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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
I live in the Brighton Heights Neighborhood of the City of Pittsburgh PA and recently certified my yard as a wildlife habitat. please feel free to check out my Blog and I hope you enjoy it.When I first bought my property the house was in disrepair and the yard was nothing but dead grass over grown weeds and garbage. It is now a habitat that provides wildlife with the four basic requirements needed to thrive. These are food, clean water, cover from predators, and places to raise young. I have provided these in my small space and will continue to improve on these elements of my garden. I am also an artist and I get a lot of inspiration from my garden. I am fascinated with tiny houses and enjoy cooking and music. I have two adopted cats from a rescue, and I have a one eyed cat that was a stray and needed surgery so I took her in. They are all house cats so they do not tear up my wildlife habitat. They do enjoy sitting in the windows looking at the other animals that visit my yard.

Sunday, May 10, 2015

Silene virginica - Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly.

This is a native wildflower that I bought at the Urban Gardener on the North Side a few years ago. It is Silene virginica - Fire Pink, Scarlet Catchfly. The flowers may be small but the color really grabs your eye. It is blooming right now.
This is another Native Plant called Carolina Sweet shrub or Carolina Sweet Bush. I almost pulled it as a weed till I noticed it had little dark red flowers on it.
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