LIVE with the Horticulturists: Spring Ephemeral Woodland Wildflowers

Join the Horticulturists with our very special guest and wildflower enthusiast, Erin Garrett, to discuss spring ephemeral woodland wildflowers that should be popping up in a forest near you. Erin will share some of her favorites and interesting facts about the insects that intermingle with them. She will leave you inspired to go for a walk to seek out these fleeting forest gems.

0:00 Static
1:55 Preview video about taking a soil sample begins
4:43 Analyzing your soil test
8:07 Countdown
9:07 Show Begins/Introductions
12:32 What are spring ephemerals?
14:23 Spring ephemeral photos
20:00 A viewer asks if it is normal that her celandine poppy flowers all year
20:38 Kelly asks what resources she can use to ID spring ephemerals
25:57 A viewer asks about re-establishing a native forest floor of a forested ravine that has been taken over by invasive honeysuckle
32:31 Kelly asks if invasive species are spring ephemerals biggest challenge
35:08 A viewer asks about a controlled burn for forest floor debris
38:01 A viewer asks if spring beauty is an ephemeral
38:20 Erin talks about wild leeks
41:56 What family are leeks in?
42:35 A viewer asks how to incentivize park districts to remove invasive honeysuckle
48:49 Kelly asks Erin how she feels about stores selling invasive species
51:40 A viewer asks if Callery pear and Bradford pear are the same thing
51:54 A viewer asks to learn more about honeysuckle
54:20 Ticks
54:38 Chemical control
57:33 More photos of spring ephemerals
1:09:37 A viewer asks if there are shade-loving natives
1:11:21 Final comments
1:11:43 Credits

- - - - - - - - - -
The University of Illinois Extension YouTube channel is your destination for educational content on topics such as energy and environmental stewardship, food safety and security, economic development and workforce preparedness, family health, financial security, wellness, and youth development.

Follow University of Illinois Extension here: