I love the spotted bee balm that I got as a seedling from you! It did so well in a sunny spot in my garden this past summer, and I am planting it again in another part of my garden for next summer!
@TheSuburbanGardenista2 күн бұрын
@@claudiagiselle I'm so glad it worked out so well for you! I love spotted bee balm and am trying to find the best spot in my garden for it too!
@kevanmarshall57952 күн бұрын
Great advice! Thank you for helping us save seeds!!!
@TheSuburbanGardenista2 күн бұрын
Thanks so much for watching! I'm so glad it was helpful to you! 💚
@TheSuburbanGardenista2 күн бұрын
For a full tutorial on collecting lupine seeds, click here next! kzbin.info/www/bejne/aGWYmICbpqd5ZqM Thanks for watching! 💚
@MeCom323 күн бұрын
SWAMP MILKWEED. BUTTERFLYS ARE SWEET.
@TheSuburbanGardenista3 күн бұрын
@@MeCom32 I love swamp milkweed! Not only is it a host plant for the monarchs, but it supports so many pollinators, and smells as sweet as candy! 💚 This is definitely on my favourites list!!
@taravanderlinde3 күн бұрын
I wish I knew why my service berries were also trying to die out. I thought they would be hardier.
@TheSuburbanGardenista3 күн бұрын
I know! I think mine are just taking a bit of time to find the right spot. I don't baby my new plants as much as I probably should. I also think that the shock of replanting after living in a bucket for years was too much for my one plant. I got smaller plants from @ontarionativeplants8411 (rather than a larger shrub I got from another nursery) and those are the ones that are happiest right now (the one in the wetter spot especially). I hope you have better success than me!!
@PlantRelated4 күн бұрын
thank you for this video!! I absolutely love that you show the seedheads close up. how cool and unfurling! many plants have Dispersing mechanism. I cannot believe the ingenuity and intelligence of plants, love your videos
@TheSuburbanGardenista4 күн бұрын
@@PlantRelated I find it quite interesting how some plants hold their seeds like a little package and others release them without a chance to catch them (or for a critter to eat them up). These release them in such a beautiful way! I'm glad it was helpful to you! Thank you for watching and for the kind compliments! 💚
@PlantRelated4 күн бұрын
Arrowwood viburnum, silky dogwood, red osier dogwood, old field goldenrod, white yarrow, snakeroot, golden groundsel and golden Alexander. Common milkweed, liatris, trout Lily, Turks cap lily ❤
@TheSuburbanGardenista4 күн бұрын
@@PlantRelated a great list! Many of which I need to add to my collection! Thank you for playing 💚
@kathyhicks48074 күн бұрын
Showy goldenrod is a beautiful shade of yellow, attracts so many bees, and stays in a nice 1-3 ft high clump-doesn’t spread like Canada goldenrod. Very easy to grow.
@TheSuburbanGardenista4 күн бұрын
Oh, I will have to add this to my list! I have zigzag goldenrod and Canada goldenrod (I let a few volunteers grow each year), but not this one yet - I will have to add it to my collection! Thanks! 💚
@kevanmarshall57954 күн бұрын
Smooth Blue aster! What a tough little plant!! Keep saving the world gardenista! Happy 2025
@TheSuburbanGardenista4 күн бұрын
@@kevanmarshall5795 love that plant! Great suggestion! And thanks for your support 💚 Happy 2025 to you too! 🎉
@TheSuburbanGardenista4 күн бұрын
I'll start! I am loving my prairie smoke - it is super resilient, is happy in my dry boulevard garden, likes sun, but can handle part sun, and looks super cool both in flower and with its wispy seed heads. Native range: Canada: Alberta, Manitoba, Ontario, and Saskatchewan United States: Arizona, California, Colorado, Iowa, Idaho, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, Montana, North Dakota, New Mexico, Nevada, New York, Oregon, South Dakota, Utah, Washington, Wisconsin, and Wyoming
@vhu395tgo6 күн бұрын
Omg, lmao!!!
@TheSuburbanGardenista6 күн бұрын
@@vhu395tgo lol it's my best angle haha
@thegardenfix6 күн бұрын
Now that may be more impressive than your green thumb 😂
@TheSuburbanGardenista6 күн бұрын
@@thegardenfix lol I better step up my game!!
@squirrelsarepeopletoo66786 күн бұрын
I'm a day late on the Merry Christmas, but Happy New Year 84 days till spring !!!
@TheSuburbanGardenista6 күн бұрын
@@squirrelsarepeopletoo6678 happy new year to you too! I can't wait! Hope you have some good planty resolutions!
@PlantRelated11 күн бұрын
im keeping garlic mustard in my yard until the natives get bigger, spread, and replace it. I Need roots in the soil at all times.
@TheSuburbanGardenista11 күн бұрын
Eek - garlic mustard actually makes the ground inhospitable to other plants - you may want to choose another plant to grow as a filler - or maybe some annuals. I also put pots of flowers around sometimes to fill in gaps as other plants grow or I move things around. Here's a clip for info - I put a ton of info in the description too kzbin.info/www/bejne/fn28k5utYqaVg6csi=JjHetnvK-ZIbuVq6
@PlantRelated11 күн бұрын
that fuzzy plant at timestamp 5:03 is a foxglove
@TheSuburbanGardenista11 күн бұрын
Cool, thanks! 💚 I did leave this one, so maybe next year we'll get some flowers!
@PlantRelated11 күн бұрын
I love to see how each plant looks month to month. now that it's snowing outside, I can plan, get seeds, and transplant what I have. Thank you for your awesome walk throughs, im learning a lot. love your garden
@TheSuburbanGardenista10 күн бұрын
I'm so glad my videos are helpful for you - that's exactly my intention: to see how each plant grows over the whole season to help plan, prepare, and identify each plant as they grow and develop. I'm so glad that's how you're using them, and so glad to hear you're expanding your native plant garden! I'm still learning as I go, but I'm hooked now! I have some great books to recommend if you're interested too - I've got a highlight in Instagram called "Good Reads" if you'd like some recommendations. Happy planning and happy gardening - and happy holidays too! 💚
@PlantRelated11 күн бұрын
I hear birch trees drop their leaves much earlier than others, they bloom earlier than other trees too
@TheSuburbanGardenista10 күн бұрын
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 🤞🏼
@PlantRelated11 күн бұрын
oh wow ive never heard of Wild Basil!
@TheSuburbanGardenista10 күн бұрын
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!
@PlantRelated11 күн бұрын
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
@TheSuburbanGardenista10 күн бұрын
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! 💚
@PlantRelated11 күн бұрын
love the white obedient plant right there!
@TheSuburbanGardenista9 күн бұрын
Isn't it funny how one plant can take on different variations?!
@PlantRelated11 күн бұрын
love this!!!
@TheSuburbanGardenista19 күн бұрын
I wish I could've captured what it was truly like - it was magical! ✨
@PlantRelated19 күн бұрын
I absolutely love your videos and thank you for mentioning how good some the native plants smell. The milkweed, New Jersey tea, they smell so good and people don't typically advertise that! that's a huge selling point in addition to plants being native for me
@TheSuburbanGardenista19 күн бұрын
@@PlantRelated aww, thank you so much! I'm so happy to hear that you enjoy them! I'm trying to be helpful and to help people see all the benefits of native plants and how they can definitely work in home gardens. I feel that some people think they are just messy and out of control, but there are so many that are well behaved, beautiful and have so many other benefits too (including great smell!). So glad that I'm preaching to the choir with you! I look forward to learning from you as well! 💚
@TheSuburbanGardenista19 күн бұрын
@@PlantRelated ps. This is the video I'm most proud of, if you'd like to give it a watch 💚 I made it as part of my pollinator stewardship certification from pollinator partnership Canada - I'd love to hear your thoughts 🙂 kzbin.info/www/bejne/fZuYdnqgnpl7fpIsi=qNLFHk3Po7uirElY
@PlantRelated19 күн бұрын
I love all the logs you have in the garden, they're nice aesthetically and im sure are a great habitat for little insects etc. love your garden, can't wait for April lol
@TheSuburbanGardenista19 күн бұрын
@@PlantRelated thank you! They definitely have many benefits - including attracting fireflies! And it's SO easy - just plop it down and go! Lol I also find that it helps to build dimension and interest in the garden design (I hide spring bulbs behind them so they hide their foliage as they fade, etc). Thank you for the compliments for my garden - it's a work in progress! 💚
@PlantRelated22 күн бұрын
I Love the logs and brush you have in the back of your shady garden. I like to do the same, throw clippings and stems and garden stuff at the back of the border to let it break down.
@TheSuburbanGardenista22 күн бұрын
Thanks so much! That spot is my attempt at a "pollinator pile" where I do exactly that - throw spent stems in hopes that pollinators will make a home in them as they break down over time. I'm hoping the plants in front will hide them over time, but happy to hear that it looks purposeful! I've added a bunch of larger logs to add to the biodiversity too - and I think it looks nice! Thanks so much for watching and for the kind comment! 💚
@thatclothgirl23 күн бұрын
So pretty!
@TheSuburbanGardenista22 күн бұрын
Agreed! 💚 I was so happy to find them!
@thatclothgirl23 күн бұрын
😂😂😂
@thatclothgirl23 күн бұрын
Perfect music for that lil inchworm!
@TheSuburbanGardenista23 күн бұрын
@@thatclothgirl 💚🎶🐛 he's the cutest little thing!
@thatclothgirl23 күн бұрын
I’m curious about your fall sowing station…
@TheSuburbanGardenista23 күн бұрын
@@thatclothgirl what would you like to know? 😊
@thatclothgirl26 күн бұрын
Thank you! I harvested hundreds of obedient plant seeds this fall. Some for me, and the rest I’ll pop in little envelopes for my Little Library! 🌱
@TheSuburbanGardenista26 күн бұрын
@@thatclothgirl that's wonderful! The more native plants out there, the better! I have a little lending library too - I will totally do that too! Thanks for the inspiration! Thank you for watching and for the comment! 💚
@PlantNative28 күн бұрын
Prairie Moon Nursery has a video of the seed pods popping and the seeds shoot all over. Sounds like popcorn popping.
@TheSuburbanGardenista27 күн бұрын
Too funny! I will have to look that up! 💚
@TheSuburbanGardenista29 күн бұрын
Seed saving is a great way to make many more plants for no cost at all. Check out this playlist for more seed saving tips! kzbin.info/aero/PLeoHxWcr88xp0Z46Qnabdz8ge5hE8K1YN Thanks for watching! 💚
@izzyhendrix2651Ай бұрын
The white coating on your bramble is completely normal! That's what they do, it's not a disease :)
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
I'm so glad! I had a feeling, but wasn't sure - thank you for confirming!
@thegardenfixАй бұрын
Maybe we'll have a relatively short winter and we won't have to wait very long to see some Happy Spring blooms. 😊
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
@@thegardenfix part of me wishes for the same, the other part is very excited for some snow ☃️☃️☃️
@thegardenfixАй бұрын
@TheSuburbanGardenista yeah, I hear you. But, come mid january, that pretty snow gets a little old. 😄
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
Fair enough! 🥶
@kevanmarshall5795Ай бұрын
I like the holiday additions!
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
@@kevanmarshall5795 thanks! It's my incredible husband who sets it all up! 💚
@awildapproachАй бұрын
Oh man, what a great idea, the goldenrod and blue lobelia together! :)
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
You can thank mother nature for that - or the squirrels! I entirely agree though - I've snipped down the golden rod (rather than hauling out the whole plant) in hopes that it comes back alongside the great blue lobelia again next year! Thanks for watching and for the comment! 💚
@thegardenfixАй бұрын
What a pain. I'm glad I don't have this to deal with.
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
@@thegardenfix Hallelujah!! It's a bully of a beast!
@marky3131Ай бұрын
Good on you for getting rid of the tree. It is far easier, and safe for u and the environment to just cut part of the stump down to live wood and, within ten mins ‘paint’ the stump with at least a 20% solution of glysophate. Given where u are u can also paint those small branches after u cut them. Hopefully your method will work at this point. But really happy with your efforts.
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
Interesting - I will have to look into this. I'm trying to stay chemical free - especially by the water source, but I will do some research and learn more. Thanks so much for taking the time to watch my little video and for the suggestion too! 💚
@marky3131Ай бұрын
@ understood but without some chems people will get frustrated with regrowth. And this is highly targeted use. U r literally just painted in the stump with a brush. Not a foliage spray. And it affects nothing around the tree or bush. Google it and u can see different ways people do it. Best of luck
@garylythe5438Ай бұрын
Yay for getting rid of buckthorn! I've gotten rid of several large ones on my property (and just over the fence on my neighbour's property). I've found that you don't have to worry too much about the branches you cut off - I've never had any root and I just leave them in a pile. Also, an alternative to covering the stump is to just remove those new branches as they appear. I cut the tree, then once or twice I remove the branches from the stump like you did and that usually does it. One tree I removed was growing through the chain link fence, so I could only cut it off at the top of the fence, leaving about 4 feet remaining. It was multi-trunk with about 6 or 8 trunks. It resprouted, like yours, but I pulled those sprouts off twice that summer and it didn't come back after the winter. When I remove the sprouts, I try to pull them off by pulling downwards. That removes the sprout and some of the bark, discouraging it to resprout at the same spot. If I can't pull it off, or if there are a bunch of sprouts at the same point, I cut off the whole nub as close to the bark as I can get. I saw that your pruners were anvil pruners and I find that bypass pruners work better - they let you get closer to the bark (and when you are pruning a plant that you want to keep, bypass pruners don't crush the branch). Hope that helps and keep up the good work!
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
This is super helpful and encouraging! I hope I can contain my buckthorn battle, and that yours is over and done with too! Thank you for the tips and for the suggestion on a new tool - adding that to my Christmas wishlist now!! It's always helpful to know what works best for folks - especially when I've pretty much inherited most of my tools from others! Thanks again! 💚
@PerspectiveEngineerАй бұрын
Let me try this again. What do you want to do is drill a hole into that stump a 1 inch to half inch hole as far down as the auger will go butterfly did whatever you want to use Can you fill that hole full of sodium nitrate Then you wait until the spring You you in till everything dries out a little bit And you can pour a little sodium nitrate maybe a little gun powder Back into that hole In the stump At this point it should become a fuse. Use a small amount of caution because there will be a fire involved in the lighting this probably with some kind of propane torch Do you like that sucker on fire gun powder if you choose to use it will spark idea and if not the sodium nitrate will spark a bit and that's not cool turned into a giant use burn in the ground which you must take caution on keeping an ion him make sure he doesn't catch the forest on fire this is how you get rid of locus and any other gosh darn tree and has suckers coming up everywhere. Anyway I got this information from the book from 1925 so what do I know.... bl
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
Interesting - I've never heard of that, and have no idea where to get gun powder lol thanks for the suggestion, but I'm trying to stay chemical free 💚
@PerspectiveEngineerАй бұрын
@@TheSuburbanGardenista Well the sodium nitrate Is is a common fertilizer Easily pick up at the farm store or local garden center maybe not so easily anymore. You might just have to sign a list That you bought it. Did it it is a key component in gun powder. fuses. Charcoal and sulfur will get your gun powder. But yeah I do think it was an Audels Gardening and fruit tree maintenance four part series for books from 1924. The other great back they got from those books was that if you just turn your soil about 10 inches deep you don't need to fertilize. But that could be a very big hole 10 inches deep. Thanks have fun
@PerspectiveEngineerАй бұрын
@@TheSuburbanGardenista there is also the Cayenne pepper balm for moles if you haven't heard of that one. Fill a sock stuff in the hole Lite it Apparently nobody likes getting maced
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
@@PerspectiveEngineer 😳 holy moly! Things I never thought I'd be looking into! Thanks for the info!!
@PerspectiveEngineerАй бұрын
0:46 what you do do is your drill a 1 inch or a three-quarter inch pole down as far as you can as that stub till it was sodium nitrate and wait till the spring when the weather dries out Kapalua gun powder in there and legs are on fire and watch that root burn deep into the ground
@PerspectiveEngineerАй бұрын
It is almost impossible to add it on KZbin these days😂
@PerspectiveEngineerАй бұрын
Do not for the love of God ever shop at Michael's that advertise on this video podcast thing Michael's crafts is a holy on subsidiary of ____ in my opinion
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
Lol funny enough, I think KZbin targets the ads based on what it thinks you'll like - looks like they got that wrong for you!!
@Raul28153Ай бұрын
use Triclopr 4 mixed with methylated Seed oil in a Kerosene carrier. A wee skosh goes a very long way. You can use a hand sprayer , or a brush for surgical precision. The seed oil makes it penetrate bark. Takes a few weeks they woody bush / tree just dies. You can drill a one inch hole in the stump and fill that with salt. Chlorine does it too. Cover the filled stump with aluminum foil to keep rain off.
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
Interesting - thanks for the suggestions - I'll look into them 💚
@greggorr314Ай бұрын
Wow... That's pretty growth. And the stump? A heavy chain, an old flat spare, a trailer hitch & a car to pull them all with. Tire translates the horizontal pull to mostly vertical. Be sure to get the chain tight before you go heavy on the gas.
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
Great idea! I hope others will be able to use this method to help haul bigger trees out of the ground! Unfortunately no vehicles will be able to access this space, so I'm outta luck! Thanks for watching and for the idea for others! 💚
@jeil5676Ай бұрын
I dont see how covering the stump in the fall is gonna do much when the plant is going dormant and dropping leaves anyways. Might be a better idea in the spring. If theres a lot of energy stored in a big root system, its likely to sprout around the base of the stump too. In many places buckthorn has completely taken over the understory and its a big problem as nothing else will grow there. At some point you may have to accept that the only way to prevent this is through chemical management. Hopefully your strategy works and it doesnt come to that.
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
@@jeil5676 fair point for sure - I forgot to mention that I'll be leaving the bag on for 1-2 years (and replace if necessary). I'll add that to the comments too. I am expecting growth from the base unfortunately. I'll have to devise a bit of a skirt, but I think it'll get washed away in this location. I might just have to clip away as necessary. Thank you for your comment and for watching my little video! 💚
@stevezielonko1386Ай бұрын
Any tips on wisteria removal
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
I haven't tried to manage that quite yet - I've heard it's quite the beast! I will keep that in mind for future videos - thanks! 💚
@jillmadigan9841Ай бұрын
I had to clear an invasion of mulberry saplings so I denuded the bark and cambium layers to the ground, causing each to die. The buckthorn's bark looks more sturdy than the mulberry's, but I wonder if that would work on the younger ones you showed nearby to the sample subject.
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
Yes - I think that would be an option as well - I believe it's called 'girdling' - though from what I've read, you have to watch for new growth similarly, and bagging it is helpful in that case as well. I'm hoping with some good tugging, I'll be able to get the young ones out - it's in a creek bed, so the soil is shallow. Fingers crossed! Thanks for watching and for the comment! 💚
@glasslingerАй бұрын
If you were not so hung up you would simply roundup the damn thing!
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
Chemicals are definitely an option for some, but unfortunately not one for me and this particular space. Thanks for watching and for the comment 🙂
@stevezielonko1386Ай бұрын
Roundup kills trees true it also kills indiscriminately. I'm pretty sure she didnt want to kill the trees next to it. Read the directions on roundup and it will say not to use under the drip line of any tree.
@richey_rockАй бұрын
Treating with chemicals next to a water source is a terrible and ignorant thing to suggest.
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
@@stevezielonko1386 Thank you for your support! 💚 I also don't want the chemicals entering the creek or harming the other creatures in the area - no chemicals for this girl!
@TheSuburbanGardenistaАй бұрын
@@richey_rockI agree entirely with keeping chemicals out of the creek 💚 and out of the ecosystem entirely - I don't think any of the critters nearby would appreciate it either!