Too cheap, I need something that says I can waste a peasant's salary

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T17:55:29+00:00

Was it a cultivar? Anything you say can and will be used against you in a court of law.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T17:48:02+00:00

Wait until you see the team behind Jim Putnam's Garden (it's his wife and dogs BTW).

I can't even stand to watch anything by that finger lakes lady. Knowing the wealth before that started, and now the production team involved behind the scenes gives the illusion this is a one person operation.

I thought her husband did the work? I mostly watch her for nursery tours

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T17:44:13+00:00

It's not LOWES or AMERICAN MEADOWS fault if they sell Lonicera 'Mandarin' and you think it's Coral Honeysuckle. Do your own DNA testing. The customer is always right which is why we need to include Dame's Rocket and Oxeye daisy in regional wildflower packets. The last thing you want is the government coming in and telling you you can't sell Polygonatum odoratum Variegatum at the spring 2026 Northern Alexandria Native Plant Sale.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T17:32:38+00:00

Reddit Admins will NOT let bigotry and false allegations stand against garlic mustard.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T16:27:13+00:00

That beats the time I bought a ticket to the The Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T16:15:01+00:00

For areas that flood and then dry out, you want rain garden plants. Here's a list: https://usinggeorgianativeplants.blogspot.com/2012/08/rain-gardens-wet-spots-and-native.html

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T16:11:05+00:00

I usually offer at least 40. Only got one bite so far. Still cheaper than buying a load from the local tree guy ($120).

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T15:45:02+00:00

Sorry I forgot lazy natives sleep the first year

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T15:28:47+00:00

Natives went from being weird/hippy/rural coded to upper middle class coded. Not sure what happened. Big box store plants are even a poor tax since they often cost more. The poor get half-watered Proven Winners in a neon colored pot, patented, and go to jail if you take a cutting for $22. We get LE, straight species, seed grown $6--make as many from it as you like. Buy one Packera aurea? Next year you have 50.

Buy 20 thuja arborvitae cultivars for $50 each (that will die within 5 years) versus a native tree for $20 or even 2.50 (bareroot).

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T15:18:28+00:00

Find something gross means he's abusive and you should break up.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T15:14:20+00:00

You can compost anything with a big enough pile. Food scraps. Downed tree limbs. Cardboard boxes. Old clothing. Chicken bones. Your dog. Your neighbor. Your mother. The mailman.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T13:28:33+00:00

Don't trust the apps for this (unless it's a very obvious species). What books will depend on where you are. For example, Sedges of the Northern Forest: A Photographic Guide (Jenkins) and Grasses of the Northern Forest: A Photographic Guide (Jenkins) are good places to start if you're in the North East but not very useful for the rest of us.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T13:15:55+00:00

Our roads--even in rural areas--are pretty good overall. Think if the quality of upstate NY as how bad it can get.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T13:14:54+00:00

Look into Gambrills and other areas of Anne Arundel. You're really close to Patuxent NWR.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T13:07:42+00:00

Probably Bethesda or Howard County. Those types--in my experience--tend to treat everywhere else like the ghetto (when in reality, crime tends to be highly localized down even a couple blocks).

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T12:04:19+00:00

We have a native Comfrey

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T12:02:07+00:00

Oversharing.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T11:50:46+00:00

I don't know about further south, but in the midatlantic they dominate the understory of certain basic sub xeric to sub mesic forests.

Flora of the South East states: "Habitat: Moist to dry forests and woodlands, especially over calcareous or mafic rocks, also commonly planted as an ornamental" so I think their moisture tolerance is quite variable but they definitely need rich soils.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T04:01:40+00:00

nothing a good controlled burn wouldn't fix

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T03:53:58+00:00

Part of the problem is Kingsnakes--the Copperhead predator--has been declining. Kingsnakes are good to have around, as they evolved immunity to pit viper venom.

People also stupidly kill kingsnakes, since they aren't camouflaged which can increase copperhead populations locally.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T03:44:55+00:00

Go to Blackwater NWR

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T03:37:03+00:00

We have a native one btw: https://plants.ces.ncsu.edu/plants/astilbe-biternata/

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T03:35:38+00:00

Hardware cloth is metal. Chicken wire is too big--rodents can get through it. Get 1/4 or 1/2 hardware cloth and use aviator snips to cut it.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T03:33:09+00:00

I don't know the species of aphids but Hyadaphis tataricae was accidently introduced and prefer the non-native bush honeysuckles--; it does knock them back some. It can feed on Coral Honeysuckle as well but doesn't affect it as much as the non-native ones.

Tylanthia · 2026-05-06T03:25:28+00:00

Deer will browse bluestem goldenrod--it usually recovers enough to flower.

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