Turn Your Yard Into a Wildflower Meadow | How To Transform Your Yard Into a Native Plant Prairie!

In this video I'll show you how to start a Native Plant Meadow in Houston Texas featuring, Black-Eyed Susans, Coreopsis, Sunflowers, Zinnias, Pumpkins, and More!
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[@laurapetro5054]

I love how u get so excited when your flowers be crackin!

[@paulplantu]

It’s like watching my kids become billionaires

[@buckbeaksgarden761]

I raised 4 boys who talk like you lol. Thanks for showing young people the importance of planting and gardening!

[@paulplantu]

Haha, that's why I make these videos! I appreciate the comment and hopefully your boys are out there gardening with ya!

[@aggness860]

Yo that ending is everything!

[@HoopsNNature]

You learn obvious things about life from gardening that people who don't may never connect with. Things you can only think about if you learn to watch and aid something grow and learned the relationships it has with its surroundings.

[@CocoBark]

Awe! Ranger isn’t having the Frog Fruit 😂😂😭

[@Cincin03]

Hey Paul, the wild flowers are looking beautiful! Can't wait to see it in 2 months, full with flowers! I clip mine when they're getting out of hand and make little bouquets and put them around the house! Take care! Love this channel! 🌻🏵️🌸🌺🌹💐

[@paulplantu]

That’s such a good idea. It may be a good way to get my girlfriend out into the garden.

[@sweetcandy3525]

Oh first of all i wanna say i super love your name coz my baby boy (fur baby) is named Paul😂 and secondly i super duper love your videos! I havent laugh hard for a few days now coz of a major drawback in my life but you made me laugh today😊 thank you for sharing this video. I really enjoyed it coz i am starting a wildflower garden too. Also love the way you spoil your dogs. You dont even tell them to get off the plants which i really find so sweet and funny😁

[@Reefgc]

Ur grandma's creative cove!

[@paulplantu]

Lmfaooooo!!! I forgot about that! Ahahaha

[@pottersjournal]

This is great were I live every one has 10 acre lawn that they mow every 7 days need it or not. Not a meadow flower can grow not a bee, moth or bird in sight. Your garden will be like a welcome sign for humming birds and butterflies. Well done.

[@paulplantu]

That’s legit so dumb, I have no idea why people do that. It may be like riding a go kart type of deal for them... but it’s work. I rather throw seeds out help the insects and mow one time a year. It makes WAY more sense. Thanks for the comment!!

[@lahabracali]

Southern Indiana is watching.

[@misslianaaaa]

I love this channel! Makes me feel so chilled out! Im going to find out what native plants will grow best in my garden, plant them and watch them growwwww 👌🇬🇧

[@paulplantu]

Heck yeah, do it. It’s so reward to watch them start from nothing then BOOM flowers on flowers!!

[@JBones07]

Peace from California! ✌🏽

[@SunshineCountryChickens]

That black nightshade is a garden huckleberry/wonderberry. They are delicious, you can eat them raw or cooked.They are safe to eat when ripe, just dont eatthe green ones. I have hundreds and eat them every day. You can buy the seeds from Baker Creek and others

[@vintageonclub9114]

Suns out guns out 💪🏻

[@MChristina]

Lovely meadow!!

[@Assscrackkp]

These videos inspire me to have a garden of my own someday. Thank Paul you really out here changing lives since earth is my planet.

[@paulplantu]

You can honestly go plant one if they're some green space between the road and sidewalk somewhere or add some native plants to a park so when you walk by it'll look better!

[@thestephans2905]

You know its gonna be a good day when Plantu gets uploaded! ❤💯

[@paulplantu]

Hell yeaaaa!!! Haha

[@Andre-sy5gb]

earth is my planet

[@paulplantu]

STRAIGHT UP!

[@maple494]

That's so cool I wanna try that myself next summer :D

[@ZackerySchultz]

bro your energy makes me spend the whole day in the garden lol

[@paulplantu]

Haha, appreciate it dude! I wish I could spend all day everyday in the garden truth be told

[@edgarcastaneda335]

I LOVE YOU PAUL

[@paulplantu]

Love you too homie!

[@pattywoot1703]

Creativity at the MAX! Personally imma HUGE clean cut grass guy, but a meadow is different and its up to you! 🔥 Keep the working coming playa!

[@paulplantu]

You may want to replace that grass with a lawn alternate may not have to cut it and if the ground cover has flowers it’ll look even cooler!!! But nevertheless grass does look clean

[@findingnemo696]

Damn that back yard looking hella fresh bro 👍

[@paulplantu]

Thank you so much!

[@monicavaldez2369]

Can’t wait to see the wildflowers grow in! 🌺🌻🌼🌸

[@paulplantu]

Me too, it’s already so exciting to see them popping off.

[@JulioFallas]

Paul's Garden bout to be popping

[@paulplantu]

On meeeeee!!!!

[@JulioFallas]

@@paulplantu Can't wait

[@liamlennon909]

I love this channel bro. It's great to relax to. Also, I had no idea how interested I actually was in plants until I started watching these videos lol

[@paulplantu]

Yeah, they’re super cool. The functions, aesthetics, and it truly does put me at ease mentally when I’m in the garden.

[@ericsirois832]

Dude, love it! keep up the vids. Inspiring my garden. Earth is my Plaanet.

[@paulplantu]

Haha, thanks homie! I shall!!

[@elijahlawson8428]

sheesh, the yard is looking nice maneee

[@paulplantu]

Hell yeah, thank you!! I can't wait to watch everything get bigger mayyne!!

[@samrachui6556]

Love from ATX

[@paulplantu]

Appreciate ya homie!!

[@mrhepden]

Earth is my planet

[@princesslunakusuma8322]

u should get hibiscus moscheutos , perennial hibiscus, swamp rosemallow, it has huge dinner plate sized bloom

[@paulplantu]

Thanks for the suggestion, I'm going to buy some!

[@LostInThisGardenofLife]

Perfect!

[@paulplantu]

Yessssir!!!

[@MrTouchednut]

wake up babe, new Paul Plantu video dropped!

[@paulplantu]

Hahahaha!!

[@brothersofboss]

tremendous

[@8thLife]

Paul *Pumpkin Patch* Plantu

[@christylou28]

You may need to move some of those pumpkins or they'll end up taking over the whole meadow! I'm really enjoying these videos and seeing the progress of your garden!

[@paulplantu]

Thanks for the advice, since this is year 1 I kind of don't care about the pumpkins going crazy, they'll die back and I'll probably do without them next year.

[@Fearless-wi4ng]

New subscriber.

[@zwicknagel]

Plant watermelon "sugarbaby" from seed on your buried pool! 😀

[@raphlvlogs271]

chunks of mosses will also be very beneficial to meadows.

[@tonypele7054]

EARTH IS MY PLONET✌🏾😎

[@StunnerTheGreat]

Let’s go

[@johnk3754]

You should make a walkway to a Fountain in middle of the flowers

[@paulplantu]

I'm probably going to put in a big ass pond truth be told! Haha!

[@FullOfRabbits]

You should look into white clover seeds for the more shady part of your yard. They're "weeds" so they put up with a lot of abuse, but the flowers are like crack to bees.

[@paulplantu]

I think there’s some that grows in the front beds around my oaks. I’ll check em out

[@Hayley-sl9lm]

Dat oak is bomb ass

[@HamSamwichCHAPS]

💯

[@traceybryan84]

I love how you learn so much about what you plant. What plant ID app do you use?

[@paulplantu]

I use iNaturalist

[@Reefgc]

Cant wait to see lil kinky cameo.. picture him with a drarf hat and wheelbarrow :P always eat grass!

[@paulplantu]

He ain’t bout that wheelbarrow life! Haha

[@jacobgonzalez6445]

Just make sure you water frequently. The soil will become rich if you just water frequently.

[@paulplantu]

I don’t have to water much here, it rains a tonnnn!! Hahaha, at least has been.

[@jacobgonzalez6445]

@@paulplantu haha same here in south texas. Its been for the past week.

[@gasubtropics]

You should put Spanish moss on that oak tree they look amazing with moss on them

[@spencersanderson1894]

Hi, I’m from England and have my own native wildflower meadow, I think you said something about stripping the top soil and things being a bit slower to grow. That will be the case but for wildflower meadows it is beneficial to have lower fertility in the soil, as it will stop any vigorous plants out competing other plants and will help keep it diverse. I am not 100% sure whether this is still the case for American wildflowers but in England that is what is suggested. Hope this puts your mind at ease a little!

[@paulplantu]

That’s awesome, yeah most of the wildflowers I see are growing on the sides of roads and parking lots which have horrible soil so I have faith in them. Thanks for the reassuring comment and stopping by on the channel!

[@spencersanderson1894]

@@paulplantu Oh that’s cool, that’s the same as here they love growing in odd places, but if they like it I don’t complain haha! No problem, I love what your doing and will support that! Thank you!

[@Cherished.Beloved]

Shoot you might get me into having plants around😭

[@paulplantu]

Do it, It's good for the soul!!

[@ZE308AC]

Try growing minir minor lettuce near the trees where the grass Doesn't grow.

[@paulplantu]

I’ll look into it, thanks for the suggestion!

[@katiecannon8186]

That’s hysterical that your dog keeps plopping right on the frog fruit.

[@paulplantu]

Idk what his deal is. Recently he dropped a deuce in it so I doubt he’ll be laying on that one. 😂

[@katiecannon8186]

@@paulplantu Lol.

[@ZE308AC]

Maybe add a small fence around the frog fruit plant.

[@paulplantu]

I did, he moved it out the way!

[@ZE308AC]

@@paulplantu oh, no what a bummer

[@stephanieparker5049]

Thank you for loving earth our “planet” is foxy a blue healer??? Hiiiiii Ranger✌️

[@paulplantu]

Yes she’s a blue heeler, we adopted her... she was a stray with pups. She’s a badass

[@ZE308AC]

You need to try and grow a red kabocha squash

[@andr3wrsessimofo]

Damn that arm looking like he got slashed by wolverine 👀

[@paulplantu]

My dog jump up on me with her sharp ass talons. Hahaha

[@raphlvlogs271]

are pumpkins annuals?

[@paulplantu]

Yeah, they're annuals!

[@irvgotti9271]

How’s the yard now?

[@paulplantu]

There's an update on the channel called meadow mistakes which shows it.

[@davidquintanilla9335]

First

[@unionse7en]

they probably "over" filled it because it may settle over time.

[@MiniPound4Pound]

plantu tickles my ladyflower

[@heidigib01]

Where will your dogs have to run and play? I hope you reconsider the poisonous plant, if you love your dog, it’s not worth the risk is it? For one plant? That’s something you can’t take back once it’s done.

[@paulplantu]

My dogs run and play within the plants. They're not really picky about having a perfectly manicured lawn. The Eastern Nightshade has already died, I appreciate you looking out for my pups tho!!

[@ShortbreadPug]

Delicious armpit hair

[@andrewwilson8776]

You’re suppose to buy seeds that are native to your area. Do not buy wildflower mixes like this guy did. You want native plants to attract and help native insects.