tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post4724606516905261519..comments2024-03-13T01:12:05.347-07:00Comments on Weeding on the Wild Side: Wildflower Wednesday, April 23, 2014Hannahhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-19279985323425026632014-05-05T14:40:36.032-07:002014-05-05T14:40:36.032-07:00Thank you very much for this beautiful selection o...Thank you very much for this beautiful selection of flowers! Beautiful photos! <br />Leovihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14970831445283294241noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-52902489117558896772014-05-05T04:33:41.705-07:002014-05-05T04:33:41.705-07:00Stinging nettle can be propagated from roots, they...Stinging nettle can be propagated from roots, they are pretty tough and resilient. They make rather invasive weeds. I have juiced them in a blender with water, along with some other herbs, or made tea, I haven't really tried them as a potherb. Sorry I didn't see your comment earlier.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-80707377169302807192014-05-05T04:29:59.373-07:002014-05-05T04:29:59.373-07:00All that I pictured occur here naturally. I have ...All that I pictured occur here naturally. I have even had some flowering currants spring up on their own. The PO planted a lot of grass, but where I have covered the ground deeply with mulches or piles of leaves, them remove them, sometimes I am surprised to see little natives spring up. That may not be true in many yards that have been in cultivation a long time, though I read a study once where they killed grass that had been there for 60 years, and monitored and removed weeds, and eventually some native plants managed to spring up from seed reserves in the soil. Flowering currant is something I have seen in nurseries, and some of the other plants can be bought from nurseries specializing in natives.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-4077010147926312752014-05-05T04:25:09.716-07:002014-05-05T04:25:09.716-07:00Thanks, Shirley, I'm grateful that the Previou...Thanks, Shirley, I'm grateful that the Previous Owners didn't succeed in eradicating all the native growth. The seeds are still there in the ground, plus the little pockets of natives here and there.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-6668132309949844622014-05-05T04:23:50.039-07:002014-05-05T04:23:50.039-07:00Thanks, Diana, I wish I could find some Indian plu...Thanks, Diana, I wish I could find some Indian plums to try them out. I have considered growing Hypoxis but don't know that it would do well here.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-36087347469030125792014-05-05T04:21:11.589-07:002014-05-05T04:21:11.589-07:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-56461000781479468382014-05-01T17:55:38.944-07:002014-05-01T17:55:38.944-07:00I enjoyed seeing your geums and such, but decided ...I enjoyed seeing your geums and such, but decided to leave my comment here on your WW post. I love that trillium, and it is so cool that some of your natives have come back!<br /><br />I am invited to a "nettle gnosh" Saturday. I think I will go, but that means I am meeting a friend at a newer friend's place to get some nettles from her yard. I think I'll try to grow some in a tub and hope they don't escape. I also need to figure out how I'm going to prepare it.Corner Gardener Suehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10631500918579405664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-80380543169157447052014-05-01T15:00:36.869-07:002014-05-01T15:00:36.869-07:00This was a great post for me as I have similar con...This was a great post for me as I have similar conditions and want to use native plants as much as possible. Love the flowering currant. Where do you get your native plants?Susanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12830177691014290662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-69459377132850078912014-04-26T14:03:55.658-07:002014-04-26T14:03:55.658-07:00Trilliums are gorgeous this time of year. The flo...Trilliums are gorgeous this time of year. The flowering currant is a bright treat on a rainy day. The holly grapes are a great color. You've got a great native plant garden going there. Shirley Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12734806779997587008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-5649444728709300022014-04-25T04:22:23.230-07:002014-04-25T04:22:23.230-07:00We have a Prunus nigra which surprises me by fruit...We have a Prunus nigra which surprises me by fruiting far more willingly than the 'edible' plums.<br />Oh and Trilliums! With their 3 sets of leaves like my Hypoxis.Diana Studerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12286066768376135880noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-2659686385743014002014-04-24T12:24:04.705-07:002014-04-24T12:24:04.705-07:00Thanks, Lady Lilith, I really like the bold colors...Thanks, Lady Lilith, I really like the bold colors of Gail's wildflowers, and feel a little jealous, but it's nice to have the local natives too.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-18383661695372607202014-04-24T09:20:32.780-07:002014-04-24T09:20:32.780-07:00Wild flowers are stunning. Wild flowers are stunning. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10304701332216772385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-27008848349012080892014-04-24T09:08:00.435-07:002014-04-24T09:08:00.435-07:00Thanks, Chloris, I am disappointed that my Indian ...Thanks, Chloris, I am disappointed that my Indian Plums don't make plums, I was reading that some stands are all male, that may explain it. I've read of Comfrey as an excellent plant tonic, I use it in green drinks too, in small amounts, and also in salves.Hannahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04773149110503024929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1495323991307537519.post-1649100365726924122014-04-24T06:07:41.286-07:002014-04-24T06:07:41.286-07:00A great post! How lovely to have wild Trilliums in...A great post! How lovely to have wild Trilliums in your garden.And the Indian Plum is new to me.<br />I soak stinging nettles in a bucket along with comfrey. It ends up smelling disgusting but it is a wonderful plant tonic.chlorishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02037607962980090244noreply@blogger.com