How to Plant a Pollinator Garden
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Pollinators make your garden more productive & beautiful, so join @meggrowsplants and learn how to set up your very first pollinator garden!
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@LoveyBicki 3 ай бұрын
Quick note for people interested in monarchs/milkweed…. Make sure you get a milkweed native to your area (there are tons of different milkweed species and if you don’t get native milkweed it can actually be counter productive for helping monarchs)
@hopeandwildflowers Ай бұрын
I was just about to comment about this and saw this. Yes, this is so important and glad someone else mentioned it and brought awareness to it. Thank you! Fantastic video!
@ten-hx2xi Ай бұрын
ty! i wouldnt have thought to look up its exact species ❤ id love to give butterflies a nice meal haha
@empressjillybe Ай бұрын
Crown flower is native milkweed for Hawaii.
@lolledopke 16 күн бұрын
Also note that Milkweed is banned in the EU as it is an invasive species
@italiana626sc 3 ай бұрын
Love the comparison between the "hottest restaurant" and a garden that has an equally great 'menu'!! Meg is really relatable!
@meggrowsplants 3 ай бұрын
Thank you ❤ glad you enjoyed it!
@lisaf568 3 ай бұрын
I love MEG! She is a great addition to your team. This was very helpful.
@meggrowsplants 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the kind comment ❤️
@arcan762 Ай бұрын
I love meg too 😋
@midwestmasocist Ай бұрын
Agreed!!
@danielleahy15 3 ай бұрын
Meg is the best. She's such a natural at this. She clearly has a thorough knowledge of the inter-specie links in permaculture. True jedi
@meggrowsplants 3 ай бұрын
What a sweet comment 🥹 thank you so much!
@crankychef 3 ай бұрын
I agree!! I'd love more info on butterfly raising!
@stephenlonon4605 3 ай бұрын
Hi Native Gardeners! There is an organization called Wild Ones with chapters across the US. They specialize in helping suburban/urban homeowners use region natives for landscaping. They’ll even come to your home and have experts come and talk about how to optimize everything! Super helpful for the beginner!!!
@triciac1019 3 ай бұрын
How cool is that!
@EdimentalGardens 3 ай бұрын
I like to let my lettuces and brassicas bolt. Bees love their flowers
@dksgardenoasis 3 ай бұрын
I have a certified pollinator garden. I've been attracting pollinators for years and I can't even tell you the different species that visit my "restaurant". I totally agree about the Tithonia . I see bees, hummingbirds, butterflies all visit the Mexican Sunflower. They also love Monarda or perennial"Bee Balm". I have hummingbird moths visit every year and native bees love bee balm.
@karenshields1878 3 ай бұрын
I use a flower pot saucer with marbles in it and fill with water for bees and butterflies
@KarenGranelle Ай бұрын
Very interesting I’ve never heard this - I’ll have to try it!
@Vicfric 3 ай бұрын
My favorites are echinacea and chamomile. I’ll have to try that Mexican sunflower, it’s beautiful.
@thall3827 3 ай бұрын
I didn't see any butterflies like talking about this past year, but my Mexican sunflower was COVERED in bees (as was my oregano). They were so cute! Hoping the butterflies find my restaurant this year! Maybe the bees will give me a good review.
@Notturnoir 2 ай бұрын
Oregano is my bee magnet!
@emkn1479 3 ай бұрын
10000% percent agree on tithonia. I’ve never seen so many butterflies. Verbena bonariensis also draws them in, including the smaller skippers. For hummingbirds, grow every kind of salvia you can, they absolutely love them!
@eklectiktoni 3 ай бұрын
I just made a similar comment. Pollinators in my area love lantanas, verbenas, and salvia. :)
@barbaralong8665 3 ай бұрын
Also love Pineapple sage which you can use in tea. Beautiful red trumpet shaped flowers
@radeon8461 3 ай бұрын
Also Trumpet AKA coral honeysuckle for hummingbirds. Great native perennial vine.
@margolehman5482 3 ай бұрын
Thank you! Adding Salvia to my list this year!
@margolehman5482 3 ай бұрын
@@radeon8461 I can confirm this. Even with my poor little vine that hasn't been tended to in recent years, it keeps flowering and the Hummingbirds keep coming back. It's getting rejuvenated and a new trellis this year.
@DefThrone 3 ай бұрын
What may not be mentioned. For monarchs: If you're in the U.S. Look up what species of milkweed is native in your area. Do NOT get the milkweed they sell in Home Depot or Lowes or most non-native nurseries. 1.) Most are sprayed with pesticides 2.) Most are likely selling Asclepias curassavica (Tropical or Scarlet Milkweed). It is native to Mexico and the Caribbean. It is the plant that Monarchs eat when they migrate way south. It does not die back in winter like native milkweed does, and it is highly invasive, and it can mess up the reproductive cycle of Monarchs and cause OE. It does more harm than good. There's a lot of misinformation on the web about this, but ask most ecologists and they will tell you the harm it can do for Monarch populations. When it comes to host plants, plant native. Here in the Southeast, Asclepias incarnata, perennis, and tuberosa are all good choices. If they aren't readily available, wait it out. Get seeds from someone who does have it in their yard. I'm always giving away free milkweed seeds to neighbors and friends. That's not to say you only have to plant native. In my area, pentas are a fantastic choice for pollinators. Just be sure to source your plants from a reputable nursery that does not use pesticides or fungicides. Milkweed will always be assaulted by aphids, but ladybugs will inevitably move in an wipe them out. They'll come back and the cycle continues.
@DefThrone 3 ай бұрын
Oh and don't forget bushes! In the southeast we have a bee called the blueberry digger bee. It specializes in (you guessed it) blueberry flowers. It will visit other flowers, but it has a special relationship with blueberry flowers. So look up what bushes can bloom in the spring and summer for specialist pollinators in your area. This isn't a post to shame anyone who planted Tropical milkweed. It's just a way to keep people from making the same mistakes I did and get into native plants. It's all about learning and having fun doing it.
@LouisianaGarden 3 ай бұрын
Great comment
@brettp_DO 3 ай бұрын
@@DefThrone excellent point!! I'm sure that most states' Dept. of Natural Resources websites have lists of native plants. I know Illinois' DNR has a lot of good information.
@DefThrone 3 ай бұрын
@@brettp_DO A lot of states have a native plant society too. Just search the state name + native plant society. I know California has a pretty active one from what I hear.
@acatinthegarden 3 ай бұрын
This is very misleading. Home Depot and Lowe’s have stopped spraying pesticides as of 2019. This is widely documented and only requires a quick google search. Their plants are perfectly safe for pollinators now and have been for years. Tropical milkweed is native to the southern US, is perfectly safe to grow for monarchs, and does die back in the winter. I live in Texas and as soon as we get a freeze it dies. It’s not even a perennial here and I end up having to rip it up every year and plant new seeds that I have saved or wait for volunteer plants to pop up. It is also the favorite plant of my monarchs. They understand that they need to continue to migrate, and if I feel like it hasn’t frozen in time, it’s pretty easy to just cut the flowers to encourage migration of the butterflies. Please do your proper research before fearmongering and spreading misinformation.
@lisakruger5289 3 ай бұрын
I'm just North of Atlanta and Anise Hyssop and Zinnias are the pollinators favorites in my garden. I am winter sowing mexican sunflower this year to add to my mix. I have raised monarchs in the past and you are right, it's an incredible experience!
@hobo_fire 3 ай бұрын
For anyone looking to raise mason bees and leafcutter bees, make sure the reeds come out of the bee house. If they don't, I highly recommend looking into houses where the reeds can be removed and opened for cleaning/harvesting the bees. Crown Bees has resources on why you should do this as well as a ton more info.
@stephanieaya3992 3 ай бұрын
Meg, you have my official stamp of approval. This was very informative, relatable, and fun! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
@meggrowsplants 3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much ❤
@Oktopia 3 ай бұрын
I live in Norway, zone 4. I have kept Calendula seeds for over 18 years. I adore the pop of color and usefulness this flower brings to my garden. It is a wonderful "restaurant".
@williammaxwell1919 3 ай бұрын
I can so relate to "chaos gardening". Monachs were indemic in NZ where i grew up. Their life cycles are amazing
@lineaostri 3 ай бұрын
I really enjoyed this video. I bought Mexican sunflower seeds 4 years ago and haven't needed to buy any since! They reseed so easily. In the fall, I let my garden go wild so it's transformed into a sea of Mexican sunflowers and native plants until first frost. It's always a beautiful sight to see. Someone mentioned to me that Mexican sunflowers are considered the "comfrey of the South", so when our first frost came, I pulled a bunch of them and put them in a giant bucket and filled it with water. I plan to use the water to fertilize my plants this spring.
@lizlucey3812 2 ай бұрын
I heard that too! Great idea!
@MIchelle-cairn_mom 3 ай бұрын
Yarrow (achillea) and catnip have been great pollinator ground covers for me in usda zone 9B/10A.
@BigboiiTone 3 ай бұрын
Give those bees the "VIP" experience! Roll out the red carpet for butterflies. Great video and like others said, Meg is a natural presenter
@SummiBegum 3 ай бұрын
Love Meg! Super sweet and easy to follow all the info she shares. Awesome video especially w/ Spring around the corner.
@meggrowsplants 3 ай бұрын
Thank you for the sweet comment!
@StrikerX- 3 ай бұрын
My wife and I live in NJ zone 6B/7. We love butterfly bushes, butterfly weed, bee balm (any color), wild indigo, and asters. Thanks for the tip about milkweed as it looks like we can add that to the mix!
@awkwardtexasstranger5660 3 ай бұрын
I put an inexpensive metal arbor over my front gate with Maypop planted on it-she's right! The butterflies loved it. There were butterflies swarming around my gate all summer last year. Can't wait to see them again this year. Going to try some of her other suggestions for spring
@francestaylor9156 3 ай бұрын
Nice! That’s what I want to do.
@margolehman5482 3 ай бұрын
I'm so excited to grow Maypop this year. I have an arbor guilt for it. Now I need to find some plants locally. My neighbor gets delicious fruit right up through November and we're in Zone 7B!
@awkwardtexasstranger5660 3 ай бұрын
Ask your neighbor for an old fruit. They grow very easily from seed. @@margolehman5482
@NorthToSouthChannel 3 ай бұрын
Its my dream to have a garden with so many butterflies you end up with one landing on you everytime you go through it. 😂❤ love this!!
@williammaxwell1919 3 ай бұрын
I live in Australia. I don't know Mexican Sunflowers, but I will seek this out. Polinators are awsome
@stephanieaya3992 3 ай бұрын
Zinnia flowers are my favorite for pollinators. I love them so much I named my daughter after them! I’m in the PNW, and they are happy in late spring, summer, early fall in full sun.
@jillmarie3501 3 ай бұрын
Love this video! Great job. Those pointing out differences of milkweeds. Your counties Master Gardeners group is probably gearing up for their plant sales (I know mine is) and they are sure to have native flowers great for pollinators.
@juliehorney995 Ай бұрын
Indeed!
@canadianoutdoorsurvival 2 ай бұрын
Love to know more about how to raise butterflies, I think you need to have Meg do another video!
@missyl9013 3 ай бұрын
Native mountain mint is always covered in pollinators in my garden. It is not the showiest flower and it will spread but man the bees and butterflies just go crazy for it!
@artistlovepeace 3 ай бұрын
As always lots of great information and positive messages.
@GardenUPLandscape 3 ай бұрын
Excellent, comprehensive instructions on why and how to start a pollinator garden! I love the restaurant analogy. Yes, we all need to plant Milkweed, Asters and Goldenrod! And if you have the space, an Oak tree! ❤🦋❤️
@dylan-5287 3 ай бұрын
Just got a bunch of wildflower seeds specifically for bees and hummingbirds. Hoping they do well in the yard!
@KP-lz3rs 3 ай бұрын
Thank you, I have gardens in the front back side of my home. I have wanted to start a pollination patch just wasn't sure how to get started...thank you for all of the info. I am so excited for spring😂
@finray2 Ай бұрын
Planting native plants is the key to feeding native pollinators.
@tonyvargas368 2 ай бұрын
Last year, i purchased several heirloom wildflower seeds for my area (AZ) and spread them all over my gravel front yard. For two years in a row, the yard has exploded with beautiful flowers and attracted so many bees, birds and butterflies. Even neighbors stop by to look at it. It’s been great.
@hannahbleu1245 3 ай бұрын
Atlantic Canadian here, I find that chives are a great choice for both bees and butterflies. Great plant recommendations in this video!
@thejordanlight 3 ай бұрын
I had swallowtail butterflies for the first time in my garden last year and they were all over my zinnia patch every single time!
@jennyumm89 3 ай бұрын
My favorite pollinator flowers are Zinnias! They come in basically any color and size and can brighten anyone’s day! Butterflies love them!
@kt5292 3 ай бұрын
Bronze fennel is what I grow for my swallowtail butterflies 🦋 I absolutely love growing it. The pollen is delicious along with the fennel seeds of course.
@haileycohen8180 3 ай бұрын
Yay I just started my flower seeds for the first time ever I'm so excited! Also, I love Meg I could listen to her chat about gardening for hours.
@meggrowsplants 3 ай бұрын
So excited for you! ❤ year of the flowers 🌸
@lgottman418 3 ай бұрын
My swallowtails love my container garden of parsley, petunia and phlox! Also cannot have enough echinacea in my garden. Butterflies love it and finches love the seeds. Bowie MD
@alexharshman7025 16 күн бұрын
The weirdest thing, I have catnip (not catmint or whatever that crap is in stores, the stuff you dig up from the fence row) growing in my garden for the cat, and last year when it bloomed, before everything else I ended up hosting baby hummingbirds. Of all the crap I plant from stores, which is basically all hybrid tea roses, the one thing that I plant for my cat benefited hummingbird offspring. Oddly enough on that same corner I have bird feeders (mostly for me but the cat don’t mind 😅) and the mess the birds make I almost always get a random volunteer sunflower, and the yellow goldfinches love it, which is why I put up bird feeders to begin with. It’s a win win win, I get the peace of mind, old chunky kitty’s happy, birds are content, even had a rabbit seek refuge under one of my roses….. which got ate by an owl……. And squirrels plant stuff in the pots on the patio. Best part is, I live in the city. With all the hustle of life, in a city, having squirrels, bunnies, hawks falcons, owls, hummingbirds, the run of mill birds, including the colorful ones, a cat, it’s nice to chill one a Sunday and enjoy the simple things in life.
@DreadlockPatriot 3 ай бұрын
I love Meg! What a great addition to the team 🙌
@paytenbeene625 3 ай бұрын
North Bay Area, CA, zone 9B! Tithonia has brought me soo many hummingbirds! I discovered it in a wildflower seed mix and had to get to the bottom of what variety it was because the pollinators loved it the most out of all the flowers I grew. My lavender is constantly swarming with bees as well!
@williammaxwell1919 3 ай бұрын
I love Nasturtiums; sow once and they come back time and again. Great guerilla seeds
@williammaxwell1919 3 ай бұрын
Planting for butterflies; kudos you.
@sheliaheverin8822 3 ай бұрын
Love this video. I'm all for the pollinators, I grow native milkweed for the Monarchs and raise them from egg to butterfly. I also grow a ton of parsley, fennel, dill, celery and carrot tops for the Black Swallowtail butterflies (I also raise them from egg to butterfly). I have a pollinator garden for the nectar and host plants, also. I highly recommend the Mexican sunflower also, they are butterfly magnets. Love my pollinators. ❤
@courtneycullen6289 3 ай бұрын
Meg is such a wonderful addition!! I really dig her channel. We need chaos gardening shirts!
@ColinFreeman-kh9us Ай бұрын
I live in Australia I can only imagine how cool it would be to see a Hummingbird popping in your yard for a feed or drink, we do have many interesting birds but Hummingbirds……. WOW
@bigoljoe1829 3 ай бұрын
You better keep having her back Kevin! 😊 Loved this video so much!
@JWims 3 ай бұрын
Definitely dedicating an area for pollinators this year, thanks guys!
@TheBurntSportsman 3 ай бұрын
Tithonia is one of my favorites. I had thousands of bumblebees on that plant
@asteria4279 3 ай бұрын
Note: Monarch habitat does not include the North West Coast (vancouver, seattle etc). Milkweed isnt native in these areas, and if you see an actual monarch (vs Admiral that look similar) its been blown off course 😊
@triciac1019 3 ай бұрын
I live in Northern Utah, and about 20-30 years ago, we got floods of monarchs. They got blown off course. It was so besutiful, but hard also. We couldn't drive without hitting them. It was so hard to deal with.
@crankychef 3 ай бұрын
Meg is my favorite! I'm not far away in SC so I'm a little partial😁🩷
@danielledermo5992 Ай бұрын
Meg is a wonderful presenter she has such a nice way about her !! I look forward to her videos and have learned a lot !
@EvaNichols28 3 ай бұрын
So delightful - and I learned a lot! Very helpful, especially since I'm planning to convert my front lawn into a pollinator garden this spring. I love all the great ideas and tips!
@jennifferhurlburt642 3 ай бұрын
Great video Meg! I have a native pollinator garden in Wellington county zone 5 Ontario Canada 🇨🇦! All the native pollinators you mentioned are great in my garden. I also love the activity around my Spotted Bee Balm and Anise Hyssop!
@catherinedonley2781 3 ай бұрын
I live in northeast Ohio, zone 6. My favorite pollinator plant is a butterfly bush. It blooms for months on end and I love the smell! I don’t think they’re native though, ‘cause a family member who has had multiple bushes for years noted that sometimes our winters appear to do them in. That said, they can still live for a number of years here.
@tristans333 3 ай бұрын
That certification makes me just feel so warm inside😊😊😊😊😊
@michelledouglas8913 3 ай бұрын
Love Meg! She’s interesting, informative, and love her story telling style.
@meggrowsplants 3 ай бұрын
Thank you ❤
@kathycrowder7345 3 ай бұрын
I'm in Idaho Falls, Idaho. Last year I planted a few Dahlias, twyinning's smarty and my bumblebee's flocked to them! I saw a few butterflies as well. I wish I could post a picture!
@stephanie1460 2 ай бұрын
I interplant basil in my vegetable garden and let it flower. The bees LOVE it! They were also obsessed with my ornamental onions! I had so many hummingbirds on my vining nasturtiums last year, too. Will definitely be planting more this year!
@bigsabertoothbunny5986 Ай бұрын
I am in NC love to plant sunflowers and have beehives so typically my garden does well for pollination and vegetable production. My wife likes butterfly bushes so we have a couple of those that are typically covered in butterflies once they are in full bloom.
@MHPloni-kl5ec 3 ай бұрын
You got a winner there, Kevin!
@cindypelletier9365 3 ай бұрын
She's so sweet and well spoken :) Lots of good information :)
@thereseavelis1372 3 ай бұрын
Great video, Meg! I hope to make a wildflower garden on part of my property. Cheers 🎉
@meggrowsplants 3 ай бұрын
Thank you ❤ I hope you do as well!
@brettp_DO 3 ай бұрын
Great video idea! Getting your garden certified as a sanctuary would be cool!
@RobertLaTuso 3 ай бұрын
Tulsi is fantastic for attracting pollinators
@anitamorin6255 3 ай бұрын
I was talking to my sister-in-law this morning about planting a pollinators garden this spring (we're both really excited for this project in March) and I had just gotten home only to find your notification covering 3 ery subject 😀 🙂 ❤ thank you 😊 🙏 ☺ both so much for this❤
@awakeandawarehealing 3 ай бұрын
You're a great addition to Epic!!
@jesswelsh9838 3 ай бұрын
Its Meg again! So good to see you over on EG again. Ya'll are killing it with the colabs....keep it up, we love it. Great informative video as always. Happy growing 💚
@LunnaLJR 3 ай бұрын
Love this video. Cant wait to try my own pollinator garden ❤
@christywilson2177 3 ай бұрын
Always love watching Meg! 🎉
@st2778 3 ай бұрын
Really enjoyed the information about butterflies! I live in the same area and really focus on my pollinators as well. It's a joy!
@brittany6429 3 ай бұрын
I would love to see a video about your butterflies, and how you get started raising them!
@wellersonoliveira5334 3 ай бұрын
Never knew Meg until know, love the way sistah talks about native plants 🧡 great host overall. Eric still my favourite though 😂❤
@meggrowsplants 3 ай бұрын
Thank you ❤ our native plants are so important!
@slywlf Ай бұрын
Chaos gardener made me LOL - I can relate! As a senior living in a trailer in a 55+ community in Florida, I have precious little space, and can only garden in containers, but I get native milkweed through the Florida Native Plant Society, as well as other native plants for pollinators, and I am about to set up my birdbath, as it's already getting warm here. I was so excited last year when less than a week after I brought my newest milkweed home I saw two monarch caterpillars already chomping away - must have arrived with the plant - so I hastily and carefully repotted it into a larger pot and put it with last years plants, which were already blooming. Had Monarchs visiting soon!
@ahamra 2 ай бұрын
Love, love love Meg. More of her please!!
@Charlie-sh2du 3 ай бұрын
My favorite perennial flowers from zone 4b in South Dakota are prairie dock, compass plants, prairie coneflowers, liatris, wild bergamot, twirling butterfly, echinacea, hyssop, asters, pasque flower, hoary vervain, and yarrow. These are native here and all do well in the dry prairie.
@cargold7597 3 ай бұрын
I live in Western Montana and anise hyssop does really well here in pots. Meg, you did a great job!
@artistlovepeace 3 ай бұрын
One of the best features to add to your garden is a bird bath. It can be any shallow pan. Just clean it out every few days and put fresh water in it. Wait a few days and birds will start coming to bathe and drink. I feel so wonderful when any wildlife drinks from the birdbath.
@suziperret468 2 ай бұрын
Good job conveying your pollinator garden. It is so important to create a habitat for these precious little creatures. They are fun to watch and work hard in the garden to help making it a success. Thanks! I love witnessing the life cycle of butterflies!
@Eryalb 3 ай бұрын
I love the emphasis on native flowers and plants. Insects have evolved with native plants for thousands of years. Natives will bring insects to your yard more than anything else
@jessdaniel-me7xr 2 ай бұрын
I live in Michigan (Zone 6A) and in addition to tithonia, my pollinators love bee balm and borage. ❤️🦋🐝
@debk9984 3 ай бұрын
I wholeheartedly agree that Meg is awesome! Fabulous speaker and teacher! Your beauty just shines right through that camera! 🌻🌷🥦🥀🪴🌾🐞🦋🐝
@meggrowsplants 3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much! ❤
@thithi8221 3 ай бұрын
I love Meg videos. She is amazing. Great tips, thank you 😍
@TCamp72a 3 ай бұрын
The Mexican Sunflower!!! Thank you for the reminder! I visited a local community garden last year, and they had a plant that was just COVERED in butterflies! I hadn't seen that many butterflies in the whole of the previous 5 years as I did in that one 90 minute visit to that garden! I was absolutely BLOWN AWAY! The woman who ran the garden said that it was Mexican Sunflower, popped off a couple heads for us and put them in a paper bag. I can't wait for this spring to get them planted!! I know it will take a few years to get the results that she had, but I'm still very excited about it. And, they're from our area, so we know they're native! (Milwaukee, WI area)
@azpeach5680 2 ай бұрын
This was way more fascinating than I could ever imagine! I learned so much!!!
@ann7318 3 ай бұрын
I love flowers such as Echinacea, zinnias, marigolds, cosmos, morning glories, roses, Dame's rockets, lilacs, red flowering quince, horse mint, Walker's low catmint, peppermint, prunella vulgaris aka heal all, oregano, sedums, rosemary, lavender fruit trees, etc. The annuals here are actually re-seeding annuals, and come back on their own. Some are shrubs or trees. I have a lot more things growing, but many of these seeds can be planted in fall or winter here in zone 6b southern Missouri. I am making my gardens bigger too.... I planted catnip this year also. And I have garden sage, red sage/salvia, and blue sages/salvias. I have planted milkweed, but so far I don't know if it will grow or not. :( Lots of things that I planted last year did not grow. Bummer. We saw a honeybee last week, but there were no flowers blooming that day. Today some of my daffodils opened up, and the red flowering quince are full of buds. I am STILL trying to get Hollyhocks to grow. Occasionally they grow for me, but mostly not. :(
@Ariha011 3 ай бұрын
I’m in zone 7 too, excited to see more about when you start sowing seeds and transplanting outside with a April last frost date
@simonebourgeois9377 2 ай бұрын
I live in California East Bay, zone 9b, & the Native flower that brings in 100s of bees, some I have never seen before, is Purple Tansy
@growinginportland 3 ай бұрын
I’m in Portland, Oregon. Zone, 9a. Looking forward to spring. I think I’ll plan on on sunflowers and echinacea. Milkweed sounds promising. Thanks for sharing.
@bertarnoldo5199 3 ай бұрын
I’m not sure if the migration reaches that area. It’d be worth figuring out
@ceci2572 Ай бұрын
Very Informative and interesting. I live in So. Cal. I planted Mexican Sunflowers last year, and loved it. I let the seeds fall to the ground in Fall, and now I have a lot popping up in April. The Holylhock does very well here too. The Passion Vine is spreading everywhere. Thanks for the information.
@LindasFlowersandVegetablesGard 3 ай бұрын
In my garden, Monarchs love milkweed(I have 2 different varieties of milkweed), but a yellow butterfly (Tiger butterfly) really enjoy my double tiger lily.
@barbaralong8665 3 ай бұрын
Wonderful information. Love the teaching about pollinators and specific flowers. Garden is beautiful.
@gperk929 3 ай бұрын
Someone gave me a Mexican sunflower at a seed swap. I haven't planted yet, it looks like a dead flower and a little intimidating. I'd love if you did a video!!!
@murfy6189 3 ай бұрын
Def didn’t start planting flowers for my veggies till epic gardening
@plantlifewithconnie 3 ай бұрын
Great informative video! I'll definitely be planting some pollinator plants for Spring! I love seeing butterflies flying around in my yard! 🦋🦋
@dianabenocilla1771 3 ай бұрын
I tried growing milkweed from seed in the past and it didnt grow like my other plants did. If theres a specific video or tips on this, this would be awesome 🦋
@bethburn3237 8 күн бұрын
Plz do more videos on sustainable gardening
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