Easy to Grow Native Plants for the Novice Gardener!

#nativeplants #pollinatorgarden #lowmaintenanceplants Today I am talking about some of my favorite low maintenance, easy to grow native plants that are perfect for the novice native plant gardener to give a try! Whether you're new to gardening or just want to add a few native plants to your garden, these easy to grow natives are great options.

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[hakdov]

easiest native groundcover - wild violets

[threeriversforge]

If you're looking for a Native Echinacea for Virginia, consider hunting down the Echinacea laevigata. The Smooth Purple Coneflower is exceptionally rare and endangered, so if you can get seeds for the straight species from your dept of wildlife or equivalent, that's a great way to help rebuild the population. So far, I haven't been able to source any seeds, but I'm still hunting. Here in SC, there's work underway to propagate the E.laevigata, but it's in the early stages at the moment and seeds/plants aren't available commercially. Echniacea pallida is a slightly more common Purple Cone Flower that's native to Virginia. Less showy, but also a valuable plant to have. Sometimes, I think we get too fixated on the E.purpurea and forget all the other Echinacea out there, unintentionally helping their decline.

[suzannekasten]

Michele keep making videos - they are GREAT!!!

[perennial-garden]

We're really big on native plants here in our garden, too (native to Denmark, of course). Thanks so much for sharing :)

[kathyschwable]

I love that you brought up native grasses!! They are work horses that we overlook very often. Another native grass that is amazing is Prairie Dropseed
(Sporobolus heterolepis). Of course always check that it is native to your region. Thanks for a great, informative video!!

[untenableposition]

Great advice! It would be helpful to put out there up front that you're in Northern Virginia for people like me in the DMZ area

[riturani]

Thankyou so much for telling the information 🎉🎉🎉😊😊❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉🎉

[kingkogs]

greatly appreciate the advice about bonap and the self spreading native plants. Perfect for the lazy gardener lol

[novader]

Wish you did a show on Michigan. Keep up the good work

[Laurie_in_Maine]

Thank you for the website info re/non invasive Native plants. I went to the library and checked out "Wetland Planting Guide for Northeastern US" as my first step for learning about non-invasive Native Plants - specifically focused on boggy wetland and old growth back corners of our property. Now that we've built nature trails around the perimeter and explored areas that went untouched for the 40 years we've lived here I would like to introduce some of the native plants that might be have been found here - as if we were the luckiest caretakers ever. And do no (more) harm! Subtitle is "Plants for Wetland Creation, Restoration and Enhancement" ... seems like a worthy goal beyond the few acres we garden near the house & recycled window greenhouse we built a few years ago.

[dankeener]

You’re right on about clustered mountain mint! Ours grows onto our wood chip path and is a great source for division and potting for sharing or introducing to another location. Thx for including this #1 pollinator attractor! Great job.

[amerwine]

I don’t know my variety of mountain mint, but indeed it is a workhorse of a plant. I have moved clumps all around the property. I started with 3 small plants and now have a huge patch going. It is also semi evergreen for me. Bonus is the scent!

[susanpayne]

I have grown Spotted Bee Balm, Monarda punctata, from seeds quite easily. It is a member of the mint family and blooms in Zone 8b from July to September. It is a great pollinator magnet.

[vanessaclemente]

Thank you I was looking for mint that was native I'm going to see toadshade farms

[beatriceanderson]

Thanks for all the great native plant information. I love your enthusiasm!😊💖🌸🐝🙌🦋

[robsollars]

Great video with some nice plant selections! I like that you included native grasses as they are often overlooked.

My only critique would be that the statements about nonnative exotics are not exactly accurate. A lot of nonnatives are very adaptable plants that need little to no care. Many of them are so adaptable that they escape cultivation and outcompete native plants.

[swalker]

Greetings from Leamington, Ontario. This will help me when folks ask me how to get started. Just go watch 99% Native's video. And I didn't know about Bonap so that's a bonus for me. PS - the best flower was obviously your dog Violet!

[Jpatmeadowbrook]

Happy gardening from New Jersey, zone 7.

[sarahpoletto]

Thanks! I grow and love all of these plants too ❤.

[MA-zgpz]

❤❤❤ I love this! Thanks for all this helpful info