Butterfly Garden Ironweeds - Definitive Guide!

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  • Опубліковано 6 лип 2024
  • The ironweeds are some of the most striking of the fall blooming native plants and make great additions to the butterfly garden. While some species are too aggressive for a small space, there are several that do well in the confines of a butterfly garden. This video covers 6 eastern North American species that are both good garden candidates and easily found at native plant nurseries and seed suppliers. Along with the species descriptions, there are several helpful hints and facts given about the iron weeds.
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    Chapters:
    0:00 About the Ironweeds the Vernonia Species
    0:53 New York Ironweed Vernonia noveboracensis
    1:38 Propagation of Ironweed Through Root Division
    2:15 Narrow Leaf Ironweed Vernonia angustifolia
    3:03 Deadheading Ironweed to Extend Bloom Time
    3:24 Tall Ironweed Vernonia gigantea
    4:04 Trimming Ironweed to Control Height and Improve Flower Abundance
    4:28 Arkansas Ironweed Vernonia arkansana
    5:19 The Complicated World of Ironweed Identification
    6:09 Missouri Ironweed Vernonia missurica
    6:55 Ironweed Juglone Tolerance
    7:09 Broadleaf Ironweed Vernonia glauca
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  • @Jane-West
    @Jane-West 2 місяці тому +1

    This is a beautiful plant! I thought it was Bees Balm in the thumbnail, one of my favorites! Sounds like it will be right at home on my Tennessee farm!

    • @BackyardEcology
      @BackyardEcology  2 місяці тому +1

      We have several species of ironweed native to the southeast. Tall ironweed grows all across our KY farm.

  • @deborahrosenthal5838
    @deborahrosenthal5838 Рік тому +4

    I just found Ironweed at my wood's edge today!

    • @BackyardEcology
      @BackyardEcology  Рік тому

      As time goes by it will start popping up in more areas. The seed are carried by the wind so it will spread from that.

  • @jeffburke170
    @jeffburke170 8 місяців тому +1

    only possible to give one thumbs up--- thanks for the clear points of difference Anthony!

  • @Amshatelia88
    @Amshatelia88 Рік тому +4

    The foliage looks really similar to joepye weed! I found a New York ironweed in the wild and thought it was joepye until it bloomed. I took some seed to try to grow in my yard

    • @BackyardEcology
      @BackyardEcology  Рік тому

      The leaves can look similar. Ironweed generally is generally fairly easy to grow from seed, but I have had some that was tougher to get to germinate.

  • @scentswithjess
    @scentswithjess Рік тому +3

    We have some in our yard!

    • @BackyardEcology
      @BackyardEcology  Рік тому +2

      Nice! It is a great plant to have - the butterflies think so too!

  • @beryldiamond
    @beryldiamond 5 днів тому

    Awesome video! Thank you!

  • @jerryclark5725
    @jerryclark5725 2 місяці тому

    I have a large eight foot ironweed, plus many others around my back lot.

  • @LostInThisGardenofLife
    @LostInThisGardenofLife 11 місяців тому

    Awesome video. I’m so happy to add the giant ironweed to my garden. I placed it at the end of the property in a new garden bed that gets blasted with full sun. I hope it thrives and the pollinators love it!

    • @BackyardEcology
      @BackyardEcology  11 місяців тому

      Thank you! Ironweed loves full sun so it should be happy there!

  • @BackyardEcology
    @BackyardEcology  Рік тому +2

    Have any interesting experiences with ironweed? Please let us know! Also, be sure to check out our online classes: shannontrimboli.com/events/category/classes/

  • @christiridley1009
    @christiridley1009 Рік тому +1

    Thank you! I love the information you are sharing!

  • @JoseMartinez-df2db
    @JoseMartinez-df2db Місяць тому

    What about making a video on moth gardens?

  • @joshuawaynehensley
    @joshuawaynehensley Рік тому +3

    Ozzy voice: I AM IRONWEED

  • @5ree6url
    @5ree6url 11 місяців тому +1

    "What are you?!? Why won't you tell me what you aaaare?!?" Me with Fritillary Butterfly species.

    • @BackyardEcology
      @BackyardEcology  11 місяців тому +1

      Yes! They can be tricky - and they tend to not sit still long enough to get a look at them.

    • @5ree6url
      @5ree6url 11 місяців тому +1

      @@BackyardEcology Dude, I get great photos and I still keep going back and forth between guides and photos going out of my mind. With the help of some experts in a FB insect identification group, I've been ever so slowly getting there.

    • @BackyardEcology
      @BackyardEcology  11 місяців тому +1

      @@5ree6url Once you get the differences down though it will be like second nature to ID them.

  • @sarahdiaz4904
    @sarahdiaz4904 Рік тому

    I love the videos-so helpful!

  • @sarahgracesings
    @sarahgracesings Рік тому

    👍🏻👍🏻

  • @LJ-he9qn
    @LJ-he9qn Рік тому +1

    om nom nom…. nah-im-good

  • @PlantNative
    @PlantNative 10 місяців тому

    I’m always curious if the narrowleaved plants like Whorled Milkweed and the Ironweed mentioned here is still a good host plant option. Less leaf to much?

    • @BackyardEcology
      @BackyardEcology  10 місяців тому

      Yes, they are still excellent host plants!

  • @tracyguillemette6255
    @tracyguillemette6255 Рік тому

    I couldn't find the tshirt link?!

    • @BackyardEcology
      @BackyardEcology  Рік тому

      They quit making the shirt shortly after this video came out. If I can ever find them again I will put the link back in.

  • @badreality2
    @badreality2 Рік тому

    I'm sorry, but if they "readily hybridize", they do not sound like they are from separate species; separate sub-species, maybe.

    • @BackyardEcology
      @BackyardEcology  Рік тому +7

      While the concept of species being incapable of hybridizing is often taught, things are quite a bit different in nature. It does hold true for most (but not all) animals but things are quite different in the world of plants. Plants within the same genus often readily hybridize. In nature this usually doesn't occur due to habit or geological barriers, but in the confines of a garden or lab it is fairly easy to achieve. When hybridization between closely related plant species does occur in nature it can result in the rise of new species. The advances in the field of genetics are showing that the old concept of different species having breeding incompatibility is far from the way nature works.