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Wow, this was an incredibly informative video, and enjoyable to listen to someone else who is obsessed with milkweed like i am. I learned a few fun facts i didnt know from this one! Ive really been enjoying my milkweed garden this year. I started it 2 years ago and this year its really flourished beyond what i thought it could, and the ecosystem that has formed around it is blowing my mind. It came up so dense this year, i even have a mama bunny nesting in there right now. Amazing to see in what used to be just a barren half-dead chunk of suburban yard.
Hello @Native Flower Power , Thank you so much for taking time to make these videos. I ran across your channel about a month and a half ago since I was looking into interesting flowers to plant in my yard. I have since subscribed and learned a ton since courtesy of your work. I will definitely plant Coneflowers in my yard going forward. I do have a request though. I have recently planted Eastern Red Columbines in the hopes of attracting more hummingbirds to my yard. Could you do a similar video on the Eastern Red Columbine when you have an opportunity? Again, thanks a million for the efforts that you put into these videos. They are greatly appreciated.
Great video, thanks, very informative. I built a rain garden last year and my Swamp Milkweed is huge this year LOL. Any tips on keeping them from folding over? My flowers are heavy and we had a huge downpour tonight so they are all bent over and one snapped up high :(.
they will do much better if you place them where they do not get water. unlike many mint plants, AH does not like wet feet. in fact it is probably the most wet intolerant of mint family most of which i grow in my orchard. i have a thing about mints 🙂 mints are absolutely awesome for attracting native pollinators, my orchard humms 🙂great vid. for identification, you might add some macro still shots.
Thank you very much for time laps video. Never seen or heard of these plants. When I was looking for orange color flowers, I found orange Butterfly perenial. That is pretty much same milweed family as yours. I am learning about them because I've ordered a few
Thank you very much for showing time laps of Batterfly weed flower. I love orange flowers in general, that's how I found these online. Never seen them before. Got excited looking at beautiful flowers and very sturdy leaves. Ordered online. First order came as bare roots. Long way to see them blooming. Now ordered few live plants. So beautiful flowers! Does accidental frost in April -May can affect them or not? I live in 5b zone
Is there a way I can remove your sign from blocking the video image...? Maybe better to include your obstructive extra written info labels ..in your "More" info area ..👋
A fantastic video that shows exactly how to find keystone native plants. Thank you so much for sharing this with people! I love your personality in these videos. It really shines through.
I really appreciate the time and care you put into this video. The detail is incredible! I love seeing the timeline , especially what they look like when breaking out in the spring!
I’m lucky to have common, orange and red milkweed! 🎉So far, no monarch caterpillar… Also the common one is potted (spreads too much) and unlike the red and orange mw, has not flowered yet! 🤔 Just leaves. All the wild ones I see are blooming or even finished. I suspect that it doesn’t like much to be in its (self-watering) bucket and kinda crowded, probably 6-7 plants sharing the space.
Incredible video. Thank you for taking the time to video asclepias incarnata in each and every season and to show and discuss the insect activity you've seen on it. This is the exact info I was looking for. Thanks for trying to help our native wildlife :) i just planted some in my yard
I'm so glad that this is just what you wanted/needed! I'm also glad to hear that you just planted some -- I hope you get a really nice patch of it going! :-) Enjoy!
Finally got two of these after 3 seasons of failed germinations. I love the cheerful yellow flowers and it's a recommended native plant for pollinators!
Timely video. We are a new group with the goal of creating native pollinator gardens across our county. Current project is a local high school who has allowed us to develop a garden with various types of native gardens including a prairie. Exciting stuff. Thanks
That's VERY exciting! Oh I love that you're working on making native gardens across the county!!! What an impact that will have! Do you have the budget for putting native pollinator garden signs up with the gardens so that people will know what's up? Also, how did you make that happen? Who/how did you contact in the county to convince? Was it difficult or easy? Did the county give you a budget at all? So many questions, but it's such an amazing project that you have!! Also, for that highschool, in my Method #1 video (Keystone plants: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YGCkoSi_99I.html), I show you a website where you can find the keystone plants for your specific local area (zip code) -- that has a huge impact, but also could help highschool students feel more connected to their local native plants and understand/learn them.
I’m just in the planning stages and was wondering why you might not want to have a mixed garden situation. Like having native plants as well as non-native (as long as they are not invasive) in your garden. Maybe different areas for each or something? Should I be avoiding non-native at all costs? Or is it ok to have a mix?
The concept is to promote indigenous biodiversity as native plants will always benefit local wildlife far more than non-natives. Natives also do a lot better to your region and require less work. Of course, you are free to grow whatever you want as long as it isn't some horrible invasive. For example, zinnias and cosmos will still feed pollinators and seed-eating birds but need to be replanted every year. Something like a coneflower would do 1 more thing where they are host plants to certain butterflies/moths, and is perennial. Another thing is that local wildlife may not recognize non-native plants as a source of food. For example, in my part of the world, I have grown a lot of aster, but not a single bee has every visited them. There are also specialist pollinators that depend on only 1 or 2 plants for their entire survival.
Another point of view - my prime directive that guides my gardening 1. No invasives. Don’t plant them and if u have some remove them 2. Straight species 3. Native cultivars. I do avoid cultivars where the leaf color was changed (especially from Green to a dark color and no double flowers) 4 non invasive non natives that you love and are needed for your garden design.
I love the answers that others have given here. I'll add my own two cents too. Non-native plants are really only for our enjoyment. Native butterflies, bees and pollinators often don't recognize them, or if they do and use their pollen/nectar, the pollen and nectar don't have the appropriate carbohydrate to fat to protein ratio for our pollinators. This ends up harming our native pollinators, unfortunately. Do you know what I mean? Because most yards are filled with *nearly all non-native plants, I feel like that's enough of those and we should be focusing on just native plants at this point. I guess my own personal rule is to only plant native plants (no hybrids -- I explain my reasoning on that at the end of this Method #2 video), and the only exceptions to that would be a non-native plant that I absolutely ADORE. So, I'll keep a non-native plant if I have specific adoration for it, but otherwise, native plants are beautiful, smell good, bring oodles of pollinators and are better for those pollinators, so why even bother with non-natives? To help you decide what you think on this question better for yourself, I might suggest three things packed with info/ideas: 1. Look up on RU-vid, any talk given by Dr. Doug Tallamy. Or just read his book, "Nature's Best Hope". 2. Watch the first part of my video on the difference between native and non-native species. I know you already know the difference but I talk about more detailed reasons of why it matters: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jYeR8ERbV_I.html 3. Watch Rebecca McMackin's RU-vid Ted talk: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qxgE0q1_m6U.html
AMAZING 💚 Thank you for creating this Agastache story and share it with us. I just planed my FIRST one ("Blue Fortune") this early June within our new butterfly garden, and your story gives me insight what to expect (hopefully) 🙏
Great video. Question. I'm new to native gardening. I planted 18 gallon sized hairy beards tongue. 1 has died (I think) another is almost dead, I think. And the rest have flowered and are done, but seem to be doing ok? They're all in the same sunny area with the same soil and watering. Any ideas? Or what should I look for to keep the others from dying? Any help would be appreciated. Thank you.
Once we removed the multi flora rose and Japanese honeysuckle the spring ephemerals, including trout Lillie’s, filled the woods. They we’re waiting to be rescued
I have swamp milkweed in a planter/pot around 10in. The plant is doing great! However i was wondering will it come back next year even if it’s in a potter and not in grown? Or do you recommend i transplant it into the ground, if so I won’t be able to do it later on sometime in September or so, you think that’s okay? Sorry for all of the questions 😅 Thanks!
It should come back regardless in ground or in pot. If you have the room definitely consider planting it in ground! Make sure to plant out the area and make sure they dont get nipped by deer
Has anyone ever told you that you seriously have such a great speaking voice? You could read audio books or voice act so naturally. Anyway, great video idea! I’m going to try and kickstart a bluebell colony in my backyard under the canopy of a maple tree & inevitably I’d end up trying this
Are you cutting the stems at an angle and cleaning the vase & fresh water daily? When a flower is cut the stem forms a 'callus' at the end so cutting the stem an angle helps the stem take up fresh water. Also removing all foliage on the stems concentrates energy to keeping blooms fresh. :-)
I’m a little late to this being posted, but this was awesome! Tracking from seed to year two & so on with the bonus of seeing the difference full/part sun makes was above and beyond.
