The Best Native Plant Nursery in Texas - Heap's Nursery

[@NUCCubus]

By now I am convinced that everyone involved in native plant nurseries is nice and wise

[@TheHonestPeanut]

Everyone except commercial yard salesman. Those guys are worse than used car salesman.

[@GeertSawek]

Thanks

[@Burley_Bert]

Fiddle leaf fig me to death lol @@TheHonestPeanut

[@GeertSawek]

@@TheHonestPeanut a little bit of knowledge can be more dangerous than none at all.

[@sebigrell]

It's a generalization but yes

[@jesnoggle13]

“We grow ‘em and people buy ‘em “. That’s a Great business model.

[@ceili]

‘What were you in the marines? Unhappy’ 😂😂😂

[@roguebotanist]

I wasn't happy either in the Marines but I survived. Very few are.

[@Bearpack89918]

Good god, that man's hands. Spent more time in the dirt than I have on earth.

[@sksx9269]

I'd rather see a warrior in a garden than a gardener in a war

[@jaredknapp8886]

This guy is a legend! I was also an unhappy (in the Army though).

[@mooonie6634]

I was unhappy in the Navy too.

[@IneffableFoxy]

Former unhappy DoD contractor here, now happily running my own small nursery

[@Ocean-Jay]

Former AF, I was neutral.

[@mooonie6634]

I remember well the stories my youngest son would tell of massive hours on the flight line in broiling heat. He was a BONE jet mechanic. He wasn't quite so neutral. @@Ocean-Jay

[@bradleycollin644]

He asked him under his breath to ask that also 🤣

[@Burley_Bert]

What a down to earth dude. Gotta love he's keeping what his and his father started alive

[@donnavorce8856]

Wandering around without shoes. Plant man extraordinaire. Yeah, guy's down to earth all right. ; )

[@debg7710]

Boy, the Latin is flying fast and furious between you two! Loved the tour!

[@Ruben25252]

Holy shit over never expected to see this on KZbin. He's a very nice guy.

[@RobinMarks1313]

Heap is a great name for a family that likes plants. Back in the day when I was doing lots of gardening, I had heaps and heaps of things. I learned long ago the value of a heap of rotting green stuff and have composted ever since. Also, my father would leave heaps of brush piles after we cut wood so the critters had cover in the snow. The great thing about some heaps if you're the lazy sort, they completely disappear with time and something will be grown on an a fertile hump.

[@JamesWollenburg]

Its actually speed Heep.

[@normafriedrich8787]

The name is heep. Heep's Nursery on line.

[@Terov104]

That mistflower in the beginning is the real deal. Grows here in Southeast LA and just goes off in the fall. It’s incredibly hardy and is absolutely stunning right now

[@gabinodelacruz8946]

I've following this channel for a while and was pleasantly surprised about this video. I live in the valley and never heard of this nursery. O have to visit now.

[@LauraCourtneyette]

Mike Heap, thank you for all you do!

[@WTC7]

I live in McAllen and have been following your videos for about a year. I'm really interested in native plants and hope to learn more and then fill my parents yard in the following years

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

I'll be doing free plant walks/ field lectures in the RGV in late November

[@WTC7]

@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt cool. Thanks for letting me know

[@Ruben25252]

where at@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

[@sweetpotatogreens7491]

@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesntwhoa cool! will you publicize info about RGV talks later?

[@mariemontalvo8462]

Mike Heep is the best. He helped me with a school project way back when, and he continues to work with Master Garderners to this very day. Mike is a National Treasure.

[@coolcat4565]

I am happy to see a great Texas Native endorsement. That man is a boss. I hope one day you wander through Sam Houston National Forest. They work hard to care for land that was highly devastated by early lumber practices. A lot of beautiful east Texas natives in the forest making a comeback.

[@sweetpotatogreens7491]

good to know!

[@Murdant]

Always love these nursery tours.

[@anaritamartinho1340]

So good to see nurseries of native plants, people spreading this plants are creating more habitat. The work he is doing puting native plants in more places is awesome💪👏❤️

[@SuperCartridgeKid]

Great tour. Love the Agent Orange shirt

[@hhheee3939]

Omg the lil pups in the background is adorbs!

[@lairdhaynes1986]

Wearing that Cheap Thrills tee ya just know that he's one cool mf.

[@perlyinthegarden296]

Yes! Mike’s is always the place to go for natives. He is such a nice man.

[@threeriversforge1997]

Great place! I need to see about getting some of those tubes. So much of what I want to grow is deep-rooting, so it doesn't make any sense to put them even the deeper 5" potting trays that are now available when I can put a dozen tubes into a single gallon pot like he's doing. That'd give the seedling plenty of room to grow its roots deep as it might like. I'm sure things like Asclepias tuberosa would love that!

[@gabriellakadar]

Me too.

[@ZoneKei]

If you find a good source please post who you bought them off!

[@xXScissorHandsXx]

We need to protect these people that do this kind of work at all costs 🫡

[@Wasko1312]

😊there should be one in every school.

[@andybaldman]

Such a dumb statement that everyone loves to repeat. What are you personally going to do to protect them?

[@urghey990]

​@@andybaldman I have a theory that 50% of internet commenters are actually parrots

[@xXScissorHandsXx]

@andybaldman laughable... I mean literally for what they bring to the table and community as well as future. Answered enough??? And quite as much as I'd protect my own family since in many ways they are how the next Gen will have food stuffs and ecosystem friendly to boot. Protect at all costs is over used but you picked one that fits perfectly.

[@xXScissorHandsXx]

@urghey990 You are just proving that most that come with random percentages are just full of manure and little else but you did say "theory".

[@JamesWollenburg]

I actually have an Esenbeckia runyonii that i bought from Mike about 25 years ago. It was doing great but finally it got so big it tipped over due to the wet clay soil. I pruned it back, and propped it up and i am glad to say it is blossoming as we speak. I have returned a bucket of seed pods to Mike.

[@ferdis7]

Thanks Mike & Joey :)

[@okeefer2000]

Love the t shirt. Big Brother and the Holding Company. Now that’s a real Texas native, Janisia Joplinanis

[@MrsMoon-qs2gf]

That's a paradise!!

[@royireland1127]

Wonderful comentary - wish there were more folk like that!

[@marcananmh]

Glad to see some of the native plants in my yard highlighted here! I live on the Gulf Coast and have let my yard grow wild for the past 3-4 years and have seen a lot of these plants come in and it's way more interesting than plain old turf. A good chunk of our ground cover has been taken over by frog fruit and its a blast watching the pollinators buzzing around all the flowers. Also tons of golden rods all over the place down here and theyre blooming like craaaazy right now

[@pamelasmith7740]

Beautiful selection of natives. Since I'm from Illinois I only recognize the fog fruit, also a native in Illinois. Another native we have in common is prickly pear. My 76 yr old Father and his twin each brought one home from El Paso when they were 5. They continue to thrive in a small patch of sandy loam among the native grasses and a few winged elms. I let my yard go as long as I can without a cop knocking on my door......

[@eliharper6616]

Glad to see you back in Texas. Wish you were making content here through the heat though

[@zoltanmatok1928]

That white dog at around 0:30 is super adorable.

[@jonathonalsum9063]

Thank you Heap! Thank you as well Sir for your work with us Vets!! ❤

[@BlackMetalBirder]

I love these videos on native plant nurseries! The Pizzo ones were also fantastic. How bout a "kill your lawn" chain of nurseries? (There is no better ambassador than Tony.)

[@earthnotforgotten]

Wow! What an impressive collection of plants!

[@joefization]

What an awesome guy and nursery. Great video Joey!

[@hagakuretv]

What a nice nursery, thank you for your services

[@heruhcanedean]

Been watching you for years, watched this video during my lunch break to calm down and relax. I've been eyeballing your Dept. of U Forestry for a while, just got off work and ordered a black pull-over white print, hope you get a nice cut of that price. I'm sure that 13.5 hour shift will cover the cost.

[@geelee1977]

There should be one of these in each eco region.

[@annarboriter]

"there's a lot of hybridization in citrus" one of the greatest understatements

[@BananaJSSI]

Beautiful. I like all plants native & exotic all good

[@turdferguson814]

“Say, ‘what were you in the Marines’.” “What were you in the Marines?” “Unhappy.” Spoken like a true crayon-eater. Thanks for your service to our country, both in the military industrial complex, and to our native ecology.

[@Humicbeings693]

Ear ear ! In there’s times this stuff keeps me going

[@ZoneKei]

Lmao that marines joke. Grow plants and be happy!

[@Toddis]

I love my Texas Sages, they don't give AF about the hot Austin sun 🌞 Mimosas do really well too, I had some really big ones that I never watered during last years summer and they thrived They died in a freeze though I do have some Texas Ebony's that made it through the winter though

[@craigkeller]

What a great tour. Thank you 🙏 both!

[@crxgames]

Nursery tours make for some cool videos

[@snekdood]

Idk if you have a god or not but ur doing someones holy work thats fer sure

[@roguebotanist]

Nailed it. I've been wanting to visit Heeps for years

[@EnglishDave6767]

Ahhh yeah! Thanks so much for this. Nursery folks are Real humble champions, in our upside down shitshow world. We have a couple of beauties here (Oregon south coast.) Dragonfly nursery in Langlois is fantastic, & Fire Fern nursery in Smith River/CA. Cheers, Joey for this. nice. ❤️👌🪴

[@armstrongslastnut2532]

What a great video guest. It would be nice to get an update video on his work sometime down the road.

[@jonhasaheart]

I worked with him in college. He is a solid dude!

[@gator83261]

Great video.

[@rblew131]

My man is just cruising around his farm barefoot.

[@austinphillip2164]

That "unhappy" line is classic.

[@eliharper6616]

Echinocereus pentalophus is hands down my favorite cacti

[@Burley_Bert]

5:52 Now that's what i've been looking for if it can take the Cali heat

[@chilant]

Thanks brotha, im gonna definitely support this nursery now.

[@grzesiek8859]

İt's uplifting to see such people around tho

[@Saelkhas]

Wish we had a native nursery in my area

[@joycefairfield9102]

Check around, a lot of mom and pop nurseries will have a native section.

[@pony3284]

Hes been WAITING to tell people he was unhappy in the Corp 😂

[@GeorgiaGrowGuy]

what kind of 3g pots have all those liners in them? I want to start a home native plant nursery for private sales.

[@michaelbutler2491]

Wow, I saw Ipomoea pes-caprae all over the beaches in southern Thailand. Huuuuuuge range on that one.

[@JamesGalipeau-h7i]

I used to own that comic book.

[@placidpond]

R. Crumb?

[@FoxyFoxyShazam]

Noone told me to "go fuck myself, bye" so I'm not sure when to click off the vid. Can't be sure it's over.

[@jesusfish_]

Dude, please find one of these people for the texas panhandle!

[@Cognitive.Dissident]

Barefoot and badass

[@joakos1122]

Cool you got to meet Mike I’ve bought hundreds of natives from him

[@frankmacleod2565]

Great interview, great subject, great video, but how about that shirt. Cheap Thrills!!

[@katiekane5247]

Mike, I think I'm in love with you 🤩 Sorry Joey

[@gabriellakadar]

What are the tubes called that the plants are growing in? I grow native plants and would appreciate to be able to obtain some of those. thanks.

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

They're just paper tubes you have to order online. Absolutely worth it though. Everybody in South Texas grows natives in those.

[@Carson_McRae]

​@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt Do you know of a specific website? I can't find them to save my life.

[@Jar0fMay0]

​@@Carson_McRaea cheap way is using newspaper. Just roll it.

[@Tommyr]

I had a "Harry the hardhat says go fuck yourself" t-shirt back in the day. Forgot I had it on and walked into a 7-11. Got kicked out! LOL! Whoopsies!

[@austinjk24]

The two Texas ebony plants I thought I had growing are actually black brush . Interesting .

[@glum_hippo]

"Cheap thrills"

[@peteblack7052]

That mans hands are the fuckin truth.

[@v2gbob]

Yes, solar belongs on roofs and over parking lots, close to the loads it serves. Solar strip mines in the desert are an abomination and should be illegal.

[@green-sc2wg]

Exactly, all these damn flat roofs too .

[@1.4142]

1:22 ha

[@laquerhead024]

Q: What were you in the Marines? A: Unhappy

[@sweetpotatogreens7491]

gotta take my folks out here next time i visit my hometown. so many cool plants! maybe it’s time i kill their lawn…

[@salvitex]

Where is this nursery?

[@johnjames5351]

Harlingen, Tx

[@Jar0fMay0]

He also delivers to your house if he's going to your area. He delivers to hidalgo and Cameron counties

[@Prairiehawkmn]

What's the name of the small containers in the large pots?

[@Prairiehawkmn]

Where do I get tubes for planning?

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

Please tell me I didn't hear an f bomb cut out

[@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt]

This is Texas for fucks sake, land of the stiffs. Half the plant people here wouldn't watch this if I didn't.

[@Burley_Bert]

lmfao@@CrimePaysButBotanyDoesnt

[@bigwombat7286]

cool t shirt

[@bsloannyc]

Him got heap big nursery.

[@PenntuckytheCrag]

Awesome I would be so into land restoration. Anyone hiring out there; hit me up.

[@thegodofhellfire]

What were you in the Marines? "Unhappy." 😅

[@aaronwoodley9624]

What were you in the Marines? Happy.

[@TheVerendus]

*Unhappy* *

[@qzh00k]

I was happy, and happier to get out. But that reply was epic! Came so easy

[@aaronwoodley9624]

You seem like a good man good to meet you I'm up in DFW.

[@mooonie6634]

Lovely old gent and I bet he was unhappy in the USMC.

[@sommelierofstench]

he said he was around 1:30. yes.

[@carollyn8885]

❤❤❤❤

[@LukeMcGuireoides]

GFYB?

[@aboz8649]

3:07 doggie!

[@colonelstunts4885]

"unhappy" 😂

[@locke6531]

👍

[@flyemhard]

viva el tule

[@MrKmoconne]

I can't watch your video because KZbin has installed some sort of vicious cookie on my PC that won't let me watch KZbin.

[@MerkleAkrunphleuphle]

Trees actually need to go out not down when started. They are much more likely to perish 30 years earlier if they are grown in narrow deep pots.

[@prestonriddle1780]

Buy these plants if you hate your neighbors...sold out you say?