To prepare the soil for planting, break up the dirt in the planting area and mix in a small amount of compost. Add sand or gravel as needed to improve drainage. Natives tend to grow in poorer soils, so don’t over-amend the soil.Planting...
How to Grow a Giant Pumpkin Best Milkweed Varieties for Monarch Butterflies Planting Plant horseradish in full sun. Horseradish will tolerate partial sun, but yields will not be as good. Soil must be moist, fertile, and loamy, or the roots can’t grow down (similar to carrots). ...
While a field full of goldenrods pleases the bees, our eyes may wish for a bit more variety. Fortunately, several other natives, such asasters, mountain mint, milkweeds,bee balm, and Joe Pye weed, are easy to combine with goldenrod plantings. Add native grasses like big bluestem and swit...
and the aster plant family includes many daisylike and asterlike flowering plants. Choose a site for asters that provides rich, well-drained soil. Asters are very low-maintenance flowers. Plant seeds in spring and divide asters in fall to keep them from overspreading...
What valuable seeds might migrate into the garden on the breeze or in the bellies of birds? Weaner has seen this strategy come to fruition in his planting projects, as when he added Indiangrass(Sorghastrum nutans)to a client’s meadow and later saw it thriving in an adjacent lawn that ...
Monarch butterflies have lost much of their habitat to pesticide use on nectar plants like milkweed.Choosing landscape and garden plants that feed monarchs and are local to our area can help power them through migration.Some good plants to use are milkweed, honeysuckle, and Indian blankets. ...
How to Grow Milkweed: The Complete Plant Guide Planting Where to Plant Borage likes full sun but also does well in light shade. While it loves a loamy site, it will grow quite well in drier sites with loose, well-draining soil. It’s not picky about pH. ...