I am so glad you reminded us of that. I was thinking I had a few days. Your reminder prompted me to register last night. I am having difficulty registering at...
Hello, I just joined Wild Ones (Chicago Chapter) and just recently got into the idea of natural landscaping so needless to say, I have a million questions. ...
I am a huge newbie as well, so take what I say with a grain of salt, but I have heard that hybrid versions of columbine can interbreed with native columbine,...
Mike, Welcome to Wild Ones and this list. I am sure you will get a lot of suggestions to help you get started. See my replies below your questions. Tim List...
Columbines will travel around your garden and cross-hybridize, creating more colors and double flowers, but they aren't considered invasive. I think the mulch...
Hello all - Has anyone come across a good source of information on the eating quality (for humans) of nut trees native to southeastern Minnesota? These would...
I have been wanting to initiate discussion on the importance of local ecotype and this may fit here since this seems to come up frequently with new (and...
Here in New England, we are still challenged to find good sources of native plants, let alone local ecotypes. I encourage the groups I address to ask their...
Thanks for all of the help with my questions...I'm sure I'll have more. As for the mulch question, using shredded leaves is fine for the fall but what should I...
Hay and straw mulch would likely have alot of weed seeds in it and present more maintenance problems than its worth. I'd suggest going with hardwood chip ...
Veggies don't go too well with grass plugs. First season or two, they may be able to grow side by side. But after that, grass and tomato plants won't be able...
Regarding the mulch, hay would have tons of "weed" seeds in it, straw would not. Straw makes a great mulch, though it will decompose faster than wood chips...
Since I work with schools creating wildlife habitat, and schools often want to plant vegetable gardens in addition to habitat, I encourage them to plant these...
... *** Important point to note. If the veggies are given additional fertilizer, like they might be, that would make the prairie plants grow up to gigantic ...
Lisa, Butternuts are good food wherever they grow, but they are much beset nowadays by a canker, so healthy productive trees are scarce. All hickory nuts are...
Straw is a good mulch if you do not mind its appearance. Occasionally you will get some weed seed. If you are looking for good looks, you could use wood mulch,...
Lisa, I think all acorns are edible but very bitter. I remember tasting one as a kid, I didn't die or get sick but I had to spit it out. I have many shagbark...
... I took an ecology class at the Morton Arboretum as part of the Naturalist Certificate Program. One of our experiments involved putting a certain number of...
... about the hybrids. They are either sterile or revert back to the native type when their seeds disperse. Pat Lisle, IL ... one as a kid, I didn't die or...
Hi Lisa, Bur oak is another of the oaks with the reputation of having non-bitter -- that is, fairly tannin-free -- acorns. Apparently bur oak acorns can...
Hi Mike: Here are some: 1: Flowering Spurge (?) --not sure though! 3: Common Ragweed 4: Stinkweed 5: Sweet Clover( white or yellow) You don't want 3,4 and 5....
Thanks Chan. Are you sure #5 is Sweet Clover? I thought it was some kind of Goldenrod. It's really tall... approx. 5 1/2 feet. I thought #1 was Flowering...
Yes Mike, it certainly is sweet clover. They could get even taller. They have deep and strong roots. You cannot pull the roots out for this size of a plant....
Mike, Please tell us where you are located so we can better help you. Nope, number 5 is not a clover but is Purple Meadow-rue, Thalictrum dasycarpum. Do you...
Sorry, forgot to mention that I'm from Chicago. Yeah, #4 is about a foot tall (I uploaded another poor photo of it). ... yard. It ... go away. ... about a...
I thought that maybe Unknown Plant 3-photo 1 was Black Snakeroot, I have gobs in my yard but hard to tell in the picture for sure. I agree with Royal Fern. ...
Tim: #4 is definitely Stinkweed, Thlapsi arvense L. ( Weeds of N. America and Canada). I have tons of those. Look like wild mustard, except with white flowers....
Yeah, I agree with Chan... #4 is Stinkweed and #5 is not Meadow Rue but I'm still unsure about what it is. Chan, you may also be right about #2 being an Indigo...
