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Thank you for sharing your native garden with us.❤ Not sure what kind of leafminer that was on the Zig zag goldenrod but yes, native bee on Fleabane.I suspect Lasioglossum spp.but would need a closer look. Plants generally flop from lack of water/and/or lack of light. Both are obviously an issue in your garden. Healthy Sneezeweed gets 5 feet tall in my garden in Ottawa, also 5b. If I may suggest, stop gardening "on the flat". Dig trenches to collect water and plant water lovers in the trench and those prefering better drainage on top. Trenches and berms can be curved to look more natural with natural logs used in areas as supports into the banks. Plants starving for light can adjust more easily if they have enough food and water. Remember than there are no Native plants that evolved to fill urban conditions. Cool rootzones, moisture retentive soil and the higher humidity of semi-forest conditions can be very difficult to replicate in dry, sterile cities. Thank you for this delightful video.💚🇨🇦
Thank you for watching, sharing your thoughts and providing some guidance! I definitely have a situation with limited light and water - you are spot on. How would you recommend adjusting things when they're already established? I have fairly narrow gardens that border my grass space and not a lot of wiggle room to work with. In addition, what are your thoughts on having native plants in non-native conditions in order to provide pollinator options / biodiversity in a space so lacking (i.e. suburbia) if the cost to that is plants that illustrate lack of light/nutrients (i.e., are much shorter than in ideal conditions) but still flower and provide that resource, perhaps in a more limited way? Looking forward to hearing your thoughts! 💚
I'm so jealous of your swamp milkweed! WOW! I think mine died. I'm 90% sure I planted mine in a spot that was too dry and hot in summer...your garden is beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Thank you so much for the kind words and compliments! 💚 It's coming along bit by bit! I'm sad to hear of your swamp milkweed! It's always sad to have casualties in the gardening game! I hope you can get some more for some wetter spots in the garden. Honestly though, I'm surprised how this plant has really done well despite not having very moist conditions in my gardens. I hope you find the perfect spot for it in your gardens soon - it really is such a lovely plant - and smells delicious too! 💚
@@awildapproach I can entirely relate! Though I still do the same thing when I want a plant and my conditions aren't quite right! Some have argued, and some give in! Lorraine Johnson has done the same, so I take her guidance as a blessing for pushing the limits! 😁
I hadn't until I found it at the RARE plant sale this year (@raresites) - I hope to see it spread out - I didn't get to catch it in flower this year, but the tiered seed heads look cool!
Thanks! That's good to know - that's definitely been the case with this wee tree. I hope it does a bit better this year through the winter. It's clearly holding on, but it's definitely gone through some serious stress 🤞🏼
Nice collection of native plants ! I have 4 mountain mint plants ( whorled or slender, or who knows, not sure which ) but the one that's way behind, looks similar to yours, and it doesn't get as much sun as the others. Maybe relocate it to a sunnier spot, and give it a little space. The three in the sun are huge pollinator magnets. Thanks for the wonderful video.
@@TheSuburbanGardenista I'm just wishing I had more full sun sections, I finding the plants that I'm attracted to require it to be happy. When the black wasps land on the creamy white flowers of the mountain mint it's really mesmerizing for me. :-)
@@TheSuburbanGardenista I’ve had mine for about 4 or 5 years, so I think you’re good! I also wonder if they turn yellow earlier than other plants in general. They may. I was at a local nature area several weeks back, and some of the mature paw paws there (which are huge!) had some yellow leaves already. Still had lots of green ones that weekend, but also had some yellow leaves, too.
@@TheSuburbanGardenista So true! I learn something new every year. And don't get me wrong, I experiment a lot...but I'm also getting better at placing the water lovers...compared to my early days. ;)
My neighbor has obedient plant and it only grows to 18" tall because its so dense, the plants spread but so tightly. I put some in my garden and they almost reached 2-3'! not dense lol
Interesting! Isn't it funny how the same plant can grow so differently in different conditions?! I have great blue lobelia in three different spots and it's like three different plants!! Obedient plant is one of my favs! 💚
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I'm always looking for more native plant content, thanks!
Thank you for watching! I see you have some videos to learn from as well - Looking forward to learning from you too! 💚
Thank you for sharing your native garden with us.❤
Not sure what kind of leafminer that was on the Zig zag goldenrod but yes, native bee on Fleabane.I suspect Lasioglossum spp.but would need a closer look.
Plants generally flop from lack of water/and/or lack of light. Both are obviously an issue in your garden.
Healthy Sneezeweed gets 5 feet tall in my garden in Ottawa, also 5b.
If I may suggest, stop gardening "on the flat". Dig trenches to collect water and plant water lovers in the trench and those prefering better drainage on top. Trenches and berms can be curved to look more natural with natural logs used in areas as supports into the banks.
Plants starving for light can adjust more easily if they have enough food and water.
Remember than there are no Native plants that evolved to fill urban conditions. Cool rootzones, moisture retentive soil and the higher humidity of semi-forest conditions can be very difficult to replicate in dry, sterile cities.
Thank you for this delightful video.💚🇨🇦
Thank you for watching, sharing your thoughts and providing some guidance! I definitely have a situation with limited light and water - you are spot on. How would you recommend adjusting things when they're already established? I have fairly narrow gardens that border my grass space and not a lot of wiggle room to work with.
In addition, what are your thoughts on having native plants in non-native conditions in order to provide pollinator options / biodiversity in a space so lacking (i.e. suburbia) if the cost to that is plants that illustrate lack of light/nutrients (i.e., are much shorter than in ideal conditions) but still flower and provide that resource, perhaps in a more limited way?
Looking forward to hearing your thoughts! 💚
I'm so jealous of your swamp milkweed! WOW! I think mine died. I'm 90% sure I planted mine in a spot that was too dry and hot in summer...your garden is beautiful. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Thank you so much for the kind words and compliments! 💚 It's coming along bit by bit! I'm sad to hear of your swamp milkweed! It's always sad to have casualties in the gardening game! I hope you can get some more for some wetter spots in the garden. Honestly though, I'm surprised how this plant has really done well despite not having very moist conditions in my gardens. I hope you find the perfect spot for it in your gardens soon - it really is such a lovely plant - and smells delicious too! 💚
@@TheSuburbanGardenista yes, I planted it back when I was very new to gardening and bad at placing plants in the right spot.
@@awildapproach I can entirely relate! Though I still do the same thing when I want a plant and my conditions aren't quite right! Some have argued, and some give in! Lorraine Johnson has done the same, so I take her guidance as a blessing for pushing the limits! 😁
Nice video content
@@Tarmantarmant thank you very much for watching and for the kind comment! 💚
oh wow ive never heard of Wild Basil!
I hadn't until I found it at the RARE plant sale this year (@raresites) - I hope to see it spread out - I didn't get to catch it in flower this year, but the tiered seed heads look cool!
I hear birch trees drop their leaves much earlier than others, they bloom earlier than other trees too
Thanks! That's good to know - that's definitely been the case with this wee tree. I hope it does a bit better this year through the winter. It's clearly holding on, but it's definitely gone through some serious stress 🤞🏼
Nice collection of native plants ! I have 4 mountain mint plants ( whorled or slender, or who knows, not sure which ) but the one that's way behind, looks similar to yours, and it doesn't get as much sun as the others. Maybe relocate it to a sunnier spot, and give it a little space. The three in the sun are huge pollinator magnets. Thanks for the wonderful video.
Thank you for the compliments and for the suggestion! I do think it needs a new home - I will try to find a sunnier spot! Thank you! 💚
@@TheSuburbanGardenista I'm just wishing I had more full sun sections, I finding the plants that I'm attracted to require it to be happy. When the black wasps land on the creamy white flowers of the mountain mint it's really mesmerizing for me. :-)
I think the paw paw is yellow for fall. Mine already went yellow and dropped its leaves a few days ago. :)
@@awildapproach that gives me hope! Thank you for sharing! I hope you're right! 💚
@@TheSuburbanGardenista I’ve had mine for about 4 or 5 years, so I think you’re good! I also wonder if they turn yellow earlier than other plants in general. They may. I was at a local nature area several weeks back, and some of the mature paw paws there (which are huge!) had some yellow leaves already. Still had lots of green ones that weekend, but also had some yellow leaves, too.
@@awildapproach okay, interesting and good to know! Each plant is so unique in their needs and behaviours - there is a lot to learn!
@@TheSuburbanGardenista So true! I learn something new every year. And don't get me wrong, I experiment a lot...but I'm also getting better at placing the water lovers...compared to my early days. ;)
@@awildapproach fair enough! Live and learn! 💚
My neighbor has obedient plant and it only grows to 18" tall because its so dense, the plants spread but so tightly. I put some in my garden and they almost reached 2-3'! not dense lol
Interesting! Isn't it funny how the same plant can grow so differently in different conditions?! I have great blue lobelia in three different spots and it's like three different plants!! Obedient plant is one of my favs! 💚