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EnchantedWoodsGirl
True Blue Farmgirl
959 Posts
Kathy
New Jersey
USA
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 Posted - Aug 20 2008 : 12:51:16 PM
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I was just wondering what some of you native plants are in your region. I just did an article that will be in the Winter issue of Herb Quarterly on Native plant gardening. It was very interesting to see which plants are native to a specific region.
What plants are native to your region that are colorful? I have phlox here that grows so well- abiet for the powdery mildew, also we have a lot of varieties of milkweed, wineberries and wild raspberries.
Blessings
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
Kathy of the Enchanted Wood
Farmgirl Sister #59
http://enchantedwoodmusings.blogspot.com/
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SusieQue
True Blue Farmgirl
603 Posts
Susie
Greenville
Ga
Georgia
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Posted - Aug 20 2008 : 5:48:38 PM
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We have native honeysuckles. We have them in pink, yellow, red and white. They are beautiful!
"A mother is someone you never outgrow your need for" |
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gramadinah
True Blue Farmgirl
3557 Posts
Diana
Orofino
ID
USA
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Posted - Aug 20 2008 : 6:53:28 PM
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We have thimble berries, hucklberries, Lots of plum trees Cherry trees and apple trees, black berries and rasberries, fiddle head ferns Lots more but I can't remember the names.
Diana
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prairielandherbs
True Blue Farmgirl
690 Posts
Maggie
Iowa
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 09:15:03 AM
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ooh can't wait to read the article!
honestly, half the time i'm not sure WHAT is native. Iowa is so very, very changed from it's native prairie. I know we have some native kinds of sage and mugwort. mountain mint. i'd really be hard-pressed to say what is TRULY native though.....settlers brought in so many things. |
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Bellepepper
True Blue Farmgirl
1207 Posts
Belle
Coffeyville
KS
USA
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Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 11:20:33 AM
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| We have plums, blackberries, echinica, mullin and I'm sure much more if I think about it. Susie mentioned honeysuckle. Our county furnishes us with weed killer to get rid of honeysuckle and johnson grass. Funny what some of us think of as weeds and others consider the same thing a flower. I bought mullin seed from just reading the discription in a herb catalog. And how medicinal it is. Then I figured out what it is and we have it growing everywhere. I dug some up and put it in my medicinal herb garden. Probably still have the seed that I purchased. |
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Huckelberrywine
True Blue Farmgirl
1607 Posts
Michelle
Rosalia
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Posted - Aug 25 2008 : 7:43:52 PM
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Hiya! I did a survey of wild plants at my place last year on the thread http://www.maryjanesfarm.org/snitz/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10025 there are lots more around, depending on how you define the area. The wild Palouse is rare, but rich in variety. Most of it is crop ground now, but there are still wild bits around. My spot is called "scabland". Not a very nice term, and I certainly wouldn't call it that, but it doesn't really qualify as pure Palouse either...too rocky.
OH, add horsemint. Local name, I think.
Are you going to share the article you wrote on your blog? I'd enjoy reading it.
We make a difference. http://huckleberrywine.blogspot.com |
Edited by - Huckelberrywine on Aug 25 2008 7:44:58 PM |
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