Great video. Very informative I bought 5.7 acres just to plant native pollinator plants on. It is a previous horse pasture. I mowed to help control the non native grasses. And planted plugs that I have grown or bought cheaply. It is getting better every year. I love it. I plan to start burning small areas this year.

Question: The tip about mowing once every three years (or at most, once yearly) was very helpful. I was hoping to hear what time of year would be best. Thanks! Great video.

Start small with, “pods.” Mow lawn very short then cover with six sheets of wet newspaper. Some compost or mulch and plant! Use the lawn as your paths.

Thank you Lourdes!

@NativePlantChannel

Ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Outstanding presentation by Dr. Johnson. Thank you.

please more on which flowers in the earliest season, winter, late winter, early spring - plants that are good for the birds, bees and butterflies etc, thank you!

Your video is very helpful and encouraging. Now to get started. ha ha ha Thanks so much.

@NativePlantChannel

Ай бұрын

You can do it!

Perfect timing as I’m in the beginning of starting a small meadow in my yard. Thank you for the very helpful information. 🌿

Meadows are cool. Thanks for the tour and info.

Great video, really helpful. You have a lovely presenting style and I also love the funny collaboration with Gardner Scott. Keep them coming.

@JohnScott-ru4ny

8 ай бұрын

Yes dear it's really a wonderful video , it's well explain, we're you watching from?

Very informative. Thanks for sharing.

@JohnScott-ru4ny

8 ай бұрын

It's really a nice video with great info , we're you watching?

nice video. good info.thank you

@JohnScott-ru4ny

8 ай бұрын

Yeah dear it's really a nice video, we're you watching from?

I started native gardening 6 years ago. Eastern Wa. Last year I was noticing my asters were being attacked by a inch worm. I took a plant to my local extension office, They identified it as a non-native sunflower moth (Homoesoma ellectellum) They told me the only way to treat them was a professional insecticide person (although not strongly because of them harm to pollinators) This year though, the sunflower moths seem to be especially damaging. All over all asters species I have in my garden. Do you think I have any predators that are benefiting from the sunflower moth caterpillars, such as wasps or native birds? My extension office was not sure if this moth had a native or non-native existing predator.

@asfd74

11 ай бұрын

In my uneducated opinion, if the caterpillar doesn't have a warning color like orange and it's not poisonous, a caterpillar is a caterpillar and birds will eat them. Focus on the good things. Diseases and pests go in cycles so another year there should be less. I had lots of non native aphids this year in the spring, but no permanent harm was done.

Been doing mine for 3 years now and it looks awful. I have E. Fistulosum and there’s not a drop of purple/pink on it. It’s just a dirty gray. Also my wild bergamot is covered with powdery mildew. It’s infested with hog peanut and wild strawberries.😢

@sauconygirl

10 ай бұрын

Sounds like you have quite a wet meadow. Have you tried creating swales and berms so that some plants can be wetter and some can be dryer as they prefer? It can be as easy as following the lie of the land, digging a few small ditches and piling the dirt on the downhill side. I might try swamp milkweed and iris in the swales and move the joe pye weed to the berms.

The lady being interviewed sounds so apologetic, like she doesnt like thr meadow. Girl, grass flowers are beautiful, pump it up.

@theuerlings1342

3 ай бұрын

She sounds like that on all.her videos. She is awesome. Watch more of the Native plant Channel.videos. She is very active on educating on native plants