Very interesting facts! I just purchased a Boneset plant for myself today and one for my Daddy's bday. Blooms are about to start opening. My husband and my dad are beekeepers; so, hopefully this plant will be a great addition for our bees to enjoy! Thanks for the information!😊🦋🐝
I am in NE GA and purchased 2 Boneset plants at a GA Native Plant sale (I pre ordered them). They are in my pollinator/medicinal beds. I hope they survive the winter. Any suggestions on helping them weather the cold would be appreciated.
@@beeswan9775 I’m sure they will survive your winter since they survive mine! A couple things you can do is leave about a foot or so of the stems to overwinter and then pile leaves on top of the garden beds for insulation. 3-5 inches of leaves will compress down and give plants a toasty winter sleep.
@@pollinatorgardenfun Thank you! I thought of adding organic pine straw over them in lieu of leaves. Would they work as well? The plants are young, planted just last weekend.
I think any material would work fine. I just have plenty of leaves from all our trees! You might want to wait until you get a real cold spell before covering them to make sure they establish some root growth since they are newly planted. Lori
Very interesting facts! I just purchased a Boneset plant for myself today and one for my Daddy's bday. Blooms are about to start opening. My husband and my dad are beekeepers; so, hopefully this plant will be a great addition for our bees to enjoy! Thanks for the information!😊🦋🐝
You will be amazed at all the pollinators on your boneset. I had clouds of them!
I am in NE GA and purchased 2 Boneset plants at a GA Native Plant sale (I pre ordered them). They are in my pollinator/medicinal beds. I hope they survive the winter. Any suggestions on helping them weather the cold would be appreciated.
@@beeswan9775 I’m sure they will survive your winter since they survive mine! A couple things you can do is leave about a foot or so of the stems to overwinter and then pile leaves on top of the garden beds for insulation. 3-5 inches of leaves will compress down and give plants a toasty winter sleep.
@@pollinatorgardenfun Thank you! I thought of adding organic pine straw over them in lieu of leaves. Would they work as well? The plants are young, planted just last weekend.
I think any material would work fine. I just have plenty of leaves from all our trees! You might want to wait until you get a real cold spell before covering them to make sure they establish some root growth since they are newly planted.
Lori
@@pollinatorgardenfun Thank you very much. Very helpful info.