I posted some photos of what appears to be Spiny Ash on the banks of the Oconto River in north east Wisconsin. A friend of mine owns some property up there and...
I think your plant might be Zanthoxylum americanum (Prickly Ash), which is native to most of WI, including Oconto county. You may want to consider some...
FYI, This does NOT look like the prickly ash we have on our property in SW WI. Prickly ash has much smaller leaves, and the thorns are more triangular. So...
Leaf size on prickly ash varies a lot; even on the same plant. Mature thorns are quite triangular, but young thorns are mostly just sharp points. An easy way...
This probably isn't Prickly Ash then because my friend doesn't remember a Citrus scent, nor has he seen a red fruit on it. These plants grow to a tree-like...
Could the orange flowers be jewel weed? If so, they are native, but can certainly seem to be invasive. They are annuals, and hummingbirds love them,...
Buckthorns are bushy and get little black berries on them. Birds love to spread those, which is why they have become such a problem for many of us. We...
this isn't Buckthorn. I'm very familiar with Buckthorn as it's an ubiquitous invader in northeast illinois as well. Hey Peggy, where would I get bark oil? ...
Hi all, My name is Kathy and I live in central NY. I have 1.8 acres in what the NY DEC calls a wetlands "check zone", meaning it's in that buffer area that ...
Can anyone id the vine in this photo? Thanks, TW http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_0PgwXgzvOZI/SJoeFz3wFtI/AAAAAAAAAKk/A9whwurDci\ o/s1600/butterfly%2B003.jpg...
Interesting vine and the butterfly seems to like it. But, I do not recognize it. Tell us where you are located and that might help us. Tim Rockford, IL From:...
Is this it? http://www.missouriplants.com/Whiteopp/Cynanchum_laeve_page.html http://www.monarchwatch.org/milkweed/guide/cynan.htm I've been pulling it up in my...
This is native but can be aggressive because it spreads throught the root system. It is growing on my climantis vine right now, so I think I will pull it...
Welcome Kathy, It sounds like you have a pretty good start and a great plan. You might be interested in the book, "Bringing Nature Home" by Douglas W. Tallamy....
Hi Kathy- Where in CNY are you? You may be close enough to get to a Habitat Gardening of CNY (chapter of Wild Ones) meeting which happen once a month usually...
Kathy Depending on how recently you joined, you may not have seen the last two issues of the Wild Ones Journal. In the May June issue we started a series of...
.... and is sneaky (in > some places, it almost seems to hide under other leaves until the ... That is true, I always wondered where the pods came from when...
Hi Tim, Thanks for the information - you've really simplified the spacing issue for me. That was just the sort of information I was looking for! I just picked ...
Hi Judi, Well my wetland's really wet. The downside is I should buy stock in a sump pump company. I have a full basement and when it rains as much as it has ...
Hi Hope, I'm right outside Utica - 50 miles (more or less) from Syracuse. (Graduated from SU, in fact. Art major.) Yes, I'd like to make it to some HGCNY ...
Hi Maryann, I'd love to go to the conference, but it's not me that's registered.must be a different Kathy. I was poking around the conference pages on the...
You may also consider "Growing and Propagating Wildflowers" which is put out by the New England Wild flower Society. By William Cullina. Great photos and ...
Your album title is a question "Good spot for a rain garden?" and the answer is "No". Rain gardens need to be placed somewhere that will drain well. The...
I justed wanted to share that I enjoyed the photos with the turkeys marching through. That's a sight I never get to see in my tiny suburban yard. Benia ...
Perhaps "rain garden" is not the proper technical term here, but I have had success planting flood plain species in areas that are naturally wet. The deep...
Hi Pat, I'm envisioning the sort of plantings you mentioned - that will slurp up a lot of the excess water, yet tolerate dry spells. I thought that was a rain ...
Hi Benia, I don't know if NY State made an effort to reintroduce turkeys or if they came back on their own but they're all over the place now. Ditto Canada ...
We recently moved into a home on a wooded parcel of land in Central Illinois. We are in the process of re-doing the landscaping by replacing rotting timber...
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