Natural Coalescence by Ivy

Tales & insight from a plant ecologist, taping into the lives of plants, with sexy plant stories, nerdy botany hacks, and ecological entertainment.

Tales from the sultry side of plants, see through their eyes how they do what they do

Edible spreadable delectable plants and their products

Sometimes plants do the darnedest things, and we can figure out tricks behind them

Recent Blog Posts:

Plantsy-lexic - Botanical Autocorrect

You know you're a botanist when typing.... you keep trying to spell "left" but muscle memory keeps making you type "leaf". Even better if...

Spring Bulbs: Eat-Me-Nots

Buds buds everywhere and not a bulb to eat. Spring is popping up, literally, as represented by bulbs popping up their plump flower heads...

Blue bee-balls: Rare but totally natural from blue pollen

Ever seen blue balls on a bee? Possibly not what you think, but they do get them. Bee blue-balls is more accurately bee blue-baskets (on...

Plus Resources:
for the hardcore nerds

Want to get your own hands in the soil? Change your landscaping for better botanizing? Support wildlife on your larger acreage? Or just do little things around the house to be a greener (leaner) citizen? I've got some online tools to bison-up your nerding tool-box.

Not feeling "planty" enough?
Need a vitamin N nerd-boost?
Or have you been breaking coffee mugs lately & need to "cup-back" to tea?
- I have some things you may want.... in the "store".

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Patron Perks

If you just can't get enough, or like the stories but could skip the whole "reading" part, signing up to support Natural Coalescence on Patreon comes with some fun perks. I audio version of special stories, ready by the author. With flare. And with many thanks for your support. Naturally.