Tree Talk: Bloodroot

[@sues.8384]

Came across this as I searched for the reason for the name. I have some growing around an old well pump on my ancestral property. I love how big the leaves get and the flowers are quite pretty. Thank you for doing this video.

[@robynstone5834]

Thank you for the knowledge sharing ❤

[@olgakuchukov6981]

So funny. Bloodroot is such a warm and fuzzy and friendly plant! Not just dyes, this is a very important medicinal plant.

[@pastramichop]

love these videos

[@emilywelsh5359]

Thank you for this video!

[@richhans1]

Our Bloodroot plants here in central Wisconsin are in bloom right now. Spring is about two weeks late. Our Bloodroot population seems to be increasing since two controlled burns and slowly removing invasive plants. Quite a few smaller plants are also appearing - all naturally.

[@hilltopmel9150]

Thanks for the great videos and including your sweet dog. I have a lot of Japanese barberry on my wooded property/yard in Morgan County, WV. Any ideas for eradication that don’t include Roundup? I also have loads of stilt grass.

[@forestsforthebay4784]

Thank you! Well, herbicide is certainly an effective and efficient way to control barberry and other invasive plants. You can simply cut the shrubs down, but be prepared to keep hacking away at them for a few years before they finally exhaust their energy stores and die. Stiltgrass is very hard to control without herbicide; a regime of low concentrations of systemic herbicide during the growing season and a pre-emergent herbicide spray in the spring will eventually do the trick, but it can take several years to exhaust the seed bank. Hope that helps!

[@markjones5561]

I had a lot of barberry bush too. I mostly ripped it out by hand, the small ones come out quite easily on damp winter's day. The larger examples I have used digging irons to lever up the root. That's worked well. However the very large examples I did spray. :( However the land I steward now is free (mostly) of the barberry. Always keep an eye peeled for new shoots though. In this area the leaves turn red this time of year and make it easy to spot. As for stilt grass I'm still losing that battle :(

[@n0sr3t3p]

periwinkle feels like enemy number one when it comes to spring ephemeral decline.

[@forestsforthebay4784]

It and other invasive plants are definitely a big contributing factor!

[@stevemurray6543]

Do any of the spring efemerals do well is botanical garden setting? I would love to try some of these. Thank you for your videos, very well presented. You would be the very best of teachers.

[@forestsforthebay4784]

Spring ephemerals can be a little tricky to establish in a garden setting but are an excellent native ground cover option for shady areas! I've never tried to grow them around the house myself but have noticed that a lot of people have good success with Virginia bluebells.

[@olgakuchukov6981]

I planted bloodroot and other woodland natives in my southern Vermont garden and so far so good even with encroaching pressure of Asian snake worms and taking away their dominant shade tree. They’re plugging along so far. Will see how they put up with the worms altering the soil negatively.

[@EmeraldForester777]

Are they related to Mayapples

[@forestsforthebay4784]

Yes, but not super closely! Bloodroot and mayapple are both in the Order Ranunculales.

[@محمدیشفاخانہ]

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