We native plant gardeners need a superior spokesperson for what we do to meet the quality of other non native shows such as Garden Answer. I’m a centrist on native planting meaning to get more people planting more natives we need to make it OK to still plant non natives they love ( excluding invasives). We need to show people we can have beautiful gardens versus the common myth that all native gardens are messy. Without droning on I feel you could be such a person.
I had a big area on hill that I needed filled in, plants with rhizomes came in handy. Plus they competed with the naturally growing hay scented fern, which spreads aggressively by rhizomes and helped keep it contained. Bee balm, skull cap, obedient plant, mountain mint ( have many varieties some more aggressive then others) are a few I used. Plus I just found American Lily of the Valley at my native nursery, I was told it’s not as aggressive as the non native one. I just put it in this year so will see how it goes.
Hillsides can absolutely be tough to work with sometimes, and so an aggressive-rhizome plant is a great idea -- does all the work for you! I'll be interested to hear how that American Lily of the Valley does! What's the scientific name name on that?
@@nativeflowerpower9942 after finding a broken tag with the last half of name I did some research and found full scientific name Convallaria majuscula.
We native plant gardeners need a superior spokesperson for what we do to meet the quality of other non native shows such as Garden Answer. I’m a centrist on native planting meaning to get more people planting more natives we need to make it OK to still plant non natives they love ( excluding invasives). We need to show people we can have beautiful gardens versus the common myth that all native gardens are messy. Without droning on I feel you could be such a person.
Well I appreciate you saying this. I'm glad (most) of my videos are landing in some positive way to help get people oriented around native plants.
I had a big area on hill that I needed filled in, plants with rhizomes came in handy. Plus they competed with the naturally growing hay scented fern, which spreads aggressively by rhizomes and helped keep it contained. Bee balm, skull cap, obedient plant, mountain mint ( have many varieties some more aggressive then others) are a few I used. Plus I just found American Lily of the Valley at my native nursery, I was told it’s not as aggressive as the non native one. I just put it in this year so will see how it goes.
Hillsides can absolutely be tough to work with sometimes, and so an aggressive-rhizome plant is a great idea -- does all the work for you! I'll be interested to hear how that American Lily of the Valley does! What's the scientific name name on that?
@@nativeflowerpower9942 after finding a broken tag with the last half of name I did some research and found full scientific name Convallaria majuscula.