Thanks for your amazing help in transforming our garden. Our pond and wild flowers have brought an exciting diversity of flora and fauna to our garden.
Thank YOU Christopher, it's so good to know that there are so many more habitats of all sizes being created, each one so important. I really appreciate your generosity, I will ensure this gift goes towards more informative videos :) Have a wonderful weekend, best wishes to you and yours -Joel
Thank you! Could you give a list of the 6 plants BEFORE you embark on the discussion? The said discussion perambulates into an info-commercial etc and it gets a bit much
Hi Joel, glad to say I've got all these plants in my garden. I heard a while back that red campion is so called because it was named before the word pink was invented. All colours that resembled red, example orange were just known as red as the word orange hadn't been invented either until oranges became widespread & the word orange was invented after the fruit. Of course the word pink came from the ruffles in the pink flower like pinking shears. I'm sure it's on the net somewhere. Thanks for another great vid keep up the great work!
I like seeing the caterpillars inside the seed heads for Campion. There are many species that will work their way inside then feed on the seeds, then emerge from the top when it opens up. Another reason to not be too keen to cut everything down too early.
Soaking up all the information you pass on in your videos , just brilliant . Really want to see some orange tips in my garden , they’ve evaded me so far
I was reassured to hear you say (I think though I am a bit deaf and frequently a bit daft, too!) that seed can lie in the ground for a while before it germinates. sometimes. One of my habits is planting it and then forgetting where it is,, so I am nit sure if it will grow or where to spunkle some more next time! It always fascinates me that wild flowers seem to be able to manage to plant and grow without any problem yet when "Muggins" tries, it is more of a burial, final resting place, procedure than a planting! Blessings and peace
Garlic mustard, 😱 holy cow, one of the most invasive, noxious weeds in the US. I can’t tell you how many hours of my life I’ve had to waste pulling out this invasive. It can blanket cover acres and acres of land, choke out every single native & isn’t host to a single pollinator in this part of the world. So glad you mentioned the caveat about geography.
Thanks Eryn, this will be helpful to those in countries where it has been introduced and of course invasive. I put caveats in as it would take hour long videos to list the countries where some plants are considered invasive, but I hope my UK accent ensures people stop and think :) Each country will have vital native plants that so many insects depend upon, and Garlic Mustard in the UK and wider Europe is vital for many. Best wishes, Joel
Living in Hungary, I could have written the same about horseweed (Erigeron canadensis), or desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa), which came from America. ;)
You’ll be pleased to know Joel I’ve got a healthy array of all the mentioned plants excluding honesty . Unfortunately last years drought has hit my cowslip and primroses hard with many casualties but on the flip side I think they knew that and this spring I’ve got hundreds of primrose seedlings appearing this spring . A favourite of mine is wood spurge seems to spread well and it brightens up a dark corner of my garden. Another enjoyable video 👍
That sounds brilliant Patrick, sorry about the cowslips but what a wonderful reward. Wood spurge, such an overlooked one by many but definitely a good choice :) Thanks for all the encouragement - best wishes, Joel
Thank you Amir, they really can make such a difference, looking at them it does make me wonder why we ever felt they needed improving with our modern hybrids etc, but that's another story :) Hope you're well, best wishes - Joel
Hi Joel. I've been keeping up with your fab videos even though I've not posted any comments lately. Our garden is in full colour and of course I've got all the plants you mentioned. It has been so wet here I haven't done as much work in the garden as I would have liked. I've had lots of orange tip and holly blue butterflies and have seen a couple of green veined white. I saw the first swifts today on our way back from shopping but they are not in our road yet. I'm hoping they will take a liking to our nest boxes now that we have moved the one we had and added another one. We have been working on land at the tennis club - clearing the ground at the back of the clubhouse, which has been a dumping ground. That is going to be a wild flower area as well as part of the bank and an area of compacted ground that is quite bare at the moment. It's taking a long time as we only do 2/3 hours a week on it but I am hoping we will have some colour this summer. I'm taking seedlings out of my garden which include a few non native annuals but still attract insects and hopefully will look good and prevent people from complaining it looks untidy. I saw wildlife Kate the other day. We were doing a plant survey on Pipe Green. If you get the chance check out Pipe Green Trust's website.
Yes!! I’ve been waiting for this one! I’ve just bought some red campion, foxgloves and cowslips. I already have cowslips and they do really well in my back garden. Bought some for the front garden this time. Thank you so much for all your advice and fantastic videos. My gardens are looking better than ever as I learn more and more from your channel 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the great content, I always look forward to your videos. I'm visiting the UK, and walking parts of the southwest coastal footpath near Tintagel. The first 5 plants are all abundantly here. It's amazing, I think I've seen thousands of red champions. I'm also happy to say that I've got all six plants in my garden in the Netherlands. I do have the lunaria rediviva and not the annua. 😊
Hi Caroline! What a fantastic area to walk in, and it's always so good to see these plants thriving without disturbance or being pulled out as "weeds" :) Enjoy your time here, I'm way across in the east so too far for me to bump into you, but who knows one day when I make it to the Netherlands :) Best wishes, Joel
Hi Joel, you've made my day with this video as I have all the plants you've mentioned. Also this week Orange Tip butterflies have been flying around too and yesterday I came across the Cuckoo flower for the first time growing in a field adjoining my garden. I really appreciate the videos you do and I refer to your excellent book all the time for inspiration and ideas, so thank you.
That's such a lovely message Gillian, thank you. I'm so glad the book has been helpful and the further tips here on the channel, it's doing exactly what I had hoped :) Such a great community here - best wishes, Joel
Another great video, thanks Joel! Watching with great interest as we've just put together a volunteer gardening team at work to restore our old 'medicinal garden'. We've decided that we'd like to make it a more wildlife friendly space so now trying to work out what to put in it as it's quite shaded. This video has been great! Off to check out your wildlife pond videos too as theres also a rather neglected pond in there!
I have already got loads of red campion I grew from seed last year Also did some white but they haven’t appeared yet I have native foxglove seeds just germinated in the greenhouse I have run out of planting space but have a great idea to rewild a little used alleyway which runs along the back of our bungalows
@@kevinking7860 Fantastic Kevin, seeing seeds germinate and grow is such a great feeling - and I hope you're able to extend the wilding to the alleyway :) Best wishes, Joel
I looked up garlic mustard, because i wa sthinking of getting it. I read its invasive and that people should stop it spreading. But idk if thats only for certain areas
Hi there, it can spread for sure, but in the UK is often seen (if councils allow!) in verges and is a vital food plant for the Orange Tip butterfly - it can certainly be managed in a garden setting. We do sell it, again if in the UK, on www.wildyourgarden.com. I hope this helps, best wishes - Joel
Thanks for another great video Joel. I’ve got a north facing fence and I’ve planted a border below it with lots of hedgerow plants. At the moment my red campion and herb robert have just started flowering and the bluebells are just going over. I’ve got some cowslips, bugle and forget-me-nots too. Later the foxgloves, hedge woundwort and honeysuckle will take over. I would dearly love some honesty but the slugs have always decimated it when I’ve tried to grow it. It is very nostalgic for me too, my mum always grew it in the garden and when we were kids my siblings and I used the seed pods as money when we were playing shops 🤣
Hi Nicky, your border sounds perfect. It seems Honesty is nostalgic to many, and for exactly the reason you describe - but yes slugs do like them and it's hit and miss in my garden. Needless to say though you have sufficient nectar sources in the ones you have already. Best wishes, Joel
You're very welcome Sophie, it's great to know more and more people are thinking this way and appreciating our own native wildflowers too :) Best wishes, Joel
Hey Joel! Great info as usual! So lovely to see your Brimstone and for you to hear that peeeep of a swift! Sadly we don't see as many here as we used to but hopefully when the insects start thriving the swifts will too. The red campion pops up everywhere in my garden, mainly due to the children bursting the lovely seed heads! My front garden is pretty shady, North East facing so your recommendations are much appreciated. Hope you're all well. Best wishes.
Hello there :) Thank you, I agree re the insects bringing us more birds, I'm so glad more and more habitats are being made and we have this wonderful community here already. I'm doing fine but a lot of work to get through at this time of year. Not complaining :) Best wishes to you and yours, Joel
All of those are on my favourite list. The Foxgloves come up in different parts of the garden in alternate years. I just leave them to their own, so some years they’re in pots and under the trees as the next year they’ll appear in a border or growing out of larger wall baskets. While the Campion grow in pots here and there. One of the charities I volunteer for, sell bee friendly natives. But come the end of summer, they’ll usually have plants left over. So between the director and myself, we take the ones that the buying public won’t buy, due to the flowers having gone over. And the next year we see what appears. As you say, the Campion will grow just about anywhere. And the rustle of Honest’s pod..
My thoughts exactly Helen, I find lots of empty shells which is unfortunate for the snails of course but means I get to hear song thrushes :) Glad you enjoyed this - have a good day and best wishes to you and yours - Joel
Such a gorgeous choice of plants, all of which bring their own beauty and benefits to our precious and much adored wildlife. I don't have any honesty, so that is a new plant to think about. I'm such a plantaholic. But hey I think that is a healthy and beneficial addiction to own:) Its always so delightful to see all of the wildlife that comes to your garden. I love watching wildlife do its thing, it brings so much joy and never fails to excite and warm your soul. It makes you want to treasure and protect it all the more. Thank you for sharing this lovely video:)
Thank you for more wonderful words Miche, I really do appreciate it. What a fantastic community we have here and it's growing so much, so many more habitats made and I'm so grateful for everyone's encouragement. Best wishes, Joel
@Wild Your Garden with Joel Ashton You deserve to have a lovely channel. I'm so happy that it has grown into something so beautiful, both for yourself and for everyone who loves to come here. Thank you for being the wildlife loving family that you are and for the beautiful things you do to preserve and enhance the environment for our wildlife, so it may keep its place on earth⚘️
Really enjoyed this joel the orangetip butterfly is laying eggs on the garlic mustard here too for the 2nd year running now. Seen them nectaring on the cuckoo flower here too they seem to love this plant 🦋🐸💚🐸
Fantastic - Nikki saw more egg laying yesterday in the garden, but I'm typically miles away! They really do appreciate the cuckoo flower :) Best wishes, Joel
I had a wild pink Lamium purpureum self set in my garden and it’s growing in shade and bloomed profusely, have you seen these? That wild garlic mustard grows all down the fence in my garden as a weed, I’ll be sure to leave it now hearing the orange tips love it. Red campion has taken over part of the woodland border here, I put 4 small plants in last year thinking they’d be a lot smaller!
Red Deadnettle is great, such a good food source and I do plant it when undertaking projects, they're often overlooked I think. Glad you have sufficient garlic mustard for those Orange Tips, they (and other butterflies/insects) will be very grateful :) Best wishes, Joel
Thank you as ever Joel. So glad I’ve discovered this site and your shop which I’m finding really helpful. Might be a very similar line up to this, but would love to see a video on best wildlife plants for side returns.
Does it matter if primroses are growing in longer grass? I planted them on a slope some years back as don't cut the grass often, but it's longer than the primroses. Thanks Joel, as always
Between the back fence and my workshop is a rather shady space around 7m x 0.7m. These plants look like they’d be ideal for it, and I can let it get on with itself. So long as I can still get to the workshop to re-treat the timber every couple of years, I think they’d be perfect.
Thanks Joel - another video causing me to reach for the credit card! I'd like to add a flower that self-seeds here and is always a target for bees in Spring - Lungwort (Pulmonaria). Horrible name but pretty mauve flowers and spotted leaves early in the year.
Absolutely Ray, I planted one at the weekend that my mum donated, lots more recommendations to come - I wanted to keep the plants to a minimum as people had asked for descriptions and what they're good for etc so I hope this helped. Thanks ever so much for your support and encouragement, it does make a difference. All the plants on the website are from the same growers that I have used for the last 18 years, same with the pond supplies etc. Best wishes, Joel
@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton I definitely will! Green finches were feeding in the garden yesterday I haven’t seen them in a while so I was very excited. After a bumper year of frog spawn last year I didn’t get any this spring although there are definitely frogs in the pond, after 16 years should I clear out the pond at the end of the summer ? It’s quite small although it seems healthy. 🤷♀️
@@annahemmings3437 Hi Anna - send an email to me at enquiries@wildyourgarden.com as I'm not far from you and a few photos of the pond might help me with giving advice :) Hope that's ok - best wishes, Joel
I have just the native (UK) ones and they do really well in shade and attract the early flying bee species and Bee-flies that are around in early spring.
I didn’t know red/pink campion & purple honesty existed. I really like white flowers & these come in white. Perhaps it’s time to see the different colours in my small patch.
Thanks for this video, really helpful. One request: if you could reign in the number of digressionsin your videos I think I'd find them more watchable. I find it hard to it hard to stay focused.
Thanks Jonny, wish I could have YT as a "job" but I'm running two businesses and don't have the luxury of scripts when trying to fit filming in and imparting my knowledge and advice to everyone too. Glad it was helpful in parts though :) Best wishes, Joel
I am really struggeling to germinate garlic mustard, in my house, in my conservatory, and in my heated propagator, all from seed (never had this problem excpt for corriador)! Do you have any tips? currently 0 for 60. i really want some!
Hi there - if you are in the UK then we sell it here in plug and pot form: wildyourgarden.com/product/garlic-mustard/ If not then the link will give the latin name - in the UK any seed should be able to be planted directly in the ground about 1cm deep, most seeds like the cold snap over winter, then you will get the basal rosette in the first year and flower in the second. I hope this helps - best wishes, Joel
Haha! Thank you, I think being behind the camera, rather than having to hold up my phone at awkward angles when I'm out and about makes a difference. Been digging a lot of ponds but that's about it - best wishes, Joel
A great shady spot list Joel and although my garden is very small I have many of them....I need a bigger garden 😁. The first sound and sight of returning Swallows, Swifts and Martins is always a yearly highlight 😊. Nikki needs to get with the programme 🤔🤣. Hope you don't read this Nikki 😳.
I was surprised to hear you recommend garlic mustard. I’ve been pulling it after reading how it takes over and doesn’t let native plants grow. The nature conservancy printed an article in 2020 on garlic mustard.
Not in the UK, it's native here but I do understand that in Canada it is viewed as invasive. Here many butterflies rely on it and it's vital for them. I did say at the beginning of the video that native in one country might not be in another etc, but this is good to point out to any Canadian viewers of course. Hope you enjoyed the video other than that. Best wishes - Joel
Yep that one is an invasive in the states too. But all of us should know to double check plant suggestions. I know I do. I love seeing what is going on 'across the pond' I am in the US state of Minnesota. zone 4b/5a for me.
@@tgardenchicken1780 Thank you - you're SO right, plants that are good in one country can be real bad in another and due to YT being worldwide it's ALWAYS best to check against advice readily available on line in your own country :) Best wishes, Joel
Foxglove are my absolute favorite, hands down, I sowed perennial seeds for this yr. I had some reseed late last summer, they're blooming right now 🥰 Love that red campion too, seed pods reminded me of columbine. Funny about honesty, I grew up knowing it as the money plant. You guys have a wonderful weekend.
Thank you Joan, it's difficult to appeal worldwide, but I'm hoping I can broaden things, as I know we have a lot of great members of the community here based in US. Hope you're doing well, best wishes - Joel
Native British not English ,please Joel as, we in Scotland also have wild primroses and cowslips . Apart from that a lovely video! Red campion seeds going in this week.
Sorry Donald! My apologies, a few slip-ups here and there but as I never have time to stop and prepare scripts etc, and am usually out and about/working when I do the videos it's difficult. You're quite right though. Thank you for the support and encouragement too - best wishes, Joel
Perfect timing, I have a shady area that I'm looking to fill out behind my pond. Previously I had lamium (dead nettle) which provided a year round carpet of leaves / flowers, but it seems to have died off, shame as the bees loved it!
Hi Adi, glad this was helpful to you :) Dead Nettle is an annual so do buy some seeds and they should come back as the plant obviously liked the situation once and it's such a good plant for many pollinators. Hope this helps - best wishes, Joel
I've got some silene noctiflora (part of the same family as red campion). Do they ever grow as biennials? I sowed seed last spring ... strong, low leafy growth but no flowers. This year they have shot up to about 50cm so I hope they'll flower this year!
That's brilliant, they're such a good plant - I must admit I've always known them as annuals, but it really does seem like you'll have some this year - I believe they drop seed in autumn and then start forming in spring... but either way do let me know what happens, lots of moths attracted to this of course. Best wishes, Joel
Hi there - here's the native Foxgloves: wildyourgarden.com/product/wild-foxglove/ Red Campion: wildyourgarden.com/product/red-campion/ Garlic Mustard wildyourgarden.com/product/garlic-mustard/ If you wanted to start with seeds, there's also this: wildyourgarden.com/product/hedgerow-seed-mix-100-wildflowers-mix-of-25-different-native-species/ We're always happy to help - just drop us a line at enquiries@wildyourgarden.com. Hope this helps - best wishes, Joel
@Wild Your Garden with Joel Ashton ah thanks mate, for some reason the campions weren't coming up with a search, I have foxgloves already but happy to buy some if they are flowering this year? Atm I have some ready to flower this and next for a good rotation, not after the mustard Garlic as its a bit too big and bush for the area planned
My pleasure Simon - but I don't have scripts and do these videos to help others whilst I'm either out and about or at clients' sites and working or try to fit these in on my weekends "off", particularly at this busiest time of year when I'm usually working 6 days/week. My aim is to help everyone to help nature in their own gardens or greenspaces - much as I'd love to do just UA-cam videos for a "job", it's really not financially viable :) Every detail needed is in my book "Wild Your Garden", available worldwide. Best wishes, Joel
@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Thanks for your speedy reply. I understand you really pack a lot in and your messages are good. I appreciate your advice and the efforts you put in to make gardens a better place for wildlife. Keep it up. Just so you know because of you, I plan to put a Wilding pond in my garden.
I do these videos for free Anne, available to every one. I run two businesses, as well as try to make videos to relay info for those that are genuinely interested. I'd love YT to be a full time "job" but it doesn't pay bills so I fit in videos when I can, I don't have time for scripts either. Cheers anyway.
@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton...and a great job you are doing with the videos too Joel, full of useful information! I like your relaxed, spontaneous presentation and it is ideal for people who want to take their time! Some "hot air" is more useful than other hot air and some people need to chill!! Blessings and peace
@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Hope this was not too upsetting. Those types of coments are uncalled for and typically sting pretty bad. Ignore it if you can. On a positive note: I am putting in ca 1/2 acre of *wildflower meadow* and you are the one that inspired me!!! Seeding begins today :-) .
Thanks for your amazing help in transforming our garden. Our pond and wild flowers have brought an exciting diversity of flora and fauna to our garden.
Thank YOU Christopher, it's so good to know that there are so many more habitats of all sizes being created, each one so important. I really appreciate your generosity, I will ensure this gift goes towards more informative videos :) Have a wonderful weekend, best wishes to you and yours -Joel
Red Campion is THE plant in my garden! It is prolific self-seeding just everywhere from 3 plants 17years ago.
It looks stunning in swathes doesn't it Dorothy, and brightens up the dullest of areas :) Hope you are doing well - best wishes, Joel
Thank you! Could you give a list of the 6 plants BEFORE you embark on the discussion? The said discussion perambulates into an info-commercial etc and it gets a bit much
Hi Joel, glad to say I've got all these plants in my garden. I heard a while back that red campion is so called
because it was named before the word pink was invented. All colours that resembled red, example orange were just known as red as the word orange hadn't been invented either until oranges became widespread & the word orange was invented after the fruit. Of course the word pink came from the ruffles in the pink flower like pinking shears. I'm sure it's on the net somewhere. Thanks for another great vid keep up the great work!
Brilliant, thanks Steve - I didn't know that :) Thanks for being an advocate of these vital plants. Best wishes, Joel
I like seeing the caterpillars inside the seed heads for Campion. There are many species that will work their way inside then feed on the seeds, then emerge from the top when it opens up. Another reason to not be too keen to cut everything down too early.
Absolutely Joe, really important points. Thank you :)
@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton 21:10 Lesser Whitethroat quickly singing. Nice to hear from your garden.
Love the caterpillars in rred campion aswell
Soaking up all the information you pass on in your videos , just brilliant .
Really want to see some orange tips in my garden , they’ve evaded me so far
Thank you - trying to impart as much as I can when I can or when I have the opportunity :) They'll find you with these plants - best wishes, Joel
Very helpful video Joel, I’ve got few shady areas that need filled.
Glad this helped Mark, you'll get visitors for sure :) Best wishes, Joel
I was reassured to hear you say (I think though I am a bit deaf and frequently a bit daft, too!) that seed can lie in the ground for a while before it germinates. sometimes. One of my habits is planting it and then forgetting where it is,, so I am nit sure if it will grow or where to spunkle some more next time! It always fascinates me that wild flowers seem to be able to manage to plant and grow without any problem yet when "Muggins" tries, it is more of a burial, final resting place, procedure than a planting!
Blessings and peace
Garlic mustard, 😱 holy cow, one of the most invasive, noxious weeds in the US. I can’t tell you how many hours of my life I’ve had to waste pulling out this invasive. It can blanket cover acres and acres of land, choke out every single native & isn’t host to a single pollinator in this part of the world. So glad you mentioned the caveat about geography.
Thanks Eryn, this will be helpful to those in countries where it has been introduced and of course invasive. I put caveats in as it would take hour long videos to list the countries where some plants are considered invasive, but I hope my UK accent ensures people stop and think :) Each country will have vital native plants that so many insects depend upon, and Garlic Mustard in the UK and wider Europe is vital for many. Best wishes, Joel
Garlic mustard is rampant in my wooded areas and impossible to totally eliminate. I know because I’ve tried.
Living in Hungary, I could have written the same about horseweed (Erigeron canadensis), or desert false indigo (Amorpha fruticosa), which came from America. ;)
Garlic mustard is edible, so if it spreads too much just eat it 😅
It is classified as noxious weed in Washington State (USA). Sounds like a nightmare :-( .
You’ll be pleased to know Joel I’ve got a healthy array of all the mentioned plants excluding honesty .
Unfortunately last years drought has hit my cowslip and primroses hard with many casualties but on the flip side I think they knew that and this spring I’ve got hundreds of primrose seedlings appearing this spring .
A favourite of mine is wood spurge seems to spread well and it brightens up a dark corner of my garden.
Another enjoyable video 👍
That sounds brilliant Patrick, sorry about the cowslips but what a wonderful reward. Wood spurge, such an overlooked one by many but definitely a good choice :) Thanks for all the encouragement - best wishes, Joel
Some great flowers for sure. On a walk yesterday the pollinators are busy. 😊🌱
Thank you Amir, they really can make such a difference, looking at them it does make me wonder why we ever felt they needed improving with our modern hybrids etc, but that's another story :) Hope you're well, best wishes - Joel
Hi Joel. I've been keeping up with your fab videos even though I've not posted any comments lately. Our garden is in full colour and of course I've got all the plants you mentioned. It has been so wet here I haven't done as much work in the garden as I would have liked. I've had lots of orange tip and holly blue butterflies and have seen a couple of green veined white. I saw the first swifts today on our way back from shopping but they are not in our road yet. I'm hoping they will take a liking to our nest boxes now that we have moved the one we had and added another one. We have been working on land at the tennis club - clearing the ground at the back of the clubhouse, which has been a dumping ground. That is going to be a wild flower area as well as part of the bank and an area of compacted ground that is quite bare at the moment. It's taking a long time as we only do 2/3 hours a week on it but I am hoping we will have some colour this summer. I'm taking seedlings out of my garden which include a few non native annuals but still attract insects and hopefully will look good and prevent people from complaining it looks untidy.
I saw wildlife Kate the other day. We were doing a plant survey on Pipe Green. If you get the chance check out Pipe Green Trust's website.
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Yes!! I’ve been waiting for this one! I’ve just bought some red campion, foxgloves and cowslips. I already have cowslips and they do really well in my back garden. Bought some for the front garden this time. Thank you so much for all your advice and fantastic videos. My gardens are looking better than ever as I learn more and more from your channel 👍🏻👍🏻
Thanks for the great content, I always look forward to your videos. I'm visiting the UK, and walking parts of the southwest coastal footpath near Tintagel. The first 5 plants are all abundantly here. It's amazing, I think I've seen thousands of red champions. I'm also happy to say that I've got all six plants in my garden in the Netherlands. I do have the lunaria rediviva and not the annua. 😊
Hi Caroline! What a fantastic area to walk in, and it's always so good to see these plants thriving without disturbance or being pulled out as "weeds" :) Enjoy your time here, I'm way across in the east so too far for me to bump into you, but who knows one day when I make it to the Netherlands :) Best wishes, Joel
Hi Joel, you've made my day with this video as I have all the plants you've mentioned. Also this week Orange Tip butterflies have been flying around too and yesterday I came across the Cuckoo flower for the first time growing in a field adjoining my garden. I really appreciate the videos you do and I refer to your excellent book all the time for inspiration and ideas, so thank you.
That's such a lovely message Gillian, thank you. I'm so glad the book has been helpful and the further tips here on the channel, it's doing exactly what I had hoped :) Such a great community here - best wishes, Joel
Another great video, thanks Joel! Watching with great interest as we've just put together a volunteer gardening team at work to restore our old 'medicinal garden'. We've decided that we'd like to make it a more wildlife friendly space so now trying to work out what to put in it as it's quite shaded. This video has been great!
Off to check out your wildlife pond videos too as theres also a rather neglected pond in there!
Yeay! Thank you so much. All the best Joel!
Haha :) Thanks Esther, glad this one will be helpful. Hope you're well, best wishes - Joel
I have already got loads of red campion I grew from seed last year
Also did some white but they haven’t appeared yet
I have native foxglove seeds just germinated in the greenhouse
I have run out of planting space but have a great idea to rewild a little used alleyway which runs along the back of our bungalows
@@kevinking7860 Fantastic Kevin, seeing seeds germinate and grow is such a great feeling - and I hope you're able to extend the wilding to the alleyway :) Best wishes, Joel
I looked up garlic mustard, because i wa sthinking of getting it. I read its invasive and that people should stop it spreading. But idk if thats only for certain areas
Hi there, it can spread for sure, but in the UK is often seen (if councils allow!) in verges and is a vital food plant for the Orange Tip butterfly - it can certainly be managed in a garden setting. We do sell it, again if in the UK, on www.wildyourgarden.com. I hope this helps, best wishes - Joel
Thanks for another great video Joel. I’ve got a north facing fence and I’ve planted a border below it with lots of hedgerow plants. At the moment my red campion and herb robert have just started flowering and the bluebells are just going over. I’ve got some cowslips, bugle and forget-me-nots too. Later the foxgloves, hedge woundwort and honeysuckle will take over. I would dearly love some honesty but the slugs have always decimated it when I’ve tried to grow it. It is very nostalgic for me too, my mum always grew it in the garden and when we were kids my siblings and I used the seed pods as money when we were playing shops 🤣
Hi Nicky, your border sounds perfect. It seems Honesty is nostalgic to many, and for exactly the reason you describe - but yes slugs do like them and it's hit and miss in my garden. Needless to say though you have sufficient nectar sources in the ones you have already. Best wishes, Joel
Wonderful content as always. Thank you for everything you do
You're very welcome Sophie, it's great to know more and more people are thinking this way and appreciating our own native wildflowers too :) Best wishes, Joel
Hey Joel! Great info as usual! So lovely to see your Brimstone and for you to hear that peeeep of a swift! Sadly we don't see as many here as we used to but hopefully when the insects start thriving the swifts will too. The red campion pops up everywhere in my garden, mainly due to the children bursting the lovely seed heads! My front garden is pretty shady, North East facing so your recommendations are much appreciated. Hope you're all well. Best wishes.
Hello there :) Thank you, I agree re the insects bringing us more birds, I'm so glad more and more habitats are being made and we have this wonderful community here already. I'm doing fine but a lot of work to get through at this time of year. Not complaining :) Best wishes to you and yours, Joel
All of those are on my favourite list. The Foxgloves come up in different parts of the garden in alternate years. I just leave them to their own, so some years they’re in pots and under the trees as the next year they’ll appear in a border or growing out of larger wall baskets.
While the Campion grow in pots here and there. One of the charities I volunteer for, sell bee friendly natives. But come the end of summer, they’ll usually have plants left over. So between the director and myself, we take the ones that the buying public won’t buy, due to the flowers having gone over. And the next year we see what appears. As you say, the Campion will grow just about anywhere.
And the rustle of Honest’s pod..
Anyway the thrushes love the snails, another great video.
My thoughts exactly Helen, I find lots of empty shells which is unfortunate for the snails of course but means I get to hear song thrushes :) Glad you enjoyed this - have a good day and best wishes to you and yours - Joel
Such a gorgeous choice of plants, all of which bring their own beauty and benefits to our precious and much adored wildlife. I don't have any honesty, so that is a new plant to think about. I'm such a plantaholic. But hey I think that is a healthy and beneficial addiction to own:) Its always so delightful to see all of the wildlife that comes to your garden. I love watching wildlife do its thing, it brings so much joy and never fails to excite and warm your soul. It makes you want to treasure and protect it all the more.
Thank you for sharing this lovely video:)
Thank you for more wonderful words Miche, I really do appreciate it. What a fantastic community we have here and it's growing so much, so many more habitats made and I'm so grateful for everyone's encouragement. Best wishes, Joel
@Wild Your Garden with Joel Ashton You deserve to have a lovely channel. I'm so happy that it has grown into something so beautiful, both for yourself and for everyone who loves to come here. Thank you for being the wildlife loving family that you are and for the beautiful things you do to preserve and enhance the environment for our wildlife, so it may keep its place on earth⚘️
Really enjoyed this joel the orangetip butterfly is laying eggs on the garlic mustard here too for the 2nd year running now. Seen them nectaring on the cuckoo flower here too they seem to love this plant 🦋🐸💚🐸
Fantastic - Nikki saw more egg laying yesterday in the garden, but I'm typically miles away! They really do appreciate the cuckoo flower :) Best wishes, Joel
I had a wild pink Lamium purpureum self set in my garden and it’s growing in shade and bloomed profusely, have you seen these? That wild garlic mustard grows all down the fence in my garden as a weed, I’ll be sure to leave it now hearing the orange tips love it. Red campion has taken over part of the woodland border here, I put 4 small plants in last year thinking they’d be a lot smaller!
Red Deadnettle is great, such a good food source and I do plant it when undertaking projects, they're often overlooked I think. Glad you have sufficient garlic mustard for those Orange Tips, they (and other butterflies/insects) will be very grateful :) Best wishes, Joel
Thank you as ever Joel. So glad I’ve discovered this site and your shop which I’m finding really helpful.
Might be a very similar line up to this, but would love to see a video on best wildlife plants for side returns.
Does it matter if primroses are growing in longer grass? I planted them on a slope some years back as don't cut the grass often, but it's longer than the primroses.
Thanks Joel, as always
Between the back fence and my workshop is a rather shady space around 7m x 0.7m. These plants look like they’d be ideal for it, and I can let it get on with itself. So long as I can still get to the workshop to re-treat the timber every couple of years, I think they’d be perfect.
Absolutely they will :) They'll die down in late autumn/winter of course so hopefully you can carry out maintenance then. Best wishes - Joel
Thanks Joel, brilliant vids as always
Yippee! Thank you for this video. 😁
You're welcome Rose :)
Thanks Joel - another video causing me to reach for the credit card! I'd like to add a flower that self-seeds here and is always a target for bees in Spring - Lungwort (Pulmonaria). Horrible name but pretty mauve flowers and spotted leaves early in the year.
Absolutely Ray, I planted one at the weekend that my mum donated, lots more recommendations to come - I wanted to keep the plants to a minimum as people had asked for descriptions and what they're good for etc so I hope this helped. Thanks ever so much for your support and encouragement, it does make a difference. All the plants on the website are from the same growers that I have used for the last 18 years, same with the pond supplies etc. Best wishes, Joel
What a great job Joel
Love this channel 🥰
💗 watching this, so very interesting 🤔. Looking 👍🏻 & ❤️ the 🐞 🐜 house with the 🐝 taking up residence quickly 💨
More updates to come Janie, but glad you enjoyed this :) Best wishes, Joel
Loved the information thank you ! Xx
Let me know if you see any Orange Tips or Brimstone Anna :)
@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton I definitely will! Green finches were feeding in the garden yesterday I haven’t seen them in a while so I was very excited. After a bumper year of frog spawn last year I didn’t get any this spring although there are definitely frogs in the pond, after 16 years should I clear out the pond at the end of the summer ? It’s quite small although it seems healthy. 🤷♀️
@@annahemmings3437 Hi Anna - send an email to me at enquiries@wildyourgarden.com as I'm not far from you and a few photos of the pond might help me with giving advice :) Hope that's ok - best wishes, Joel
Primroses come in so many colours - are they all equally as good or do some colours attract more insects than others?
I have just the native (UK) ones and they do really well in shade and attract the early flying bee species and Bee-flies that are around in early spring.
I didn’t know red/pink campion & purple honesty existed. I really like white flowers & these come in white. Perhaps it’s time to see the different colours in my small patch.
Great video! I have just ordered some campion seeds. I have never tried them in the past because I did not think they grow well in clay soil
I have clay soil Verity and the Red Campion are thriving and spreading 👍😊
Thanks for this video, really helpful. One request: if you could reign in the number of digressionsin your videos I think I'd find them more watchable. I find it hard to it hard to stay focused.
Thanks Jonny, wish I could have YT as a "job" but I'm running two businesses and don't have the luxury of scripts when trying to fit filming in and imparting my knowledge and advice to everyone too. Glad it was helpful in parts though :) Best wishes, Joel
I am really struggeling to germinate garlic mustard, in my house, in my conservatory, and in my heated propagator, all from seed (never had this problem excpt for corriador)! Do you have any tips? currently 0 for 60. i really want some!
Hi there - if you are in the UK then we sell it here in plug and pot form:
wildyourgarden.com/product/garlic-mustard/
If not then the link will give the latin name - in the UK any seed should be able to be planted directly in the ground about 1cm deep, most seeds like the cold snap over winter, then you will get the basal rosette in the first year and flower in the second. I hope this helps - best wishes, Joel
Have you been going to the gym Joel? You are looking well!
Haha! Thank you, I think being behind the camera, rather than having to hold up my phone at awkward angles when I'm out and about makes a difference. Been digging a lot of ponds but that's about it - best wishes, Joel
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A great shady spot list Joel and although my garden is very small I have many of them....I need a bigger garden 😁. The first sound and sight of returning Swallows, Swifts and Martins is always a yearly highlight 😊. Nikki needs to get with the programme 🤔🤣. Hope you don't read this Nikki 😳.
I was surprised to hear you recommend garlic mustard. I’ve been pulling it after reading how it takes over and doesn’t let native plants grow. The nature conservancy printed an article in 2020 on garlic mustard.
Not in the UK, it's native here but I do understand that in Canada it is viewed as invasive. Here many butterflies rely on it and it's vital for them. I did say at the beginning of the video that native in one country might not be in another etc, but this is good to point out to any Canadian viewers of course. Hope you enjoyed the video other than that. Best wishes - Joel
Yep that one is an invasive in the states too. But all of us should know to double check plant suggestions. I know I do. I love seeing what is going on 'across the pond' I am in the US state of Minnesota. zone 4b/5a for me.
@@tgardenchicken1780 Thank you - you're SO right, plants that are good in one country can be real bad in another and due to YT being worldwide it's ALWAYS best to check against advice readily available on line in your own country :) Best wishes, Joel
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Thank you Kevin, I hope you know how grateful I am. Best wishes, Joel
Sorry its not as much as I’d like to donate but most of my money goes on my pond build and seeds lol
You won’t be surprised to know I have all of these in my garden. Regards
I'm not! ;) I know you know the value of all these plants already - thank you, best wishes - Joel
Foxglove are my absolute favorite, hands down, I sowed perennial seeds for this yr. I had some reseed late last summer, they're blooming right now 🥰 Love that red campion too, seed pods reminded me of columbine. Funny about honesty, I grew up knowing it as the money plant. You guys have a wonderful weekend.
nope, none of those work in Texas but it is nice to hear about them anyway.
Thank you Joan, it's difficult to appeal worldwide, but I'm hoping I can broaden things, as I know we have a lot of great members of the community here based in US. Hope you're doing well, best wishes - Joel
Native British not English ,please Joel as, we in Scotland also have wild primroses and cowslips . Apart from that a lovely video! Red campion seeds going in this week.
Sorry Donald! My apologies, a few slip-ups here and there but as I never have time to stop and prepare scripts etc, and am usually out and about/working when I do the videos it's difficult. You're quite right though. Thank you for the support and encouragement too - best wishes, Joel
Perfect timing, I have a shady area that I'm looking to fill out behind my pond. Previously I had lamium (dead nettle) which provided a year round carpet of leaves / flowers, but it seems to have died off, shame as the bees loved it!
Hi Adi, glad this was helpful to you :) Dead Nettle is an annual so do buy some seeds and they should come back as the plant obviously liked the situation once and it's such a good plant for many pollinators. Hope this helps - best wishes, Joel
I've got some silene noctiflora (part of the same family as red campion). Do they ever grow as biennials? I sowed seed last spring ... strong, low leafy growth but no flowers. This year they have shot up to about 50cm so I hope they'll flower this year!
That's brilliant, they're such a good plant - I must admit I've always known them as annuals, but it really does seem like you'll have some this year - I believe they drop seed in autumn and then start forming in spring... but either way do let me know what happens, lots of moths attracted to this of course. Best wishes, Joel
I can't find any of these on the website
Hi there - here's the native Foxgloves:
wildyourgarden.com/product/wild-foxglove/
Red Campion:
wildyourgarden.com/product/red-campion/
Garlic Mustard
wildyourgarden.com/product/garlic-mustard/
If you wanted to start with seeds, there's also this:
wildyourgarden.com/product/hedgerow-seed-mix-100-wildflowers-mix-of-25-different-native-species/
We're always happy to help - just drop us a line at enquiries@wildyourgarden.com.
Hope this helps - best wishes, Joel
@Wild Your Garden with Joel Ashton ah thanks mate, for some reason the campions weren't coming up with a search, I have foxgloves already but happy to buy some if they are flowering this year? Atm I have some ready to flower this and next for a good rotation, not after the mustard Garlic as its a bit too big and bush for the area planned
Thank you for this information but sometimes could you stay more focused on the subject advice. Or after do a summary.
My pleasure Simon - but I don't have scripts and do these videos to help others whilst I'm either out and about or at clients' sites and working or try to fit these in on my weekends "off", particularly at this busiest time of year when I'm usually working 6 days/week. My aim is to help everyone to help nature in their own gardens or greenspaces - much as I'd love to do just UA-cam videos for a "job", it's really not financially viable :) Every detail needed is in my book "Wild Your Garden", available worldwide. Best wishes, Joel
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Thanks for your speedy reply. I understand you really pack a lot in and your messages are good. I appreciate your advice and the efforts you put in to make gardens a better place for wildlife. Keep it up. Just so you know because of you, I plan to put a Wilding pond in my garden.
My god 8 minutes and you are just getting to plant #2. Geez, lot of hot air.
I do these videos for free Anne, available to every one. I run two businesses, as well as try to make videos to relay info for those that are genuinely interested. I'd love YT to be a full time "job" but it doesn't pay bills so I fit in videos when I can, I don't have time for scripts either. Cheers anyway.
@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton...and a great job you are doing with the videos too Joel, full of useful information! I like your relaxed, spontaneous presentation and it is ideal for people who want to take their time! Some "hot air" is more useful than other hot air and some people need to chill!!
Blessings and peace
WOW. 😞
@@WildYourGardenWithJoelAshton Hope this was not too upsetting. Those types of coments are uncalled for and typically sting pretty bad. Ignore it if you can.
On a positive note: I am putting in ca 1/2 acre of *wildflower meadow* and you are the one that inspired me!!! Seeding begins today :-) .
@@myggggeneration Good luck with the seeding! I hope you have half an acre of bees and butterflies coming to it soon.
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Thank you Sophie, so much. I really do appreciate your generosity, it will help the channel for sure and I'm very grateful. Best wishes, Joel
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Thank you so much - I really appreciate your generosity. Best wishes - Joel
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Thank you Dorothy, I really appreciate this gift and your generosity, it means a lot :) Best wishes, Joel
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