Andrea Stout
@aleestoutphd.bsky.social
Director, CDB Microscopy Core at the University of Pennsylvania. Gardener, native plant enthusiast, dog person. Gardening in Delco (Delaware County), Pennsylvania
New England asters looking mighty fine in the late October sun!
October 26, 2025 at 2:02 AM
New England asters looking mighty fine in the late October sun!
Finally! It took the grand opening of the Joe Pye Weed flowers to bring in the monarchs 🦋! Milkweed has been blooming all over the yard but they never show up until these guys are open. A happy sight indeed 🌱
July 21, 2025 at 1:12 AM
Finally! It took the grand opening of the Joe Pye Weed flowers to bring in the monarchs 🦋! Milkweed has been blooming all over the yard but they never show up until these guys are open. A happy sight indeed 🌱
I caught this cool little green crab spider patiently waiting on one of my buttonbush flowers. Buttonbushes are in full bloom now and have become some of my favorite plants in the garden: so cool and so attractive to a variety of pollinators! 🌱
July 7, 2025 at 2:11 PM
I caught this cool little green crab spider patiently waiting on one of my buttonbush flowers. Buttonbushes are in full bloom now and have become some of my favorite plants in the garden: so cool and so attractive to a variety of pollinators! 🌱
There’s just something special about a sunset over a lake… too bad vacation is nearing its end.
June 27, 2025 at 1:49 AM
There’s just something special about a sunset over a lake… too bad vacation is nearing its end.
Enjoy a few moments of zen, courtesy of second harmonic generation + ordinary potato starch in water: gold is forward-scattered, blue is backwards-scattered.
June 2, 2025 at 8:30 PM
Enjoy a few moments of zen, courtesy of second harmonic generation + ordinary potato starch in water: gold is forward-scattered, blue is backwards-scattered.
Monarda bradburnia and Salvia lyrata: two underrated spring bloomers that enhance the garden all summer and into the fall. Plant as many of these as you can!
May 7, 2025 at 1:02 AM
Monarda bradburnia and Salvia lyrata: two underrated spring bloomers that enhance the garden all summer and into the fall. Plant as many of these as you can!
Jacob’s ladder is blooming now and it’s so funny to see these heavy carpenter bees landing on the delicate flower stalks. This is a really nice plant for shady spots: it spreads naturally and deer/rabbits leave it alone. 🌱
April 25, 2025 at 1:18 AM
Jacob’s ladder is blooming now and it’s so funny to see these heavy carpenter bees landing on the delicate flower stalks. This is a really nice plant for shady spots: it spreads naturally and deer/rabbits leave it alone. 🌱
Finally some flowers in the garden! It’s been such a cold, depressing few weeks; it’s nice to finally see some color.
April 13, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Finally some flowers in the garden! It’s been such a cold, depressing few weeks; it’s nice to finally see some color.
Great crowd in Philly at #Standupforscience rally… this is just a small fraction:
March 7, 2025 at 4:51 PM
Great crowd in Philly at #Standupforscience rally… this is just a small fraction:
Wishing everyone a happy winter solstice from my little corner of SE PA. 🌱
December 21, 2024 at 4:06 PM
Wishing everyone a happy winter solstice from my little corner of SE PA. 🌱
The red undersides of these Monarda bradburiana (Bradbury’s Monarda) leaves really stand out amongst the November brown in my garden. 🌱
November 24, 2024 at 7:13 PM
The red undersides of these Monarda bradburiana (Bradbury’s Monarda) leaves really stand out amongst the November brown in my garden. 🌱
Managed to capture an interesting moment in the garden: a European hornet (I think) with a struggling bee. Hornet won the battle and flew off with the bee. So much life & death happening all around us if we just stop and observe for awhile. 🌱
September 20, 2024 at 6:18 PM
Managed to capture an interesting moment in the garden: a European hornet (I think) with a struggling bee. Hornet won the battle and flew off with the bee. So much life & death happening all around us if we just stop and observe for awhile. 🌱
Pollinators (especially bumblebees) LOVE coastal sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia, also known as summersweet). I do too: it smells divine in the evenings! 🌱
August 27, 2024 at 1:14 PM
Pollinators (especially bumblebees) LOVE coastal sweet pepperbush (Clethra alnifolia, also known as summersweet). I do too: it smells divine in the evenings! 🌱
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) and great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) apparently growing from the same plant? Third picture shows the two flower stalks growing out of the ground. Is this possible or is it two separate plants? I thought I planted one cardinal flower plant. 🌱🌺
August 11, 2024 at 10:56 PM
Cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) and great blue lobelia (Lobelia siphilitica) apparently growing from the same plant? Third picture shows the two flower stalks growing out of the ground. Is this possible or is it two separate plants? I thought I planted one cardinal flower plant. 🌱🌺
Lots of garden phlox blooming in my front yard right now, in spite of the best efforts of our neighborhood deer, who love the youngest leaves and unopened buds. 🌱🌺
July 25, 2024 at 12:53 AM
Lots of garden phlox blooming in my front yard right now, in spite of the best efforts of our neighborhood deer, who love the youngest leaves and unopened buds. 🌱🌺
I’d like to issue a public apology to the local rabbits, who I was blaming for the state of my parsley. I am deeply sorry for jumping to the wrong conclusion about your actions in the yard. 🌱
July 22, 2024 at 10:51 AM
I’d like to issue a public apology to the local rabbits, who I was blaming for the state of my parsley. I am deeply sorry for jumping to the wrong conclusion about your actions in the yard. 🌱
Eastern tiger swallowtail on Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’. A classic duo in this part of the US. 🌱
July 22, 2024 at 2:19 AM
Eastern tiger swallowtail on Phlox paniculata ‘Jeana’. A classic duo in this part of the US. 🌱
It’s been a great summer for the purple coneflowers! They’re taking over the garden though… 🌱
July 17, 2024 at 11:06 AM
It’s been a great summer for the purple coneflowers! They’re taking over the garden though… 🌱
My first post here is a professional/personal mash-up: the underside of an oakleaf hydrangea leaf from my garden, imaged on a Zeiss LSM 980 confocal in our core. It's a color-coded z-projection of 405 nm-excited autofluorescence. Purple is closest to the lens, yellow farthest.
October 19, 2023 at 11:02 PM
My first post here is a professional/personal mash-up: the underside of an oakleaf hydrangea leaf from my garden, imaged on a Zeiss LSM 980 confocal in our core. It's a color-coded z-projection of 405 nm-excited autofluorescence. Purple is closest to the lens, yellow farthest.