PETITTI | 10 Keystone Perennials to Grow in Northeast Ohio

Keystone plants play an essential role in supporting the wildlife around us – attracting, hosting, and feeding the caterpillars of butterflies, moths, bees, and birds native to our region. Noelle explains what Keystone Perennials are and shares our top 10 to grow in Northeast Ohio (Ecoregion 8 - Eastern Temperate Forests)! Though there are many plants that benefit our local pollinators, these stand out above the rest. making them great additions to enhance the ecological benefits of your landscape!

[jrwtemg]

Noel and Taylor for president! Love you both!

[LULC]

I’m a fan of Doug Tallmay. From what I took from his books & speeches he highly promotes we use trees and plants that are native to support the insect and wildlife food web. Looks like all the perennials you have here are also native to the US.

[barbludwig]

Awesome! Already have several Keystone Perennials in my garden, but can make a bit more room for more!

[PhilipDonna]

I’ll be at one of your locations on Sunday. I have a brand new perennial bed that needs filling. Yay🎉!

[rtrxpqf]

Lovely keystone plants Noelle and even though we have been getting alot of rain in zone 6b it's a good reminder that beauty surrounds us and there will be sunny days ahead soon. Thanks for your video!

[emkn]

Great video, thank you for highlighting native plants. There are some really gorgeous ones out there.

About the allergies! Once I realized it’s WIND POLLINATED plants (trees, grasses, ragweed) that cause the allergies, it all clicked for me. The pollen is fine and light and travels on the wind, right into my nose. Showy flowers, like goldenrod, are trying to attract pollinators to spread their STICKY pollen that clings to the visitors. That’s the key difference that cleared up any confusion for me.

[threeriversforge]

Great to see people talking about the need for native plants in the yard. We've done so much damage by using non-native plants, even when they're not invasive, that's really hard to believe. And just in my lifetime! We need more nurseries offering native plants, especially the Straight Species. It's almost impossible to find things, especially the "unpretty" stuff like Pachysandra procumbens. I just bought some Carex pensylvanica at the nursery and can understand how they have a hard time selling something that looks like grass. We need more folks joining the team and helping to rebuild our ecosystem. And, let's be honest, it's about Pride of Place. I like my area to look like my area, not some amalgamation of the same ten foreign plants everyone's buying from the big box stores.

[yjbonner]

What about the hibiscus?? Didn't see any mention of them??

[GardenEvolution]

What about that oak trees are the number one thing you should have in your yard?