedheads to mature, but then the blooms stop for a while.

Faireluriegarden-Someday « Fairegarden 2009

Just pick the seedheads, which are amazingly cool looking and dry well, to prevent overpopulation.

Nigella Jungle « Fairegarden 2009

He had upped his insurance by saving the seedheads of annuals and perennials.

Suzy Bales: Extreme Gardening in Alaska 2009