For all 2023 native plant garden tours, check out this playlist! Thanks for watching and happy gardening! 💚 ua-cam.com/play/PLeoHxWcr88xreklcE_VXZ5AJuKK44_Xw1.html&si=iMtiFENzwUH8dwW3
New England Asters and "Chelsea Chop" --- did that today. Prolific self-seeders here in 5B, and proven floppers in full sun. Where there are 10-12 stems in a group, the outermost get most chops and the centre stems the least--- expect the short outer ones will hold up the tall middle ones... and, bonus, delayed blooming on the chopped stems. Really well done videos. Thanks!
Thanks so much for these great tips! I will get out there to do a little chop of my own soon! Love this method - I'll definitely do the same! Thanks a lot - and thanks for the compliments for my videos! I'm so glad you like! 💚
The violets are definitely the native variety. I literally have thousands of them in my yard. Wherever they plant themselves I let them stay. The flowers are mostly purple but occasionally white flowers appear. I'd like to suggest a great native plant: Anise Hyssop it gets about 4 ft. tall with either white or purple flowers and the foliage smells exactly like licorice. It's edible but I haven't tried it so I can't tell you how it tastes. It self seeds very easily, but it's very easy to pull out if it's unwanted. It's drought tolerant but if you transplant seedlings they need to be kept well watered until they're established. They'll let you know by drooping but they'll perk back up in just a couple hours after watering.
Thanks! That's great news because they are literally all over my property! Thank you for the recommendation for the anise hyssop - I'm glad you love it, because I fall sowed it and actually have quite a few babies! Good to know how big it gets though - they're so tiny now, but I won't go too crazy with planting them in the garden - I'll share a few with others too! Thanks for the lovely comment and the recommendation - keep'em coming and happy gardening 💚
Thank you for your videos! They have been very helpful! I am still working on my green thumb and trying to plant native plants. I figured out what zone I’m in, typed it into UA-cam and your channel came up 😊 I drove past the Rare plant sale but had to be out of town and kicked myself for missing it! If you are within driving distance of Bee Sweet Nature Co, they have a pollinator festival on June 17th fyi.
Hi Emily! Thanks for your comment and for letting me know how you came across my channel - that's super helpful for me! I'm so glad you're finding the content helpful - and that you're on board with native plant gardening! I know for me, it was like a switch that went on when I started learning more, and I don't think I'll ever be able to turn it off now! That's too funny that you were nearby during the Rare sale - they had lots of neat things. Thanks for the Bee Sweet Nature Co pollinator festival info - I didn't know about it before now and will definitely try to make it (and take a peek on their Instagram account to see if they have any ads I can share too!). Maybe I'll see you there!
Hi Corey, thanks so much for taking the time to watch my little tour, and for the suggestion. It is a tough battle for sure. What makes it even tougher is that the area with the lily of the valley and garlic mustard (and buckthorn and burdock and Manitoba maple and forget-me-nots and many more invasives that I don't know the name of) is that it's on the City's property in a stormwater management creek. I am doing my best to get rid of the invasives and help out where I can, but it's a big job! I think I'd need a blowtorch more than anything!!! Thanks again for the support for my little channel - and keep the suggestions coming! 💚
I do think I need to think about how to protect many of my plants from the bunnies - especially in the winter. Did you have a recommendation? I'm open to ideas! My current methods are not exactly working! Thank you for watching and for the comment! 💚
Your question made me look into it a little bit. Apparently white tailed deer will eat it (but not enough to keep it at bay) as well as woodchucks, which I'll have to look up as well (I only know them from the riddle...which makes me wonder just how much wood a woodchuck can chuck...I had to! Lol). In either case, I don't have those in my area! I have offered the giant patch of garlic mustard off to a foraging group, but that person merely trimmed it, so no decent dent into the colony I am trying to manage).
For all 2023 native plant garden tours, check out this playlist! Thanks for watching and happy gardening! 💚 ua-cam.com/play/PLeoHxWcr88xreklcE_VXZ5AJuKK44_Xw1.html&si=iMtiFENzwUH8dwW3
New England Asters and "Chelsea Chop" --- did that today. Prolific self-seeders here in 5B, and proven floppers in full sun. Where there are 10-12 stems in a group, the outermost get most chops and the centre stems the least--- expect the short outer ones will hold up the tall middle ones... and, bonus, delayed blooming on the chopped stems.
Really well done videos. Thanks!
Thanks so much for these great tips! I will get out there to do a little chop of my own soon! Love this method - I'll definitely do the same! Thanks a lot - and thanks for the compliments for my videos! I'm so glad you like! 💚
The violets are definitely the native variety. I literally have thousands of them in my yard. Wherever they plant themselves I let them stay. The flowers are mostly purple but occasionally white flowers appear. I'd like to suggest a great native plant:
Anise Hyssop it gets about 4 ft. tall with either white or purple flowers and the foliage smells exactly like licorice. It's edible but I haven't tried it so I can't tell you how it tastes. It self seeds very easily, but it's very easy to pull out if it's unwanted. It's drought tolerant but if you transplant seedlings they need to be kept well watered until they're established. They'll let you know by drooping but they'll perk back up in just a couple hours after watering.
Thanks! That's great news because they are literally all over my property! Thank you for the recommendation for the anise hyssop - I'm glad you love it, because I fall sowed it and actually have quite a few babies! Good to know how big it gets though - they're so tiny now, but I won't go too crazy with planting them in the garden - I'll share a few with others too! Thanks for the lovely comment and the recommendation - keep'em coming and happy gardening 💚
Thank you for your videos! They have been very helpful! I am still working on my green thumb and trying to plant native plants. I figured out what zone I’m in, typed it into UA-cam and your channel came up 😊 I drove past the Rare plant sale but had to be out of town and kicked myself for missing it! If you are within driving distance of Bee Sweet Nature Co, they have a pollinator festival on June 17th fyi.
Hi Emily! Thanks for your comment and for letting me know how you came across my channel - that's super helpful for me! I'm so glad you're finding the content helpful - and that you're on board with native plant gardening! I know for me, it was like a switch that went on when I started learning more, and I don't think I'll ever be able to turn it off now!
That's too funny that you were nearby during the Rare sale - they had lots of neat things. Thanks for the Bee Sweet Nature Co pollinator festival info - I didn't know about it before now and will definitely try to make it (and take a peek on their Instagram account to see if they have any ads I can share too!). Maybe I'll see you there!
I would look at using round up on the lily of the valley, not great in the short term but long term it's more beneficial to get rid of them.
Hi Corey, thanks so much for taking the time to watch my little tour, and for the suggestion. It is a tough battle for sure. What makes it even tougher is that the area with the lily of the valley and garlic mustard (and buckthorn and burdock and Manitoba maple and forget-me-nots and many more invasives that I don't know the name of) is that it's on the City's property in a stormwater management creek. I am doing my best to get rid of the invasives and help out where I can, but it's a big job! I think I'd need a blowtorch more than anything!!! Thanks again for the support for my little channel - and keep the suggestions coming! 💚
Have you thought about fencing the bunnies out until your serviceberries can grow taller?
I do think I need to think about how to protect many of my plants from the bunnies - especially in the winter. Did you have a recommendation? I'm open to ideas! My current methods are not exactly working! Thank you for watching and for the comment! 💚
I wonder if garlic mustard has any value to wildlife.
Your question made me look into it a little bit. Apparently white tailed deer will eat it (but not enough to keep it at bay) as well as woodchucks, which I'll have to look up as well (I only know them from the riddle...which makes me wonder just how much wood a woodchuck can chuck...I had to! Lol). In either case, I don't have those in my area! I have offered the giant patch of garlic mustard off to a foraging group, but that person merely trimmed it, so no decent dent into the colony I am trying to manage).
Bulb foliage always dies back.
Good to know! I suppose the bulbs that are crowding out other plants might not be so much of a problem if they just die back anyhow. Thanks! 💚