What does your garden look like ... Today?

[Esther Knapicius]

@JBtheExplorer , BeePalm, one of my favorites for hummers. Will take some time for the seeds to be a nice grand plant in the picture you show. Even with an actual plant from a nursery, it takes a couple years for it to be a nice large 40 inches wide, and about waist high. One thing quiet Distinctive about them is the smell of their leaves. So as spring marches on and they start sprouting upward from the flat ground you can determine them well by smushing your fingers on a leaf for a whiff. Yes, they do totally go away in the winter. Good luck.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

@JBtheExplorer , BeePalm, one of my favorites for hummers. Will take some time for the seeds to be a nice grand plant in the picture you show. Even with an actual plant from a nursery, it takes a couple years for it to be a nice large 40 inches wide, and about waist high. One thing quiet Distinctive about them is the smell of their leaves. So as spring marches on and they start sprouting upward from the flat ground you can determine them well by smushing your fingers on a leaf for a whiff. Yes, they do totally go away in the winter. Good luck.

Yes, 95% of my garden was started from seed, so I'm familiar with waiting a few years to see a plant at it's best. I even have a relative, Monarda fistulosa, so it's going to be interesting to compare them.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

My first native bloom of the season! Not in my native garden, but in my pond!
Marsh Marigold.

 

[granjera]

Early buds

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I was visiting my mom today and saw she bought these. I don't know much about them, so I'll have to research them a little. They look interesting, and if they're anything like other Monarda plants, they'll be great for attracting butterflies, bees, and hummingbirds. I'll probably add a few to my own garden! I hear they're more of an annual, so it would be nice to possibly see them bloom this year.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

We have red and purple Bee Palms. I see them matting up in the gardens today.

 

[Esther Knapicius]

I hear they're more of an annual, so it would be nice to possibly see them bloom this year.

Not sure what you mean by "you hear they are more of an annual" Mine come up every year, bloom, about July ish. And just keep coming back every year but wider. I get lots of snow, deep and cold, an annual really does not survive that.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Not sure what you mean by "you hear they are more of an annual" Mine come up every year, bloom, about July ish. And just keep coming back every year but wider. I get lots of snow, deep and cold, an annual really does not survive that.

Do you grow this kind? Monarda hybrida "Lambada"? Different Monardas, whether it be true natives, cultivars, or hybrids, all have different hardiness.
Packet says tender perennial, a few websites I looked up last night say generally grown as an annual in zones 6 and under, but self-seeds easily.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Finally seeing plant life in my native garden from a distance.

Liatris has come out of nowhere this past week.

Spiderwort, Gray-headed Coneflower, and Black-eyed Susans.

 

[herbs93]

My nice little "garden" these day. Living in a small falt and wanting my parent's big garden in heart.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

May in my native garden:

Wild Strawberries

American Toad

Nodding Onion

Purple Coneflower and Black-eyed Susan

Blazing Star

Wild Bergamot

Penstemon

Spiderwort

Gray-headed Coneflower

Here's the most mature section of the garden, filling in nicely. Ignore the chickenwire cages. There's a few plants I'm trying to protect from rabbits this year, so I can collect seed. The rest of the garden has another year before it fills in, but should start looking nicer later this year.

 

[Fernsdaddy]

May apple is looking good this year, only one has come up so far.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

My new native garden section is ready for plants! I planted 100 seedlings already, but it'll need many more!

 

[Fernsdaddy]

What kind of native plants are you going to plant ?

 

[JBtheExplorer]

What kind of native plants are you going to plant ?

Majority are and will be prairie plants Milkweeds like Common Milkweed, Orange Milkweed, Purple Coneflower, Joe Pye Weed, Blanket Flower, Black-eyed Susans, Spiderwort etc.
A few woodland plants will be put under the tree on the left.

Most are coming from seed that I collected in my established section.