Welcome to my RU-vid channel, Ninety % Native! My name is Michele and through my videos I hope to inspire people to grow native plant gardens that will bring wildlife and beauty to their landscapes.
I am a self taught gardener. Native plants will always be my passion; however, I have also made growing my own food a priority as well.
Thank you for taking your valuable time to join me on my gardening journey! Please stop in and say hello!
Very nice barrel pond. Purely out of curiousity, do you happen to know the reason behind the controversy over people using rocks/gravel to cover the pond soil or not? 🤔
Galinsoga is (was) the worst weed in my garden. It's another annual and by diligently pulling every plant before it set seed for THREE YEARS I finally have it nearly eradicated. Just hard work and persistence, persistence, persistence.
Hi Michelle, I love the detailed instructions on yor channel. I am experimenting with stratifiyng tulip seeds. I have a rare tulip (tulipa sprengerii) and have collected its seeds. How would you proceed with stratifying (how long and when) planting? Also my question, what concentration is the H2O2 which you use for dilution with water for the filter paper? Here in Switzerland we have 3% for medicinal purposes. Thanks in advance for your tipps, Monika 😊
The cardinal flower (Lobelia cardinalis) is a native wildflower that is native to many wet areas in the United States and eastern Canada, including marshes, stream banks, and low woods. It is also known as Indian pink.
Good idea however some suggestions. First list all products i.e. whisky barrel etc. 2nd list order of putting items into barrel 3rd. Buying guide where to buy items for this project.
Thank you for this! I have racked my brain trying to remember the name of the native plant I planted in my early gardening days here in North Texas that returns and thrives so reliably. It's not the biggest showstopper for looks, but it certainly does a wonderful job of bringing life and airiness and contrasting color tone and foliage form in multiple spots in my front garden beds.
Awesome video! I just now put some native seeds in my fridge to stratify so was searching for what to do next 😁 i will search for more of your videos since you have an amazing channel
Always bizarre when you find a creator and wonder why I never saw you in my feed before a search today. Your style is kind of wabi sabi which I definitely subscribe to that style of garden. I added you to my interesting by others playlist and subscribed which people can see! Really enjoyed exploring your channel!
I just bought several flats of this to plant as my yard. They are very tangled in the flats. Can I cut them into plugs and plant them or would that kill them?
Hope you are doing well! Look forward to your spring 2024 content. I am outside Annapolis and have been loving your content for my side & back wooded sloped areas. Have planted 100% native in these areas. Your suggestions & techniques have been a treasure trove of info/diverse planting ideas. Hope to hear from you soon.
I found three cardinal flower plants, growing in a deep drainage ditch, at a sugar cane plantation. Dug the ugliest one, brought it home, and it’s thriving. Waiting for flowers. (Louisiana)
Grt job on the video ty! Just got some GA from my native planting group. And I'm so happy it's my first native to begin slowly converting my landscape. 😊
If you're looking for a Native Echinacea for Virginia, consider hunting down the Echinacea laevigata. The Smooth Purple Coneflower is exceptionally rare and endangered, so if you can get seeds for the straight species from your dept of wildlife or equivalent, that's a great way to help rebuild the population. So far, I haven't been able to source any seeds, but I'm still hunting. Here in SC, there's work underway to propagate the E.laevigata, but it's in the early stages at the moment and seeds/plants aren't available commercially. Echniacea pallida is a slightly more common Purple Cone Flower that's native to Virginia. Less showy, but also a valuable plant to have. Sometimes, I think we get too fixated on the E.purpurea and forget all the other Echinacea out there, unintentionally helping their decline.
I’m in Sydney Australia and have this invasive weed too. It can make you itchy when it’s fine spikes touch your skin so pants and long sleeves when weeding it out by hand.
