🌿 Help Bring Back Our Disappearing Birds With These Beautiful Native Shrubs (Part 1) 🌿

[@untenableposition3057]

What a great video packed with important information. I'm in the mid Atlantic, and the maps that you provide, among the rich info about native insect host plants and bird food sources, is perfect! Thank you so much!

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for watching and for planting native!

[@lauramarello7998]

So helpful. Thank you so much.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for watching!

[@shirleyandrews1152]

I’m in the northern CA foot hills & Poke plant grows well. The birds LOVE the berries,Western Blue birds especially. In winter it dies back to the ground & comes back in spring with it beautiful magenta stems & purple berries in summer. It needs minimal water during our long hot summers. After the Paradise Camp Fire that burned down our town these plants came back & went 5 yrs w/o being watered during the summer. Yr 6, my house is built & that plant continues to give.❤

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Yes, pokeweed is an attractive plant and the birds love the berries. It is native to the eastern US and is considered to be invasive outside of its range. All parts are toxic so use caution with children and pets. Many people consider it a nuisance because it can spread so readily by seed.

[@Mslaralah]

You guys are awesome. I enjoy all of your videos. I appreciate all of the info you provide about plants that can be included in our backyards where it we can truly help biodiversity. Please keep up this wonderful work.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for watching and for your interest in native plants! We do plan to keep it up. All landowners have so much power at their fingertips to help create healthier ecosystems!

[@carlabythelake8162]

Great information, thank you! I'm trying to improve our family property and have planted only native plants and trees while trying to weed out invasives. Your information made me feel really happy with what I've chosen so far!

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for watching and for your efforts to create a healthy ecosystem on your land!

[@VickiesGardenEvolution]

Can't wait for the next shrub video ❤

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you! Early next week.

[@CampingforCool41]

Serviceberries are really delicious if you find the right variety. Better than blueberries in my opinion. I also think there are some varieties that can grow in zone 2, very hardy.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

They are delicious! My sister has a large serviceberry so we get berries every year and there is still plenty left for the birds.

[@bettysha3154]

My buttonbushs go nuts in my wet garden. I keep them small by pruning it down to 5 feet in the winter. I love the alien like balls it produce.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Isn't it a lovely shrub! So unique!

[@NitaP1569]

Great information. Would you consider adding deer & rabbit resistant or not. Many are but need protection when young. Would be so helpful to provide.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

We will consider, thanks for the idea. Problem is that deer will eat almost anything if they are starving. Whenever we say a plant is deer resistant we always get many sharing their stories about how deer ate that plant. We did a video on some of the most deer resistant native plants and plan to follow that up with some of the most resistant trees and shrubs.

[@abydosianchulac2]

Just one note on the map colors: BONAP maps use the dark green for state-level nativity (the only state-level indicator), and bright green for county-level nativity. (I don't know why they distinguish this since state boundaries rarely follow ecological boundaries, but it's their choice.) Then yellow is for present but rare/declining, orange is extirpated/driven out, magenta is present but noxious, and teal is present but introduced (which I think is the color popping up in Washington state a few times).

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you! That is great clarification. I know they are updating their maps so I wonder if any of that will change.

[@lindavanderlaan9473]

Nice video! The Pagoda dogwood scientific name should be Cornus alternifolia. Amelanchier is serviceberry.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for catching that typo, and for watching!

[@lisaawild]

Here in Texas, the Red Chokeberry is native.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Such a wonderful shrub for our ecosystem and native throughout most of the country!

[@PattyMeston]

The latin name for the pagoda dogwood is actually for the serviceberry.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Thank you for catching our typo on the slide!

[@kelligillett6312]

In your experience, is black chokeberry amenable to pruning? Thank you!

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

Very much! Such a lovely and hardy shrub.

[@NitaP1569]

Note, incorrect botanical name on slide for Pagoda Dogwood.

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

You're absolutely correct! We repeated the botanical name for serviceberry. The correct name for pagoda dogwood is cornus alternifolia. Thanks for catching!

[@bonniecarlstrom6014]

What zone are you in?

[@sagmorainenativeplantcommunity]

We are in zone 6A but all shrubs in this video are suitable for, and native to large portions of the US.