Hello, and welcome to my channel. I've loved the outdoors ever since I was a child. I was the little kid picking up Toads, Snakes and Grasshoppers. I've also been gardening in one form or another since I was a teenager and have always enjoyed working outside. I started transitioning to native plants as I became more aware of the complex relationship that exists between plants, insects and the environment. I am committed to creating native habitat in my yard and I hope you will do the same with yours. You can make a difference and planting plants that are native to your area is one of the best ways you can help. I hope you find my videos enjoyable and informative. Thanks for visiting my channel and please subscribe, like and share.
It is a good nectar plant for small butterflies for sure but I haven't seen anything even as big as a cabbage white or silver spotted skipper on it. Mostly hairstreaks and small skippers.
Thanks for the comment. İ wouldn't recommend taking from the wild unless it's on private property with the owners permission. That being said, now through October. Just keep it watered.
Hi, keep up the good work, I love your video's, I hope you are doing well. I'm going to look for one these willows, I have a good place for it in my yard. Take care,
Pollinator plants get all the glory but you need host plants if you want to keep those insect populations up! Many butterflies (and other insects) are equally as picky about host plants as monarchs-- and many of them depend on groundcovers, grasses, and things we'd normally call weeds! It's important to have a good mix.
Will grow ANYWHERE and EVERYWHERE 😅 I weed whack these bad boys. I’m glad you like them but even healthy I can only see “weed”. I have a lovely wild purple flower that grows just as prolific as the golden rod along with my garden so pollinators are getting their fill. I am surprised to know it’s supporting 122. 😅
Lupine are a keystone species in some part of the country, and they're one of the most beautiful flowers out there. They're also incredibly easy to grow from seed, which means if you can't find the right species in the store, you can find nearby wild populations and collect just a few seeds (ethical guideline is to make sure you're not taking more than 1/10th of the seeds you fine- and with lupine, just a few seeds is enough) and grow those in your garden, and then get subsequent generations of lupine from the seeds from your own plants. This also helps preserve local genetic diversity. I'm on my third generation of yellow bush lupine in my yard.
Hi there, do you know if ironweed will bloom first year from your experience? I have two small ironweeds I winter sowed they are just now starting to pick up a little bit and put on some growth, not sure if they will bloom this year or not
Just found a garden center that had some, so I got three small pots. Glad to hear that it divides easily and grows fast because I've wanted it as a ground cover for awhile! Hopefully I can get it planted tomorrow, but I might divide up the plants and put them in smaller pots for awhile just so I have more to put in the ground!
I estimate my red milkweed at 50% of its bloomlife and it still gets lots of wild bees coming in for a sip! I wish I had larger real estate for even more swamp milkweed and other native plants!
I just planted this a few months ago. We've hit a heat wave but I've been keeping with watering it daily, if not every other day because I read they can tolerate wet feet. I wonder if I'm drowning it though by trying to water it a ton because of the heat, or, maybe it needs even more water?? -- one side of the shrub looks crispy brown like it was scorched by the sun but the other side is green and it even has some pink flowers already! It faces north but gets some dappled shade from a tall silver maple we have.
The problem is they mostly sell the white cultivars in my local nurseries. I try to buy the originals online but they never seem to transplant well with the ones I'm getting and it doesn't seem to seed well unfortunately. I do have plenty of white ones I guess
I can’t find anyone who has actually made tea out of it. Kinda crazy that no one has been curious enough to try it given the name lol. I bought two bushes though, so I’ll have to test it out
Many years ago I heard the saying “First year it sleeps, second year it creeps, third year it leaps!” I have found this to be true with perennials…usually takes them three years to come into their own! Hard to wait but so worth it! Thank you for the videos!
I'd like to try again. Do you have a video or can you recommend a video that details how to transplant the dwarf crested iris - How to dig them up and replant? This is a novice asking with no familiarity of transplanting this flower. Or if any viewer can direct me to such a video? Thank you.
Thanks for the comment. You can dig them up and replant in the spring or fall but when replanting them don't completely cover the roots. Plant the rhizome about half way under the soil. İf they have leaves fully formed you can cut them back by half. Water well once you replant them.
Better start planting those oaks!! There is no plant more caterpillar friendly than the mighty oak. Basically trees are what you want if you want to help more than a few caterpillars.
Hi! I live in S Manitoba. Was mowing the grass on a lot, noticed their colors, looked up the plant and here I am:) Thanks, I plan on digging the little plant up and moving yo sunny, dry part of my yard!
