Along with "Monarch watch", I really like the "Journey North" web site (www.journeynorth.org) They do a great job of helping students and teachers (and...
1. I've battled reed canary grass in SE Michigan and it is tough to eradiate. As noted, burning to remove thatch followed by herbiciding new growth does work...
I am new to native landscaping. I have lived in our subdivision for about 1.5 years. I'd love some helpful advice and this group seems like a really cool way...
Hi Cindy and welcome aboard. It is getting time to start thinking about that landscape. 1. The best time to transplant is early in the spring, usually well...
Actually, you probably under estimate yourself by your beginner reference...if you're thinking in February about transplanting your native stock, you're as...
Am removing (slowly) non-natives and replacing with natives in a 10 year old landscaping. They are up against the foundation in several places. Would...
Hmmm, I too slowly replace non-natives with natives. I look forward to when non-natives die. Fothergilla is native to the southeast US so I am not familiar...
Thanks for the great advice on my questions. I'll make transplanting my earliest task. I have a couple of serviceberries already (one is in that front berm)...
Cindy, here is a link to the Ladybird Wildflower Center native plant page with information on Northern Spicebush. It grows well for me (in Ohio) in our woods,...
Cindy, Lindera benzoin is not native to our immediate area, at least according to Swink's. It is a well-shaded understory shrub of wet to mesic woods, a little...
I am in Ohio. And that was a good suggestion to indicate my geographic area. Will probably do witch hazel or serviceberry bush. Am considering buying a strong...
An excellent, but hard to locate, book on native plants in our immediate area is The Flora of Winnebago County by Egbert Fell; the Natural Land Institute had a...
The book, The Flora of Winnebago County, can be purchased from NLI and at the Winnebago County Forest Preserve District headquarters. The last time I checked,...
Witch hazel and serviceberry can be very attractive in yard plantings. I have witch hazels here in SE Michigan. You might look at Guy Sternberg's book,...
I heard an area nursery representative recently say that he had been using native bittersweet as a shrub and having better luck letting it climb on itself...
This free symposium features intersting and knowlegable speakers (several are WO members.) It's worth travelling some distance to attend the Friday evening...
If you're planning a Spring visit to Washington DC, be sure to visit the native plant garden at the U.S. National Arboretum. Joan Feely is the curator. ...
After perusing more materials, what do you know about these 3 shrubs: Blackhaw- as a viburnum, does it have the same shade/moist needs as other viburnums or is...
Hey Cindy, The Blackhaw viburnum--nannyberry--will tolerate dry conditions, and remember that the word tolerate does not mean thrive. This is another...
This decision is important to all who live near the Great Lakes. It was not widely reported. The following is excerpted from an ... What a relief that the...
Cindy, I am catching up on my email. I do not have experience with Blackhaw (viburnum prunifolium) (nannyberry is V. lentago and quite different) but I was...
... conditions ... I am becoming more interested in shrubs and trees the last year or so, and as my question will prove, I know I have a lot to learn. I ...
See, there is an example of the problem with common names. I think I have heard of a leatherwood viburnum but cannot find any references to it. I found...
I am forwarding this to the group because you might see this false email show up in your mailbox. I am removing the original poster's names. To read more about...
Thanks Tim for the termite link....I began hearing these things last fall, and I should have realized that the Snopes website would get on to it. I think that...
Recently there was some discussion about pruning native shrubs. I found an interesting article about this and want to share it. Go to the article, To Prune or...
If you think you are bad with emails and replies, I think I rival you. When you say that blackhaw's branches are perpendicular to the stems, do you mean is is...
