Plant These 5 Flowers To REPEL PESTS And ATTRACT POLLINATORS!

In this video, I share 5 of the most beneficial flowers to plant for vegetable gardens! These 5 flowers not only attract bees to your yard for pollination, but also help repel insect pests when planted strategically. Plant these 5 flowers to repel pests and attract pollinators to your garden and yard!
When planted strategically, these beneficial flower species can have enormous benefits for your vegetable garden and fruit trees. However, these flowers are not magic - you must plant flowers correctly to reap the benefits. This may include interplanting flowers with vegetables, planting flowers as borders and barriers, or planting flowers as trap crops to lure insect pests away from your vulnerable plants. What you do will depend on the insects you want to control and the species of flower. I break it all down for you in this video.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Beneficial Flowers For Vegetable Gardens
1:51 Flower #1: Sunflowers
5:04 Flower #2: Pyrethrum Daisy
6:31 Flower #3: Sweet Alyssum
7:20 Flower #4: Nasturtiums
8:43 Flower #5: Borage
9:22 4 Tips For Maximum Results
12:39 Adventures With Dale
If you have any questions about how to plant flowers to repel insects while attracting bees and pollinators, want to know about the things I grow in my raised bed vegetable garden and edible landscaping food forest, are looking for more gardening tips and tricks and garden hacks, have questions about vegetable gardening and organic gardening in general, or want to share some DIY and "how to" garden tips and gardening hacks of your own, please ask in the Comments below!
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[@TheMillennialGardener]

If you enjoyed this video, please "Like" and share to help increase its reach! Thanks for watching 😀TIMESTAMPS for convenience: 0:00 Beneficial Flowers For Vegetable Gardens 1:51 Flower #1: Sunflowers 5:04 Flower #2: Pyrethrum Daisy 6:31 Flower #3: Sweet Alyssum 7:20 Flower #4: Nasturtiums 8:43 Flower #5: Borage 9:22 4 Tips For Maximum Results 12:39 Adventures With Dale

[@lauranonamaker2610]

Great video! How do you keep Dale from eating alyssums and nightshade stems and leaves?

[@ES-mc3cc]

Last year I purchased pink sunflower seeds. I started a few in pots, and when one was a couple of feet tall (they were a small variety of sunflowers), the flower started to open. I eagerly awaited seeing it open the next day. What I found instead was that the flower had disappeared! I figured somebody took it! In a couple of days, another one was just about open. Same thing happened; it disappeared! I researched online and found out that squirrels do this - steal the whole head of a sunflower plant. I guess I have to plant the giant size that the squirrels can't carry!

[@EducatedSkeptic]

Squirrels can make good stew, I've been told! 🙂

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I wouldn’t doubt it. If you want to stop that, set up a bird feeder that isn’t squirrel proof. If you give them easy food, they usually leave the stuff they have to work for alone. Why hunt and gather if someone put out a buffet for you?

[@ThaPepperPlug]

I love the grey squirrels they really appreciate corn from the wild bird seed cheapest economic bag a Lowes. Feed the bird colonies as well and watch how everyone interacts in pecking order and coexistence. ❤

[@WillWilsonII]

SAME thing happened to mine!!

[@ES-mc3cc]

@@TheMillennialGardener My next-door neighbor does put out a buffet for them! Each day, she puts a pound of peanuts in the shell in a basket on her front porch! I find the shells on my doorstep and all around my yard. Are the squirrels taunting me? I won't mention the gruesome way I know to get rid of squirrels and am tempted to use.

[@nebsun]

Sunflowers are great - improves the soil (large deep roots), generate a ton of biomass to compost or chop and drop, bees love them, provide a place for ladybugs to live and breed, they don't need to be watered or looked after, they give shade to other crops in the heat of Summer.. Just great flowers to grow every year, the entire plant is also edible - seeds, stem, roots

[@TheMillennialGardener]

They’re my top flower. Gotta love them!

[@ChavsADV]

Yeah I love them in my compost, the stalks help keep the compost loose and airy until things start breaking down

[@alyssa0411]

Alyssum is what I was named after. I remember when I was young I would say, “I was named after some ground cover” But now I know that Alyssum is a whole lot more important in the garden.

[@suzannestack7784]

As well as all these wonderful flowers I also include marigolds between my tomatoes. When I pinch out or cut back my tomatoes, I also trim the marigolds. The scents from the marigolds completely masks the smell of the wounded tomatoes. This prevents the invitation of the dinner bell for the tomato insects.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I cannot to marigolds. They attract the cabbage white moth. I had the worst caterpillar infestation ever. I crossed them off my list 😆

[@cheddarbob1447]

2 years in a row my tomatoes were wiped out by the green tomato hornworm. I haven't seen them since I started planting marigolds around the outside of my raised beds

[@mrspogadaeus]

​@@TheMillennialGardenerthough the right kind of marigolds can mitigate root knot nematodes.

[@annak804]

​@@TheMillennialGardenerhave you tried the non compound marigolds?

[@thezonemtb]

Nasturtiums also have a peppery taste. I use them in salads for extra flavor.

[@barbaralong8665]

When I was young after WWII, we had many displaced persons Latvia and they had beautiful gardens as they inter planted flowers with all their vegetables. It was very beautiful and colorful.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I imagine in many of those eastern countries, gardens were necessary for survival. I still think they are. "Grocery store culture" has created so much ignorance toward where food comes from that it's created a health crisis. So much of what's found in stores shouldn't even be classified as food. When you know where food comes from and what real food looks like, you're so much less likely to eat processed garbage that's, literally, killing us.

[@flaviomejia]

⁠@@TheMillennialGardenercan you do a video on vegetables in the stores versus what’s grown in the garden. Like a Pros and cons. Or other things you wouldn’t even touch just cause you know it’s not good for us.

[@CardiacCat]

I have two different types of sunflowers this year. Going to plant the Mammoth and another multi-color variety. I'm planting them mostly to ammend the soil with their root structure. Plus the large sunflower stalks can be dried and used as stakes in your garden. Also good to make tee-pees to run vining veggies up onto, like beans or cucumbers.

[@user-th6od9oc3d]

That's great that sunflowers attract the pest when they are at the end of their life cycle. In Wisconsin the cardinals eat those pests. As well as Bluebirds and Chickadees. I don't even kill those bugs so my bird friends who hang around the yard get a meal of insects besides the few sunflower seeds that I put out for them also.🙂

[@kristynmalone1261]

I'm lucky. Our yard backs up to open space that is covered in wild sunflowers every year. I don't even have to plant them.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That’s fortunate. I would still plant them, anyway. I’m sure there are benefits to interplanting.

[@teenagardner3623]

Great video again! I planted mammoth sunflowers last summer, and the bad bugs sure were attacked. I allowed the plant to die back fully so as to keep seeds. My seeds have germinated this year already. Double win! Dry the stalks for stakes. Nasturtium is also edible for people. Another overall winner in the garden.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Sunflowers are awesome. Every year, I have them randomly coming up here and there. The birds are spreading them around my yard. I say thanks, birds!

[@teenagardner3623]

@@TheMillennialGardener birds and bees know their business when it comes to gardening.

[@jennifersmith2567]

Yes I call them volunteer sunflowers. They are popping up in my yard and my neighbors yard. I think from my sunflowers last year.

[@anissaferringer4965]

I had one volunteer from last year's sunflowers--and a groundhog got it 🤦‍♀️

[@ronaldthoms2147]

I'm planting more alysum this year saw lots of predator wasps last year on them

[@TheMillennialGardener]

This will be my first year with alyssum. I have read many good things about it.

[@brandywineblue]

Just planted alyssum seed yesterday, first time trying. Wish me luck can't wait to see what it does. Also will be planting borage and nasturtium

[@lisakruger5289]

Thanks for the ideas! I plant a lot of flowers already, but I will be strategically planting them this year for sure! There's one more I would add to your list and that is marigolds. Last year I planted basil and marigolds with every tomato plant and the only horn worm I saw was just like your picture - covered with parasitic wasp eggs! :)

[@rebeccamarkey2760]

Crazy how nature works!

[@markcarruthers3313]

Was happy to hear you mention that some of the flowers you mentioned can become invasive. People should also be aware that Borage can also develop powdery mildew so would it would not be advisable to plant near any vegetables that are susceptible to it, like squashes (including Summer squashes), pumpkins, or the like. Canadians should also be advised that not all chemicals suggested may be allowed under federal or provincial pesticide or herbicide regulations, as the rules regarding use of chemicals in the United States (at least many of the states) are not as stringent as those in Canada.

[@WhisperingPinesHomestead]

I never had aphids on my corn and tomatoes until the last few years after I started interplanting marigolds everywhere, and now after seeing this video, I realize there are many other resources that also advise against marigolds. Thanks for this!!

[@valoriegriego5212]

Howdy, MG! 👋 Cute Dale is busy when he's awake and when he's sleeping!😄 Great list of flowers. I'm growing all but the daisy. I find that zinnias and cosmos do excellent during our long, hot dry summers in Central Texas. The bees love both, and the hummers love the zinnias. You always have great content! 👍Thanks!💕

[@joshualloyd4275]

Have a boatload of nasturtiums ready to go this year. A few borage plants growing too. Ive got tons of basil and sage seedlings to plant out this year too, they also deter pests.

[@barco581]

We enjoy the giant sunflowers. An added benefit is the shade they produce in the heat of the summer. And pretty neat seeing birds like Golden Finches on them.

[@carolinawren00]

Native Virginia Creeper is a trap plant for Japanese Beetles 🙂 Many folks complain about their tomato yield...aside from other factors, you need pollinators! Tithonia is great pollinator magnet. So are Zinnias. Both planted near the veggie garden will help bring them in.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Tomatoes are actually wind pollinated. There is no need to have pollinators. Pollinators generally aren't attracted to tomato flowers, because the pollen is fairly poor quality. Most people struggle with tomato pollination because of heat and humidity. 90 degree temperatures and high dew points cause the tomato flowers to become infertile. The solution is to plant heat tolerant varieties and erect shade cloth, especially shade cloth: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYCQhmStjqyNbrMsi=3dXQhj-tgl0y6j80

[@petanisukses_garden]

Having a large yard that can be used for gardening is very inspiring

[@TheMillennialGardener]

My yard isn’t large. Don’t let the camera fool you. It’s barely a quarter acre plot. The backyard is only 8,000 square feet and my entire garden is 35x35ft.

[@joannc147]

@@TheMillennialGardener wow, that’s some good camera work as the garden looks huge.

[@brandywineblue]

​@TheMillennialGardener your backyard is bigger than my entire property. my husband basically restricts my vegetable garden to one 5x26 area.....although I added some planting boxes for herbs to our deck and patio and converted two 5 x 10 forsythia beds to berries. He's happy he doesn't have to trim back the forsythia any more.

[@jaytoney3007]

Borage and Nasturtium don't do well in the Alabama heat. Alyssum is on my list to try. I have bunching onions as companion plants for my tomatoes. I have other flowers strategically located in my garden to attract pollinators, marigolds, cosmos, straw flower, bachelor button, and zinnias. Centrally located is a herb garden with oregano, thyme, catnip, yarrow, chicory, parsley, basil, dill, marjoram, peppermint, spearmint, and cilantro. I have loads of wasps, bees, hoverflies, hornets, and butterflies in my yard. Bumble Bees and mason bees are fantastic workers. Aphids are small enough to get through my screens and are attracted to the light in my dining room. I place a bug zapper on my table at night. It kills thousand of them in a single evening, and does wonders for keeping the population under control. For squash bugs, a squirt of Dawn dishwashing detergent mixed with water, and sprayed on them does wonders. My biggest nemesis is pickleworms. The only things I have found that works for them is BT or Spinosad.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You may want to try interplanting them under taller plants. For example, start your borage and nasturtiums indoors as small transplants. Then, transplant them outdoors in between your indeterminate tomatoes once they are 3-4 feet tall. That way, the flowers can exist in dappled light. However, I strongly recommend you simply grow everything under shade cloth. In Alabama, nearly your entire garden should be under 40% shade cloth from Memorial Day to Labor Day. I strongly recommend you put some up. It will forever change your garden. See here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/mYCQhmStjqyNbrMsi=3dXQhj-tgl0y6j80

[@joannc147]

Your garden sounds fabulous! ❤

[@annemaxson9363]

Love that Sunflower idea!!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It works like a charm every year.

[@catwithoutthehat]

Sunflowers are great been doin it forever, dill is great for hornworms they'll eat that before the tomatoes

[@Mawmaw130]

Great tips thanks!

[@andreacastelli6296]

Can't wait for you to move to Florida so I can see what/how you grow here😊

[@GardeningandMyDailyLife]

Khu vườn thật đẹp 👍.

[@andreacastelli6296]

Brilliant!

[@nildaotero2933]

Thanks for all the great info. Love the Dale adventures, I think he is running towards his food bowl 😂

[@joshuaa262]

You upgraded your garden and it looks great 👍

[@kitchenGardenofficalchannel027]

Love that Sunflower 🌻 idea ❤

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It has worked great for me for years.

[@cathybestlercurtis]

I met the Sunflower King of NJ a few years ago.

[@nathaliewalker7468]

Awe, I look forward to watching the small clip of Adventure with Dale everytime ❤

[@TheMillennialGardener]

He’s a sweetheart. We are lucky to have our boy.

[@PepperplacewithShawna]

Thanks! I just love the flowers. My garden is usually fairly pest free because I plant them.

[@baseballjc94]

I noticed you use Baker Seeds out of Missouri. They are great! I get almost all my seeds from them.

[@JohnnyVMcPhersonII]

Thank you Sir

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@force9446]

You should do a video on different types of bees and also ones on other insects in the garden. I say this because I just found out what squash bees are, I was wondering why they kept getting “stuck” in my pumpkin flowers 😂

[@tairam9383]

Great. Thank you!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@GODPROPERTY125]

Thank You for this Info I'll just buy them

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@denisbelanger4473]

Great video I've learned so much from all of them. I rave to all my fellow gardeners about them. Keep them coming always look forward to seeing them and Dale. Such a good dog.

[@deecooper1567]

Great info 👍😃👵🏻👩‍🌾❣️

[@user-hc5qx9rw1d]

Spot on advice. I have three out of the four flowers you talked about currently in my garden and I rarely see any pests.

[@watsonrk1]

Sun glasses on, sun glasses off... now you see me, now you don't! I've had good luck just tossing handfuls of flower seeds over the soil right after planting my crop seeds. Sure makes a pretty garden and its like Easter egg hunting for veggies. Cut the flowers as you go, just include some of the ones mentioned. I have some beautiful pictures... I added a bee hive as well, everything is pollinated. Why aren't you running a couple hives? Not hard, adds to the whole reason to garden... relaxing enjoyment and some good food!

[@joannc147]

I like your attitude! 👍🏻 As for the bees, I’ve got a large number of native bees here. Apparently, I have great soil for the ground-dwelling bees. Sigh, no honey, but I do enjoy all the pollinator activity. Oddly enough, I saw a large bunch of bees (assuming they were honeybees) flying low to the ground in a small area of my front yard. It’s Swarming Season, but I did not see a swarm. They appeared to be on a mission tho. Nature is amazing! 🐝

[@lindabrown760]

Great informative video! Thank you.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You’re welcome!

[@user-mt2cs7tz1c]

Awesome video. Thank you for explaining the use of these plants in detail. I've been a bit confused as most info on trap plants do not explain where to place them. Thanks again

[@SMRetired]

Sunflowers, what a great system 🙂

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It works so well, and it looks great.

[@sylvia10101]

Such great information! Thank you MG😊👍👍

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@haleyhammond4080]

Thank you so so much for this wonderful, helpful, and informative video. I am a longtime follower of yours--because of you and your videos, I had the courage to start seeds indoors and have a container garden! Thanks for these awesome videos--I love Dale! :)

[@DiannasHomestead]

Thanks for the tips 😊

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@sassafrasinspired2029]

Great information. Your garden is looking fabulous.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!

[@nokinaz856]

Love all of your videos. I'm a big fan.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I really appreciate it!

[@gregdoh]

Sunflowers are like magnets to cucumber beetles too! We grow Mexican Sunflowers on a border and they bush up nice. And we grow all of those but alyssum- going to start now!

[@joannc147]

EXCELLENT! There’s that engineer brain in all its elegant directness. 👍🏻 I have found alyssum plants difficult to locare and quite pricey. Started seeds this year - note these are blindingly tiny and they germinate in 2 days (amazing). Borage is also difficult to find at local nurseries here in central NC. I once had a cardoon that went to flower, attracting many insects. As the blooms began to fade, wham! Leaf footed bugs covered the flower heads. Ew and fascinating at the same time. 🤣 I appreciate your attitude towards a diversified garden. It’s a jungle out there! It’s amazing to observe how the insects seem to balance out….it’s like Nature knows what it’s doing! 🤣 Thanks for tips on that mum, very useful. Your videos are always top quality and informative, thank you. ❤

[@therantman879]

Always a one stop shop for information! Well explained and cut to the chase, I can actually remember everything you said after the video! You do not get enough credit man! Fun fact i tried marigolds last year by my cabbage and had the worst aphid infestation ive ever seen

[@sharonhinds4808]

Love this guy!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I appreciate it!

[@mauric.7591]

what a helpful video! thanks for the tips and have a blessed harvest!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed the video.

[@1boortzfan]

Loving Dale!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

He's a good boy!

[@thatonegirl1837]

Thanks! I haven't heard of using some of those flowers. Dale!!!!!! ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Dale says hello 🐶

[@wr3add]

Danks bruh

[@TheMillennialGardener]

You're welcome!

[@larrystrayer8336]

Topic Very well covered As more gardener are eliminating or greatly reducing commercial insecticides. This is a timely topic. I appreciate your presentations

[@jameshorwath4960]

For last few years, been growing hops as a trap crop. Yes, blasphemy, but incredibly good at attracting Japanese beetles. I train the hops up and then horizontally, then in the morning and evening the beetles are easy enough to knock off into a bucket of water/soap/bleach. I haven't (knock on wood) had any problem with them in years. They used to decimate my beans. Hope this helps.

[@omegahunter9]

I harvested around 5lb of sunflower seeds last year. I roasted most of them, and will be planting them in the garden soon. They're delicious and beautiful. I noticed that some sunflowers have a kind of spicy smell. I'm not sure, but I suspect they could be used to make an interesting tea, but I have yet to look into that however.

[@brandywineblue]

What kind of sunflower did you plant?

[@omegahunter9]

@@brandywineblue Mammoth Grey and Titan varieties

[@brandywineblue]

@@omegahunter9 thank you for sharing. I hope I can get them to grow!

[@barbkenas5663]

Interesting! Sweet dreams Dale!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for watching!

[@jennifersmith2567]

My salvia always has a ton of bees on them and butterflies. I got 2 small plants last spring they are huge now!

[@carrottop7802]

Dale is the sweetest!❤

[@TheMillennialGardener]

He really is. He's such a good boy.

[@jcrich-ho9ot]

Thanks for the tips on how to use the flowers in the garden so they will work. I have these growing in my garden, but I didn't use them correctly. Now I know what to do for next year.

[@inspiringgardenkorner]

Another informative video. I’m plant my potatoes following your plan thanks again

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks! Good luck with your taters!

[@smas3256]

Great class. Thank you. My Alyssum are up in seed starter cells in a week. First time for these flowers and so beautiful. Dale was not wagging his tail so what does that indicate? Hunting. ?? Burger on a bun.

[@florneiers5651]

Awesome ❤!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thanks for watching!

[@mistybatten1829]

i use marigolds with my tomatoes and basil. I didn't know that about all the other insect repellent properties of the others. I also use the giant sunflowers with my beans to support them but didnt know it traps bugs..you are so smart!! i'm planning on trying dill with my cukes this year

[@user-fy7cp9yw7y]

Thanks for sharing information on flowers to plant that will attract pollinators and repel pests in addition to tips to follow. Great video!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you!

[@kevina1084]

I like to trim the side shoots of sunflowers to encourage height then you can get other stuff under them. Including a second wave.

[@kaptynssirensong2357]

Such a great video. You reminded me of the pyrethrum daisies and also using borage for Japanese Beetles. Good stuff as usual!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

Thank you! I appreciate it!

[@EducatedSkeptic]

Thanks again for yet another super video chock full of good advice! We've planted a row of zinnias in the garden almost every season as well. They bring in pollinators, AND provide nice bouquets throughout the summer as well!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

They’re great flowers. That brings me back to my childhood of working on a farm. We had an acre of zinnias.

[@helengabr5743]

Thanks 👍. Coincidentally i just planted sunflowers alongside my tomatoes! I will plant more! They are wonderful flowers on all levels ❤

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It should work out well!

[@jeweleagle613]

Marigolds are great too!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I cannot use or recommend them. The cabbage white butterflies they attracted into my garden was insane. I’ve never had a worm infestation like that. It took me a month to get under control. I had poor results.

[@jeweleagle613]

@@TheMillennialGardener oh wow, thank you! I had no idea!

[@veronicadoggone5660]

Nasturtium tincture (use vodka) can be diluted and used ad a great pest deterent

[@humanbeing4368]

Cool.

[@joannc147]

I’m NOT sharing my vodka with insects! 🍸🤣

[@jamescollinscares3897]

I like calendula ❤❤❤

[@dovinhgarden05]

Tuyệt quá❤❤❤

[@joshpaul6300]

Borage is my favorite edible flower. It’s very popular in Michelin and fine dining restaurants because it tastes of cucumber and is very pretty. Pink when immature and more blue when mature. There are white varieties as well.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I've never actually seen it incorporated into a food. I'm sure it would look quite interesting.

[@JackieHagge]

The leaf footed bugs are ALL over my Shasta daisies! I was wondering what they were. It’s too late for sun flowers so I’ll use the stuff you recommended at dusk.

[@amarilysflores8602]

I live in Rock Hill, SC (zone 8a) and planted some borage, but not nearly enough. Do you think I am still on time to plant more borage, and the rest of the flowers you mentioned?

[@AylaGrassrootGardens]

This is a very high value video for me, as I am learning to grow in the South. I've never grown in an area with this kind of pest pressure. Thank you ❤

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It's much different, here. Once you get the hang of it, it's a good place to grow, but it takes years to figure out the kinks.

[@AylaGrassrootGardens]

@@TheMillennialGardener maybe I will be ahead of the game with your content!

[@rhondabryant6873]

Should the tomatoes and sunflowers be inter-planted like the nasturtium? (Great tips! Didn’t realize how close the nasturtium should be. - Thanks!)

[@gailhonadle5182]

I bought Miracle Grow for raised beds as that is the only way I can plant, the first foot on either end was good looking, but the rest was full of rocks and large wooden pieces and was very dry. I feel RIPPED OFF, this is supposed to be high-quality soil and is expensive. My old soil needed to be amended, and added too and I was expanding certain veggies. It looked like cheap soil, as bad as the fill soil in my backyard bigger rocks, you can't use. Even watering it didn't revive it. Now I don't know how to fix it.

[@gregryeii403]

I love that you kept repeating it is not magic it is strategy

[@TheMillennialGardener]

It's an important thing. People plant them and see no results and think they're not worth anything. It's all in the implementation.

[@kimberlyboenig6643]

Which varieties and do you eat any of the sunflowers seeds. They are beautiful. Love your videos.

[@TheMillennialGardener]

That’s something you’d want to research. Peredovik is an oil sunflower.

[@siy9583]

I would be curious on any native plant gardening knowledge you have as my girl and I are in the wilmington area as well. Thanks for being our go too gardening channel!

[@TheMillennialGardener]

For edibles? You can plant American persimmons and pawpaw’s. I can’t really recommend American persimmons, because the trees are gigantic and make tiny, seedy fruits. Asian persimmons are so superior and easier to grow on a small, self-fertile tree. Pawpaw’s are a must grow here.

[@siy9583]

@@TheMillennialGardener edibles and ornamental! Blanket flowers for example are my favorite so far but we are only in our 2nd year of gardening so I know there’s much more to learn. Pawpaws are definitely on my list! Thank you for the reply.

[@hillbillyhomestead1966]

I always plant huge sunflowers

[@TheMillennialGardener]

They’re fun to grow.

[@hillbillyhomestead1966]

​@@TheMillennialGardenerabsolutely mammoth sunflowers I try to get

[@shadybanks8625]

peredovik sunflowers are popular to plant for dove fields and plots. You can buy the seeds for about $40 for 50 lbs at a seed store.

[@user-wg3gw3qk3t]

Thanks for the info. I do wish when gardeners recommending plants, that they would include if the plants are toxic to dogs. It would save time looking up which are and aren’t poisonous or harmful.

[@joannc147]

That’s a great point on toxicity. I have free-range hens and need to be careful. Though I found most animals know innately what to avoid. Saw one of my hens jump into a potato planter….I was just about to chase her away…she ignored the plant and simply scratched the soil. I wish more dog owners were as caring as you. Too many stories of dogs getting ill from fertilizers and pesticides. Dogs are the best!

[@geeyoupee]

Sweet alysum and nasturtiums can reseed like crazy. Sunflower can also reseed if you don't cut them down before they dry. If you are a left gardener like me, I would only plant them where you don't mind them growing back.

[@FourSeasons04]

As well as borage.

[@steveo_o6707]

Jerusalem artichoke is also good, but you have to boil and extract the insect repellant. I’m wondering if the same can be done with your list

[@daileighnovember]

Yeahp i googled to determine bugs mosquitos even bees. 🐝 this year i want designated areas FOR bees birds etc. i had no mosquito issues last summer until started cooling off n my lavender n mint & eucalyptus etc started dying.

[@humanbeing4368]

Yay! Outside Pride seeds! ❤

[@davidmiller8281]

I really enjoy the content. Are you, by chance, related to Mark from I am Organic Gardening?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

I'm not familiar with the channel you're referencing, so I don't think so 😆

[@user-mu4mk4hk2j]

If we are using buckets for our garden where do we plant the companion plants? TIA

[@vegasfordguy]

KZbin is getting really bad. I've subscribed to you 3 times now. For some reason KZbin shows that I'm not subscribed. Just subscribed again.

[@joannc147]

😢 No bueno!

[@user-mb6rk8in4f]

Yes, probably this year it will be necessary to plant sunflowers, but unfortunately in our climate they have to be grown through seedlings!🌻🌻🌻

[@kylelibby196]

Sunflowers can be kind of annoyingly invasive. My uncle planted sunflowers many years ago on his garden, and now the crop up everywhere during the garden growing season. It adds a lot of weeds to remove every year.

[@kristapeters855]

We unfortunately have a lot of lyme carrying deer ticks here on the Southshore of Nova Scotia (zone 6B). I’m looking for ways to keep them away including planting deterrent plants. Are Shasta daisies as strong as the pyrethrum daisies in your opinion? Are there other plants/flowers that I should consider? Love all your videos, lots of great information!

[@jrobinson75]

Guinea birds eat rocks & rattlesnakes. Get a clock of guineas

[@jrobinson75]

Guineas eat ticks

[@kristapeters855]

@@jrobinson75 yes the hubby wants a few and chickens, there are some predatory birds and foxes in the area though so will need our doggie to take a guardian training class…if there is such a thing here 😁

[@ache7262]

I love your chanel! Do you have any update of your Pawpaw?

[@TheMillennialGardener]

They're flowering out of sync, unfortunately. One has lost almost all of its flowers to date, the other has barely begun. Hopefully, I get some flower overlap.

[@ache7262]

@TheMillennialGardener Thanks for the information but specifically quick response!