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Thank you so much for all your content - so informative and your enthusiasm & love of all things native is infectious 😊 This series is very timely, as I’m already thinking next Spring I’d like to remove some non-native, invasive shrubs installed by the previous owners.

Very revealing on elderberry.. I think I had some raw juice and boy , I did not feel well.. I stopped using it..

Are all these shades loving shrubs?

Love these videos

Wish you would show seedlings and young plants as well as adult plants in bloom. Using seed from Prairie Moon is a way to have lots of natives but I do not know what all the "babies" look like and I don't want to pull out what I have grown from seed. Also, they don't all bloom the first year so plants get mixed up.

I’m in zone 6B. Massachusetts. Send me some seeds. I’ll plant anyone you want. Haha.

There is milkweed along some of Ohio roads. I planted 3 types of native milkweed in my yard. Haven't seen a monarch this year. Saw one last year. One yellow swallow tail butterfly this year. Are we just too late? What to do?

You forgot a REALLY good one, which is Allegheny Spurge. Obviously, Japanese Spurge is popular because it's a low, dense, attractive evergreen groundcover that thrives in partial to full shade, deer don't like it much, and it doesn't mind banks, clay soil, roots, etc. Well, Allegheny Spurge is native to the Appalachians, and everything I just said of Japanese Spurge is true of Allegheny Spurge, EXCEPT #1- it's not quite as aggressive (so it's less of a problem to manage its borders), and #2- it's not TOTALLY evergreen...in northern climates, its leaves get sort of brown/shriveled in the winter, though in southern climates like Hardiness Zones 7 through 9, it actually can often remain (almost) evergreen through milder winters. Anyway, it's a great native groundcover that gets overlooked a lot. For some reason, it's hard to find in greenhouses and online. But a few places are starting to carry it now, and it's done great in my front yard, which is mature 50/50 pine/decidious trees of clay, rooty soil with slope and tons of shade, in the mountains of North Georgia. We have tons of deer in my community, and they barely touch the stuff.

Yeah the monarchs are absent. Worried they'll be gone by 2030

Thanks for the presentation. I'm always interested in shade plants. Particularly ground cover. I'm actually in western PA suburbs and deer are a problem because of excessive numbers across the state. However, they are intentionally overpopulated by game commission since deer hunters never satiated unless population is 4 times what the area can sustain. In this area they actually pay the police to shoot the deer. I like deer, but I also like forests and there is severe overpopulation.

I hope you two ladies are having a great summer. ❤

Hi there, I’m newer to the native plant scene. I’m interested in growing Leadplant in my garden but it’s not Native in my region (Georgia) however am zone8. Is this worth planting in my garden or should I focus on another plant that is native to Georgia? Given it is a keystone plant, it has more of an appeal to me and would love any input. Also, do you recommend any online stores to purchase seeds? Thank you, Heather

Love the flowers

I recently discovered this channel. I ABSOLUTELY LOVE IT ❤️!! from western lake county IL. Thank you!!

Thank you!

The butterfly you asked about looks like one of the fritillaries, maybe the great spangled fritillary.

Thank you, great information.

IN CANADA ONTARIO, WE HAVE TO CUT OUR LAWN!!ILLEGAL TO GROW WILDFLOWERS FRONT OF YOUR HOUSE!!I HAVE GOT A WARNING FROM OTTAWA CITY!!!

The additional information you provided was very helpful. Thank you

I keep waiting to see caterpillars on mine!!!

Love your content - from zone 7 south central Missouri Ozark region.

I have plantain all over my lawn.. they have other things they can eat. I have manarda in the middle of 10x4 raised bed and the rabbits go in and sit in there😂.. sadly our pollinator population has really diminished. But my husband noticed that the butterfly milkweed had lots of them on there, but I only have a very small patch.

This channel is so helpful. I live near the Indiana Dunes, so your information pertains to me. Thank you !!

People drop off squirrels into my neighbor hood.. I just saw a male chasing a female..rabbit🙃

I planted milkweed three years ago in two different locations.. I live in NWNY great lakes. We used to have them but haven't seen a one in two years. Bees love them.

I just planted two Little Blue Stem grasses earlier this season and they really are beautiful. I can also attest that Mountain Mint is a beloved pollinator plant. Some great ideas for other grasses and plants.

13 huge oaks surround my house. Usually, I spend much of Nov. mulching leaves , making two huge piles which get used throughout the growing season. My soil had transformed from compacted clay into beautiful black top soil. It’s been worth the effort.

Great info! The best rabbit resistant plants I have in my garden include perennial allium, catmint, beebalm, Ninebark, bearded Iris, mountain mint, and juniper. Plants in the rose family are devoured by rabbits . I’m from Minneapolis, MN, zone 5a. I also grow Bradburys Monarda. Grows well. Purchased from Prairie Moon Nursery.

Appreciated your thoughts and information.

Newbie gardener here in Tucson, Arizona. I suspect rabbits have been the culprit eating my sweet potato plants. I did notice that the green colored ones were their favorite instead of the purple colored ones😂

I have lots of Wildmint and lots of Rabbits and Squirrels..Rabbits even ate my Yucca in Winter..Walnuts are falling and Squirrels are happy in Eastern Nebraska 😎

I live in Michgian (lower peninsula) and just discovered your channel. Subscribed immediately. Great information.

Westchester County, NY here. Thanks for offering content on shade plants! Could you do a woodland garden webinar?

I love these talks. I live in Wisconsin, so it's great to learn more about native plants in our region.

I haven’t seen the blooms on my monarda for years now, thanks to the lousy deer 😭 they’re such terrors

This is such helpful advice -I really love your videos! My soft heart now wants to know what to plant that my rabbits CAN eat…

I’m located in New York but found these webinars on TH-cam and I’m working on my first year native Woodland Garden and restoration project. This content is incredibly valuable and these ladies are amazing! Thank you so much.

thank you so much! I just planted prairie smoke seeds this year because I fell in love with the blooms, but was thrilled to learn they will work as a groundcover.

Your videos have been popping up in my YT feed recently and I've been devouring them. I'm excited to use one of the garden designs on your website for my part shade side yard. You were questioning whether the Solomon's seal spreads... I have a variegated Solomon's seal which is not considered native, but it does spread slowly and is growing happily under the black walnut tree canopy. Thank you for such great, educational videos!

Don't grow it on your property. It is invasive, like Lily of the valley it will take over. You can not pull it like a weed it will double if you do. you can not dig it up the root system is too expansive. You cannot contain it.

Does milkweed necessarily need to bloom to support monarch reproduction? I have a pink “swamp milkweed,” in its second year and it has never bloomed.

Need something like this for summer and fall, to help start seeds now so they can put on some growth before winter and winter sow those seeds that need to be cold moist stratified.

I laughed every time you said Po-key. It's pronounced like the famous/infamous Pokeweed, also called Poke Sallet and by other names in different regions. Young Spring leaves are edible when properly prepared but toxic if ingested unprepared or improperly prepared. Purple-black berries are used for dye. It's an aggressive native in the Eastern US, but considered invasive in some Western states. It's referenced in the song Polk Salad Annie with both parts of the common misspelled.

I’m going to be getting poke milkweed seeds. I really hope it thrives in my shade beds 🤩 they’re all so gorgeous Love your presentations! Which milkweed would work best in a very sunny and dry spot?

Got one of these bad boys in the front garden. HUGE

Your laugh makes me laugh

Love the content! Zone 6 MI

Can you mix ground cover plants in an area or is it better to stick with one? Will taller plants like woodland phlox still come up through a ground cover?

thank you

Thank you for the content. They keep getting better.