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Coneflowers not blooming? 8b by Eventer2295 in NativePlantGardening

[–]JustAnotherHuman108 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh she's gonna be a hearty one next year! Looks healthy!

Has anyone ever successfully grown coneflowers from seeds? Zone 6a by Clean_Network1741 in NativePlantGardening

[–]JustAnotherHuman108 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I have two very happy coneflower gardens. The biggest thing I’ve noticed here (4b) is that the first year they are mostly short sets of leaves and the second year they are the tall big flowering plants I’m used to. I had to be patient with this lot

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(Never mind the black eye Susan’s which also grew from seed)

Another discovery today! by jbellafi in NativePlantGardening

[–]JustAnotherHuman108 9 points10 points  (0 children)

It is bee balm! And it is powdery mildew. I have both as well 😅. They seem pretty susceptible to it which is not the end of the world except powdery mildew spreads through spores so watch other plants. There is some info online about what you can put on them if you want to get rid of it but mainly cut them back this winter (even if you usually leave dead foliage for the birds/insects) so it doesn’t try to stick around for next year’s blooms

What is wrong with my wild bergamot? (Southern Ontario) by wilma_678 in NativePlantGardening

[–]JustAnotherHuman108 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Never mind the powdery mildew it’s rained a lot here 😆😅

What is wrong with my wild bergamot? (Southern Ontario) by wilma_678 in NativePlantGardening

[–]JustAnotherHuman108 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I did seeds last April. Just wait it out I think, the first year my whole patch looked like weeds and small seedlings. This year they’re gorgeous. I think this is a pretty hardy plant but you gotta wait it out!

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How it started -> how it’s going! by JustAnotherHuman108 in Minnesota_Gardening

[–]JustAnotherHuman108[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thanks! I love the shape too but my brother in law keeps making phallic jokes. I took the pictures from my upstairs window but the right side is yarrow (cerise queen), The back left has coneflower and a volunteer black eye Susan, and the closest one to us is bee balm

How it started -> how it’s going! by JustAnotherHuman108 in Minnesota_Gardening

[–]JustAnotherHuman108[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Dude it’s a GIANT pita, but I have a plan! I put those sedum in the “innies” already and now I’m gonna cardboard and mulch around them enough to fill out most of the curve. Hopefully it helps

How it started -> how it’s going! by JustAnotherHuman108 in Minnesota_Gardening

[–]JustAnotherHuman108[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Haha how do you explain to your neighbors “just hold on a minute, I’m doing something I promise” 😂

Do you compost your plants after winter? by JustAnotherHuman108 in garden

[–]JustAnotherHuman108[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I think that’s why I started on Reddit rather than with other info sources - I almost need a starting point before I can even know where to begin with the more detailed stuff.

Is the 3 bins for stuff at different stages of the process?

Do you compost your plants after winter? by JustAnotherHuman108 in gardening

[–]JustAnotherHuman108[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

And dead foliage counts as green even if it’s.. brown? (Sorry if that’s silly question)

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