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You know there is a native lupine here that is so picky it doesn’t want to grow anywhere. 😂😂. There is a lupine on Joyful butterfly that is not native here, so I haven’t ordered any. Maybe I’ll give it a try to see if it will be happy here. After all, I’m not a native Floridian and I am super happy here. 🥰🥰🥰
I’m in St Marks Florida, my favorite native is the Purple Cone flower. Our local native nursery is “Native Nursery” in Tallahassee. Great place, they are very knowledgeable and helpful. Thank you for sharing your native plant knowledge. 🌼🦋
Ooooh, someone else suggested that nursery too. I definitely want to visit. Thank you so much for posting this information. I tried growing the native purple coneflower, I have two seedlings. Maybe they will thrive in my garden. I haven’t tried planting them in years because they always died. I know so much more about gardening now, maybe this will be their time to shine. 🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋
Beautiful natural looking garden, its a pollinators dream. We live in Ireland and we haven't seen that many butterflies so far but we do have lots of bees in our garden. We have lots of American plants like bee balm, coneflowers, coreopsis, rudbeckias and yarrow, the pollinators love these plants. We have lots of other pollinator plants in the garden as well.
@@ButterflyGardeningwithSusan I'm useless I have no idea where they come from or where they go. When I do see them I'm delighted to see them because all pollinators are welcome in my garden.
Love planting natives they are easy to please, low maintenance. I bought starry rosin-weed recently. They started to bloom, big happy blooms. Favorite native is purple cone flower, and maypop passion vine but how do you really choose. Small nursery in Hernando- UF/IFAS Hernando County, Master Gardener Nursery and little red wagon in tampa.
@@ButterflyGardeningwithSusan I just found out about it recently, it’s really nice and everyone is so nice there and helpful. Prices are lower compared to other nurseries around me. I think the aster in your video was a frost aster.
I am heading up to Petals from the Past in Alabama in September. They have a great S Eastern native section. If you go to Tallahassee be sure to go to Tallahassee Gardens too
Orange coneflower is a neat expanding clump. Not orange but not pale yellow either. I don’t really have a ratio. I do research and try to select the plants that attract the most butterflies and other pollinators. It’s probably 50/50 natives and non natives.
That is a great plan! I love researching and trying new flowers and observing what flowers they love. I am looking forward to seeing my orange coneflower bloom. 🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵
@@ButterflyGardeningwithSusan hairstreaks and eastern tailed blues seem to like it. I see little bees on it. And little inch worms. I know a lot of people say they get no pollinators and no caterpillars on it but maybe their yards aren’t as diverse as ours.
Butterflyscape, I love that term. Bees are about the same, butterflies are still lower, but I am definitely seeing an uptick now, so I think that is all about to change. 🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵
I'm curious, when you srart growing your flowers from scrtach, do you put the seeds in a ziploc bag in order for them to sprout faster. I know some people do this and then people plant them in the garden.
There are so many ways to start seeds and most of them work. It really depends on what you find enjoyable. I love experimenting and trying new things, but most of the time now, I put potting soil in a pot, scatter seeds in and set the pot out in my garden somewhere. It’s super easy.
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I have a "lucifer". It's blooming and it is beautiful. Hummingbirds love it, too. I'm in Delaware and my favorite is coneflowers and lupine.
You know there is a native lupine here that is so picky it doesn’t want to grow anywhere. 😂😂. There is a lupine on Joyful butterfly that is not native here, so I haven’t ordered any. Maybe I’ll give it a try to see if it will be happy here. After all, I’m not a native Floridian and I am super happy here. 🥰🥰🥰
@@ButterflyGardeningwithSusan, it's so beautiful.
I’m in St Marks Florida, my favorite native is the Purple Cone flower. Our local native nursery is “Native Nursery” in Tallahassee. Great place, they are very knowledgeable and helpful. Thank you for sharing your native plant knowledge. 🌼🦋
Ooooh, someone else suggested that nursery too. I definitely want to visit. Thank you so much for posting this information. I tried growing the native purple coneflower, I have two seedlings. Maybe they will thrive in my garden. I haven’t tried planting them in years because they always died. I know so much more about gardening now, maybe this will be their time to shine. 🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋
Starry rosinweed is one of my fav as well as native coreopsis
Wild wet wacky native nursery on n Merritt island…
That is a fabulous name for a nursery. Thank you for posting your favorites. 🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋
Beautiful natural looking garden, its a pollinators dream. We live in Ireland and we haven't seen that many butterflies so far but we do have lots of bees in our garden. We have lots of American plants like bee balm, coneflowers, coreopsis, rudbeckias and yarrow, the pollinators love these plants. We have lots of other pollinator plants in the garden as well.
I imagine your garden is beautiful!! What types of butterflies are most common in your area?
@@ButterflyGardeningwithSusan Monarch butterflies are the most common type of butterfly we get in our area.
That is fabulous! Do your Monarchs migrate? If so, do you know where they go?
@@ButterflyGardeningwithSusan I'm useless I have no idea where they come from or where they go. When I do see them I'm delighted to see them because all pollinators are welcome in my garden.
@nicholasryan5401 I love it🩵🦋🩵🦋
Paper coffee filters are good to put seeds in. You can write the name on the paper filter and staple it shut to keep the seeds inside.
That’s a great idea!! Thanks for sharing this. 🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵
Love planting natives they are easy to please, low maintenance. I bought starry rosin-weed recently. They started to bloom, big happy blooms. Favorite native is purple cone flower, and maypop passion vine but how do you really choose. Small nursery in Hernando- UF/IFAS Hernando County, Master Gardener Nursery and little red wagon in tampa.
Wow, they have a Master Gardener Nursery open year round??? That’s fabulous!! Our UF/IFAS Master Gardeners do maybe 2 plant sales per year.
@@ButterflyGardeningwithSusan I just found out about it recently, it’s really nice and everyone is so nice there and helpful. Prices are lower compared to other nurseries around me. I think the aster in your video was a frost aster.
I’m going to look up the frost aster now. Thanks🩵🦋🩵🦋
What a lovely place! Looks beautiful and relaxing. 🐞
It truly is🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋
I love The Nectary and Sweet Bay, but I love going up to Native Nurseries of Tallahassee
Really…I might have to do a mini road trip. Do you find things there that aren’t here?
@@ButterflyGardeningwithSusan Yes. But is is set up beautifully. Like a forest
I am heading up to Petals from the Past in Alabama in September. They have a great S Eastern native section. If you go to Tallahassee be sure to go to Tallahassee Gardens too
That sounds so fun🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋
Orange coneflower is a neat expanding clump. Not orange but not pale yellow either. I don’t really have a ratio. I do research and try to select the plants that attract the most butterflies and other pollinators. It’s probably 50/50 natives and non natives.
That is a great plan! I love researching and trying new flowers and observing what flowers they love. I am looking forward to seeing my orange coneflower bloom. 🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵
@@ButterflyGardeningwithSusan hairstreaks and eastern tailed blues seem to like it. I see little bees on it. And little inch worms. I know a lot of people say they get no pollinators and no caterpillars on it but maybe their yards aren’t as diverse as ours.
Yes, balanced diversity is so important. I need to make a video about that.
It’s really a wonderful butterflyscape. Your butterfly and bee numbers have to be way up.
Butterflyscape, I love that term. Bees are about the same, butterflies are still lower, but I am definitely seeing an uptick now, so I think that is all about to change. 🦋🩵🦋🩵🦋🩵
I'm curious, when you srart growing your flowers from scrtach, do you put the seeds in a ziploc bag in order for them to sprout faster. I know some people do this and then people plant them in the garden.
There are so many ways to start seeds and most of them work. It really depends on what you find enjoyable. I love experimenting and trying new things, but most of the time now, I put potting soil in a pot, scatter seeds in and set the pot out in my garden somewhere. It’s super easy.
@Susanthebutterflygardener Thank you so much, and do you put compost or any type of fertilizer for your flowers to help them grow faster?
No fertilizer, but I let trimmings fall and decompose in my garden.
@Susanthebutterflygardener Gotcha, thank you 😊.
Susan, do you have butterflies year round in your neck of Florida?
Yes, unless we have an extended cold period. I might go a few weeks without them.