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I'm very glad to hear that!

I'm so glad to hear a spectacular! These are my favorite types of videos to make!

Oh I'm glad to hear that. I tell ya what, I love lofi. At some point it occurred to me that heck, I have a youtube channel, I can make lofi videos of my own if I'd like! I'm glad someone else is enjoying them too. :-)

Well now that's interesting. Two of my A. tuberosa plants have done a second bloom this year. That's not happened before and it's interesting to hear that it's happened to someone else too!

(1) Not invasive. There's a type of milkweed that can be aggressive, although not invasive (and this isn't that one), and there's a type of tropical milkweed that northern people shouldn't plant (and this isn't that one), so this one is all good. And not invasive. (2) Honestly, I don't know much yet about the lanternfly so I can't really answer this. Anyone else have an answer on this one?

Yes! You're welcome!

Honestly, I never knew that milk jugs was "a thing" being used in the plant/gardening world. I just needed more things to grow seeds from and we go through so much milk, I just started cutting the jugs in half and using them as planters on the patio. I didn't realize that people were using the tops as little greenhouses, etc. So whether you use tops or not might depend on what you're trying to do exactly. Now that I've learned more about this milk jug method, I'm going to continue growing my seedlings the way that I do (no lids/tops) because I want the seeds that germinate and "make it" as seedlings to be hardy and ready for my yard and conditions. I don't want seedlings that need special care -- do you know what I mean? That being said, it's an educated hypothesis of mine, no data behind it!

You've done absolutely nothing wrong. You've just got a happy plant that grew tall! In natural settings where you might find this plant "normally", it's surrounded by other plants and they all "help" hold eachother up, do you know what I mean? And there's often native grasses squeezed in there that also provide support. So when we grow them as solitary plants in our gardens, they do have the tendency to flop over if they get too tall. Options then to deal with that: 1. Plant more of them and/or other plants right next to them so they can all support each other. 2. Get those garden stakes ready so that you can stake them up when they get tall. 3. Cut them somewhere around May/June so that they don't get as tall and maybe get more "bush like" (I mean, not exactly, but kind-of).

Oh good! It was the one thing missing when I started getting into native plants, so I thought, "Well heck, why not make seasonal videos of my own?!" :-)

I'm so glad you enjoy it. :)

Right back at ya.

Yes! Quite!

1. Yes, if you cut it back just above a node, 2 branches will form at every cut, just like basil and mint. So, yes, it gets bushier. 2. You can use both the leaves and flowers, fresh or dried, for tea.

I agree with @fawnrosenberg1997 that you can cut it back (sometime early in the season) and it won't grow quite as tall, and will become more bush-like. I think one error people make is not cutting it early enough in the season. For the tea question, I defer to others to answer that, I've never tried to make tea from it yet.

Ooof. Yes, those rabbits. They are brutal. Also, groundhogs. I'm in a bit of a war with 2 groundhogs right now too. Little fences or cages work GREAT against rabbits and so-so against groundhogs (I've had one of those determined groundhogs pull a cage down, and another time, it ate everything that was growing above the cage level). I have also had success against both groundhogs and rabbits by planting things they like in the middle of things they don't like (eg, Agastache foeniculum [Anise Hyssop], Monarda fistulosa [Wild Bergamot]). I would LOVE to hear how your fencing works against your rabbits!

Oh my, I agree with everything you've said!! And you've got a little nesting site now! Wonderful! What I had previously for my A. incarnata sites from the previous homeowner was non-native plantings. What I love about that is how it feels like those areas are "waking up" after all those years of non-native plants. Finally there's activity up in here! Bees and butterflies, aphids and lacewing bugs, and so so so many insects that I honestly don't yet know what the heck they are! It's neat to see a barren half-dead chunk of yard like what you had or a biologically 'dead' non-native hellhole like what I had, turn into a little thriving ecosystem!!

Thank you <3

Hi @awildapproach ! Oh man, I love lofi and am glad you're all over this too! :-)

Thank you so very much for your comment. I'm glad this video type is helpful to you. It's my favorite type of video to make, but of course, the most time-consuming. :-) I'm actually working on a Columbine video, so yes, that will be coming. But in how long? Not sure, I'm still getting video right now! I do very much appreciate the suggestion of what would be helpful to you. Also, I adore your youtube icon. <3 I have a Lannister tank top.

Oh my gosh a Swamp Milkweed in a rain garden!?!? Oh I bet it's THRIVING!!! So, in "natural/wild" settings, native plants are usually growing bumped up next to a bunch of other plants (blazing stars, native grasses, etc.) and they all actually act to "help" hold eachother up. At the edge of prairies or native plant areas, many plants are flopped over, but everywhere not the edge, they're usually all upright. Know what I mean? So options for you: (1) Plant many other native plants (and more swamp milkweed) right up next to eachother so they help support eachother. (2) Get out those plant stakes so that when they get tall, you can stake them up. (3) Cut your swamp milkweed when it's still early in the season (May/ early June) so that it won't grow as tall and will get a bit more "bush-like"

Thank you for saying this! I know we often read seed packets or native plant websites and they say that it'll bloom in its 2nd year, but many many native plants can take much longer depending on where it's growing and under what conditions. I also have some swamp milkweed that didn't bloom for 4 years from seed, but is doing just fine.

I'm very glad that this was helpful!

It's surely a lovely one! A very pretty addition to a habitat. I've never been much of a "birder" but seeing the birds come in for the seeds is something that's more fun to watch than I expected!

Oh I love to hear it! It must be stunning to watch!

Yes indeed! Butterfly weed and Swamp milkweed are the same genus! Both Asclepias. You're right about Butterfly Weed being orange, one of the few native flowers that is orange. So surely nice to look at. I've been watching purple milkweed more recently, do you have any of that?

@@nativeflowerpower9942 No, I have several orange and one tropical (yellow with red). Tropical is not hardy in my zone 5b. But it looks different than orange ones. Big, tall stem with thick leaves. Did not see any flowers on any of them yet, but I am glad that they thriving. Is there any botanical name for Purple Milkweed? Magenta, orange and purple are my the most favorite colors in flowers

100% no. I've not seen any slugs yet. Any other people out there having slug trouble? There are a lot of predators that like a good slug meal, so I do recommend not spraying those slugs and giving time for the predators to come in and take care of it for you. Get a little natural habitat going! :-)

When I first started getting into native plants, that's what I wanted to see too! It's why I started the channel even :-)

YESSS to your daughter! Who needs to pet a dog or cat when you can pet bumblebees?! :-p

Thank you so much!

Thank you! I'm so glad to hear that! This is absolutely my favorite type of video to make.

You're just the best! Thank you! Yeah, those keystone plants are so important! It's a great choice when someone doesn't have much time or is not really interested in doing much. Keystones really pack a punch.

Thank you! Oh yes, I LOVE when they come up in the spring! They start peeking through and it always feels amazing! Like, "Oh my gosh, it's really going to happen again this year!!" Plants are pretty awesome, in truth.

Oh that's really quite interesting. Growing common milkweed in a pot makes sense because it's so aggressive, but also yeah, it can be inhibitory. That probably does explain the lack of flowers. But as you and I both know, those Monarch butterflies will come and lay eggs on milkweed leaves, regardless of whether there's ever any flowers or not. So that's good. when you say red milkweed, do you mean Asclepias incarnata or Asclepias rubra?

@@nativeflowerpower9942 Incarnata. 😁 Similarly, no seed pod on the incarnata in this late August… 🤔

Thank you very much! :)

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!

Oh man, I really have to give it up for your persistence! Most excellent indeed! I hope you really enjoy their cheery blooms. :-)

They are usually biennial and so they should "come back" only once, but if you leave the seed heads up and let those seed drop, you should absolutely get a little patch going that seems/appears to be coming back every year. Do you know what I mean?

That's a milkweed for ya! :-)

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: ua-cam.com/video/YGCkoSi_99I/v-deo.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.

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 UA-cam, 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: ua-cam.com/video/jYeR8ERbV_I/v-deo.html 3. Watch Rebecca McMackin's UA-cam Ted talk: ua-cam.com/video/qxgE0q1_m6U/v-deo.html

You're welcome! And they certainly can bloom in year one! Here's hoping for you!

You're welcome ❤