Erin, I couldn’t agree with you more regarding Spring ephemerals. I have a small garden dedicated to them and it’s my pride and joy. It’s filled with bloodroot, great white, bent, sessile, yellow, red and a few other trilliums, hepatica, dwarf crested iris, twin-leaf, Dutchman’s breeches, yellow violets, meadow rue, Virginia bluebells, larkspur, foam flower, yellow and white trout lily, shooting star, May apple, Solomon’s seal, American ginger, Jack-in-the-pulpit, spring beauty and probably a few I have forgotten to list. I’ve collected these with permission from my sister’s woods, plant swaps and online purchases. They bring me indescribable joy each and every spring. 💚
Thank you for this video. Our backyard woods in Mequon was full of trilliums, may-apples and trout lilies back in the 70's. As a child, I didn't know what treasures we had. They were likely planted by nature as my parents built their house on what was a farmer's field with a woods at the top of the lake bluff. Been trying to (re)introduce more native wildflowers into my wooded ravine in the Hudson Valley. The deer have been so destructive of the understory of our woodlands here. Spring ephemerals do require patience but that makes seeing them bloom all the more rewarding. I have some wet spots where the marsh marigold might do well. I am glad that Jung and others are offering more of these native plants. I think I've already ordered more plants for this year than I can get in the ground but I am sorely tempted....
Here in Nashville TN we have Dutchman’s breeches everywhere throughout our wooded areas especially our Radnor State Park mixed in are some dwarf larkspur and the mixture is beyond beautiful.
Your soil... you put your shovel in and the richness of your soil is simply amazing. I'll watch this over and over just to see the dirt! Oh and those beautiful flowers. What a treasure.
IKR!! Here at my house, since we have huge old oak trees shading most of the yard, one would think we would have nice woodland soil underneath them. But, no. That's just not the case! We don't have much natural top soil at all. And the layer underneath that, the sub soil, is extremely rocky. When we "dig" a hole to plant something, we literally pull out more rocks than soil from the holes! I have to add soil on top, anywhere I want to plant something. Basically, like a little raised bed on top of our native ground. So any time I see someone plunge a shovel (of ANY size, even a hand trowel) into the ground, and 1st of all - they DON'T hit a rock, but instead they come up with some dark, rich, woodland soil - it's just AMAZING to me!! I DO have soil envy!!! And Erin has such great soil at her place! It's always a pleasure to watch anything being planted there at her house.
My grandfather’s garden in central Wisconsin had that same black soil, so I join other gardeners in wishing for that humus. To achieve it, I will use the same Soil3 compost that Jim Putnam uses. It’s great, but expensive. I grew up with native flowers and trees in our backyard East Tennessee woods - native deciduous azaleas, clusters of dogwoods, bluets - none of them intentionally landscaped.
@Kathryn Mettelka I can not possibly purchase the amount of soil I need... So, instead, I'm growing my own soil! I signed up for 4 loads of ChipDrop! Along with all those woodchips, I'm using another mountain of oak leaves that have collected under my trees, and I'm spreading those out in between the many layers of wood chips. It will take time, yes. But I'll have THE best soil when it finally does turn! Around here, it's a dream to have the kind of soil I will have! Meanwhile, I live vicariously thru You Tube by the shovel full !
These are such very special and precious plants. I live in Tacoma Washington. When we lived in the foothills of the Olympic mountains we had trillium on our property. I always told our grandkids to never pick them, just love them to look at. Here in Tacoma we have the bluebells growing like crazy! They come back year after year and a such a happy sight. Thanks Erin!!
What a special, fun little video! I live in northwestern Oregon, on one acre. I have a few wild trilliums that come up every year under a group of three old growth fir trees! They are such beautiful little plants and the flowers seem quite fragile. When they first appeared several years ago it felt like a special blessing!😊🌱
I just bought Shooting Star today at a plant sale. I planted Trillium’s last year and thought they died. Did not know they die back. It was a great surprise to see them pop up in my garden this year.
You are right, ephemerals are just for me, (us), I do look forward to seeing them. I check on my red Trillium almost everyday, just excited to have it, because I know how rare it is!
Yes! I love the woodland natives! One of my favorite views is a forest floor covered in trilliums or the little creeks lined with marsh marigolds! I have tried to spread marsh marigold seeds along our creek but I think they just get washed away. I need to get rooted babies instead. Our woods is FULL of jack-in-the-pulpit.
I love my Spring Ephemerals....yes they take time to establish and then they put on a quiet show. LacLawrann Conservancy West Bend, Wi has a plant sale every May(13, 2023) and they have all the Woodland native plants
Erin, the single white Bloodroot blooms remind me of tiny white tulips. Unfortunately, they won't grow in my heavily compacted clay soil, but they are all beautiful! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend. ~Margie🤗
What a wonderful topic. I experienced spring ephemerals while living in the Sierra Foothills in CA, where we got 48” of rain annually, mostly between October and April. The Spring woodlands, dominated by live and other oaks, were covered with the most charming plants I’d ever seen. They are truly magic! Thanks, Erin, I’m headed online to see what I can plant in my current climate!
Erin, you have the perfect soil and gardens to plant Spring ephemerals. You’re so right - they’re tiny, dainty gifts of Spring magic. The majority of my gardens face true South so there is lots of sun. I do have a beautiful stand of Variegated Solomon’s Seal on the East side of my home that is blooming right now. There is a large creek a couple streets from my home that feeds a very large reservoir. That creek is where I walk in the Spring time to enjoy thousands of Spring ephemerals in their natural woodland habitat, along with Owls, Eagles, and Ospreys, and the elusive Morels. It’s one of my favorite walks and I do it often during the first weeks of May because those beautiful plants flower for such a short window of time. Enjoy your new Spring beauties; may they live long and flourish in your wonderful soil. Enjoy!
I’m in the south east corner of a Minnesota zone 4 we have all of those in my valley. Yes I harvest Rams cook with them. They are delicious. Thank you for mentioning.
Yes! Spring magic for sure! I have some of the double bloodroot that was given to me by a family member - so beautiful! I enjoy Virginia bluebells in our gardens too - and corydalis. I hope to add more ephemerals- thanks for the encouragement!
Spring ephemerals are some of my most treasured plants. They bloom so early when I’m starved for flowers in my garden. Thanks for sharing a few new to me. And I love the short shovel you’re using, I need one!
My may apples are up and the wild violets are blooming. The bleeding hearts are just starting to go over. I have seen a few what I think are trillium leaves but no flowers so far. Also think I have a patch of some small wild form of Solomon’s seal which is fun.
I just bought Marsh Marigold for a boggy area of our pond, it’s so cute! I am lucky enough to have been able to get some Wake Robin Trilliums from my sisters yard when she lived in Winnebago county in northern Illinois, I think they are so cool! I would love to add Virginia Bluebells to my garden, I absolutely love them❤️
Living in WI zone 4 I do have many of these in our woods. They are magic as they bloom quickly and are done. Jung seed is a good company. I have gotten perennials and flowering bushes from them by mail order. There packaging is wonderful. I love plants versus roots. Erin can you convince them to carry Bambini phlox again? Mine are doing wonderful and it is something you should try. Oh how sweet it is!
Trilliums, shooting stars are native here on Vancouver island BC Canada. Right now the edges of woods are full of pink shooting stars in bloom. Such a joy to see. Also fawn lilies are blooming now and there are many varities to choose from in cultivation.
I appreciate your drill down on proper sourcing and siting. I have encountered too many individuals selling or harvesting these plants in an unethical manner. I have a truly horrifying story about a patch of thousands of pink lady slippers that no longer exists.
I caught the natives bug last fall. This spring I had my first shooting star, Virginia bluebells, and trillium bloom. My favorite native so far though is the woodland phlox 💜
It will be magical once they bloom. I have some trout lilies that I forgot I planted. So pretty. We are definitely ahead of you with spring; my tulips and daffodils are finished. I love watching your garden wake up!
What a fun fun video. We were just at a Missouri Aquarium Club last weekend with members who are very emersed in the native plant realm. I’m now quite intrigued with these cute plants you’ve showcased. 😏Thanks!
Love those flower.they are protected in our area(Canada) i think i have a few in my garden that disappear when summer arrives.we live in a farm area and their eveywhere.😊
Erin I loved this “Just for you” plants video! ❤ Nice to see the trillium again! I learned great info as usual. Thx so much. The Jung’s catalog is always a staple in my dad’s plant catalog collection every year. 💕 Now mine too. Even though you planted those just for you, I look forward to seeing them in your garden when they pop up! 😉 Have a great weekend!
I'm with you on the spring ephemerals. I adore liver leaf hepatica, trillium, cornus canadensis, and hardy cyclamen. In my woods, there have always been mayapples, now this year I'm seeing sasparilla. solomons seal, and canada mayflower. This year I decided to add dutchman's breeches and great merrybells along a woodland path. Somebody ate them off. I don't have a deer issue, so I'm looking hard at the rabbits. Not sure if they'll come back, they didn't have much time in the ground before they were lunch.
Each year I wait for my Prairie Trillium to bloom. It is unimpressive as a flower but, due to its rarity, I love it. Trilliums remind me of Body, Mind, and Spirit and how important it is to nourish each aspect or we burn out. This red trillium is indigenous to Michigan and I appreciate it. This too reminds me of home. I only have one. I keep hoping it will naturalize and create more--maybe this spring. Thanks, Erin for reminding me how wonderful native plants can be.
I like Jungs, lucky to have several locations not real far from me. Great bare root selection. The first home i bought had a woodsy area where i discovered a Trillium plant for the 1st time. It was beautiful, magical still seems like a magical plant. I have Dutchman's Breeches blooming now and May Apples. ❤❤❤
Two words: winter aconite. Love my wooded area - roots are a lot like hosta roots and transplant well. Mounding habit with bright yellow flowers (bloomed the entire month of April (Zone 6b) and look great with glory of the snow (which naturalize well, too)
I love seeing our trillium in bloom every Spring and love spotting it and other Ephemerals when hiking, particularly in the ADKs. And of course we would NEVER dig up any native plant from it's natural habitat, we just take a lot of pictures (lol!). Thank you for reminding us of this; in most public places, removing endangered, threatened, rare and/or exploitable vulnerable plants is a violation of Environmental Conservation, particularly in State and National Parks.
Most of my small garden is for our eyes only😊. Our house is on a lot set away from the street and up a short drive. I let some wild Violets and wild Primeveras inhabit a corner.
Hi Erin, the first time I discovered Trillium was over 40 years ago on an island in the Thousand Islands of the St Lawrence River in New York! I literally felt like I stepped into a secret fairy garden! I have tried to plant them and I guess it just wasn’t the right spot! I do enjoy seeing many bloodroot in the woods near my home and just enjoy them and move along as I never thought of them as something I could plant! I look forward to planting some possibly next season as it is too late hear in Finger Lakes of NY! Thank you for bringing back some lovely memories!
I was fortunate when I moved in, to have the classic white trillium in my garden under fir and cedar trees . they are Still here and spread so politely. They are native in the Pacific NorthWest and when they bloom it is magic. One of my favorite!!! I was also successful in moving them to a more protected area of the garden when a big tree came down. Thanks for sharing the magic Erin.
Those are going to bring so much joy when they come up!! We had trilliums in our last garden and I miss them...must add them to my list. And those little utility flags are so handy, aren't they!
You're right about spring ephemerals, they are magic. I enjoy mine so much and am sad to see them go when hot weather hits but I know (hope) they will be back next year to herald spring.
This is my very favorite group of plants in which I have many. When I go out and look each day through my gardens it is these lovelies that I look for. People walk by my garden and always note the double bloodroot. I also covet my hardy lady slipper orchids, you might try some of these seriously expensive plants. But when they bloom there is nothing like them, they also have to be in the right spot.
So excited for these! I love spring ephemerals, and I was curious the best times to plant and to go shopping for them. Thank you for sharing all those tips and those disclaimers. My garden has a few early blooms, but not enough, in my opinion, so early spring blooms are definitely needed here.🌼🌸🌿
I am trying to create that “magic “ in my garden. Allowing plants to create their own rhythm in the garden & allowing natural plants to thrive. These are 3 great ones to add.
Nice to hear Jung has the native ephemerals. Prairie Moon is also a very good source. So glad you had this video to spread the news of how to help these endangered species. I planted shooting star last year, and this year it made a short appearance thanks to the unusual heat in Michigan. And amen to mark them because I forget their location and actually dig/pull them up accidentally. Once established, they go on forever, especially the Dutchman breeches. I love your marsh marigolds. Wish I had the moisture they require. Thanks for all the inspiration!
I have some marsh marigolds that I have no idea where they came from and didn’t know what they were till now. I thought maybe it was a weed but never pulled them out because they are so pretty and happy looking around a tree and you’re right…I’m about the only one that sees them.
Erin I love all those flowers. I grew up hiking in the Blue Ridge mountains and the Smokies. My dad would quiz us on the wildflowers as we walked. I'd love to grow these flowers. Do you have a Jack in the Pulpit or Lady Slippers? Thanks for telling us about Jung Seeds. I hadn't shopped them before, and the prices are reasonable too! I just placed an order, I got White Trillium, Maidenhair Fern, Dutchman's Breeches, & King Kong Oriental Poppy. I wish I could get them all.
Love this video. We are creating a small woodland area in our garden. Feels like we’ve added enough amendments to the soil to cover a small continent but we’re not there yet. (Georgia clay - ugh!) I wasn’t familiar with spring ephemerals but will definitely look into them. Those are lovely.
I am utterly, completely, head over heels in love after watching this video. Sorry, no not with you Erin, although you are great, but with those Spring ephemerals. Why have I never tried these types of plants? I only have a few mature trees (crabapple) and some cottonwood trees that are trying to mature. But I have lilacs growing the entire length of our long driveway. QUESTION: Do you, or anyone else, know if that would be a good place to plant some of these plants? There are always leaves under the lilacs. Thanks for any help you can give. Great video as always.
I had no idea that Jung sold plants. Love the ephemerals. I have a ton of dog tooth violet, a few trillium, got some bloodroot from a friend. I friend a bunch from seed but can’t tell if they made it.
Very valuable and touching video! 🌿 🌿 🌼 🌸 Such exquisite plants! p.s. plants do have feelings but with non-attachment so they quickly get over what we do to them but believe me, they are sentient. ❤️ 🕉 🙏 🌲 🌳
@@TheImpatientGardener Erin, please check out all the amazing scientific research (especially from Germany) on the various communication methods of trees, as well as their ability to heal each other and even recognize their own offspring. You did use the word magical and Nature truly is! 😻
@@christinahaftmann4065 I have seen it, and I’ve also read the peer reviewed research. I could link to papers here (such as this abstract: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006291X21000577), but honestly at the end of the day, it really comes down to the definition of sentient, which hardly seems like a point worth parsing to death. As far as I know, it is commonly understood that plants use electrical signaling. Some have likened this to “feelings” such as sentient beings have. However (quoting the above abstract) “electrical phenomena in plants cannot serve to generate any kind of consciousness.” Although I certainly do it myself on occasion, I believe that we do ourselves and our plants a disservice by anthropomorphizing them, which is the only reason I push back with science on this topic. I assume this comment is related to my encouragement that people thin their seedlings. The point of that video, shared as a short here and a reel on Instagram is that thinning seedlings is necessary to grow healthy plants, and regardless of your thoughts on plant consciousness, this remains true. Perhaps another way to think of it is to imagine a whole bunch of dogs living in a small cage (forgive the analogy here but there is a fair amount of agreement in the biology community that dogs are sentient, hence why I chose that example). That’s is not healthy for any of them, so some need to be moved for the health of all. (This analogy goes downhill big time here, so I’ll stop there.) My point is, if your plants WERE sentient and could talk (not the same thing I realize) they would ask you to give them room to grow.
@@TheImpatientGardener Hi Erin. My first spiritual teacher was a Cherokee medicine woman who taught us that everything in this world is sentient - not necessarily speaking but certainly communicating on some level. If you pick sage you ask permission from the plant and sometimes the plant will say "No, I'm a mother or grandmother." Believe me, when you ask they will tell you in no uncertain terms! Crystals are also profoundly sentient. But as I said seedlings understand that you need to thin them but they are also vibrantly aware. For me, it makes life so much richer and deeper to communicate with the sacredness of everything. ❤️ 🕉 🙏
I enjoyed this video! Sweet little plants. Do you know of a perennial (or even an annual) that like very moist soil (similar to the marsh marigold) that is low growing and blooms most if not all summer long? Full sun. Zone 5b
Please everyone watch out for lesser celandine which looks a bit like marsh marigold leaves, and small yellow daisy like flowers. It is not native and will overtake everything in sight. It likes moist conditions but is highly adapable. I had a copius amount spreading quickly after I spread mulch from our community pile. Not a wise idea when this can occur. I had to use weed killer which I hate as these have tiny tibers which survive if you try to dig them up. It was terrifying to see how quickly it was spreading in many patches and smothering all my ephemerals that took so long to grow.
Hi, Erin…this is so off topic, but I’ve wanted to ask you about nicotiana…I’ve planted some by seed, and they came up nicely, but they’re still SO tiny and not really getting larger…is that typical?
Help, I need advice !!!! They are painting the side of house which I have climbing roses and hydrangeas. They clean the house first with a bleach and water rinse….will this hurt my plants? What should I do? Cover them with sheets/plastics? Thank you for taking the time to answer my question 🌹🌹🌹
You can cover them with plastic but I don’t find that the bleach solution is strong enough to do damage (we clean our house with the same sort of thing). I water down the plants first and then rinse them off afterwards. Everything seems to manage it fine.
Yes, completely magical and poetic are the ephemeral in the woodland. You can replicate that feeling of the secret woodland blooms you get to see. 🥰🪴🌻🌷
Erin, I couldn’t agree with you more regarding Spring ephemerals. I have a small garden dedicated to them and it’s my pride and joy. It’s filled with bloodroot, great white, bent, sessile, yellow, red and a few other trilliums, hepatica, dwarf crested iris, twin-leaf, Dutchman’s breeches, yellow violets, meadow rue, Virginia bluebells, larkspur, foam flower, yellow and white trout lily, shooting star, May apple, Solomon’s seal, American ginger, Jack-in-the-pulpit, spring beauty and probably a few I have forgotten to list. I’ve collected these with permission from my sister’s woods, plant swaps and online purchases. They bring me indescribable joy each and every spring. 💚
That has to be amazing!
Native spring ephemerals is the layer I am working on this year 😁 I want thousands!
Love the wild trilliums that grow en mass around here, pure joy! And then my favourite, the double bloodroot stunning is all I can say 🤩
Thank you for this video. Our backyard woods in Mequon was full of trilliums, may-apples and trout lilies back in the 70's. As a child, I didn't know what treasures we had. They were likely planted by nature as my parents built their house on what was a farmer's field with a woods at the top of the lake bluff. Been trying to (re)introduce more native wildflowers into my wooded ravine in the Hudson Valley. The deer have been so destructive of the understory of our woodlands here. Spring ephemerals do require patience but that makes seeing them bloom all the more rewarding. I have some wet spots where the marsh marigold might do well. I am glad that Jung and others are offering more of these native plants. I think I've already ordered more plants for this year than I can get in the ground but I am sorely tempted....
Here in Nashville TN we have Dutchman’s breeches everywhere throughout our wooded areas especially our Radnor State Park mixed in are some dwarf larkspur and the mixture is beyond beautiful.
Your soil... you put your shovel in and the richness of your soil is simply amazing. I'll watch this over and over just to see the dirt! Oh and those beautiful flowers. What a treasure.
IKR!!
Here at my house, since we have huge old oak trees shading most of the yard, one would think we would have nice woodland soil underneath them.
But, no.
That's just not the case!
We don't have much natural top soil at all.
And the layer underneath that, the sub soil, is extremely rocky.
When we "dig" a hole to plant something, we literally pull out more rocks than soil from the holes!
I have to add soil on top, anywhere I want to plant something. Basically, like a little raised bed on top of our native ground.
So any time I see someone plunge a shovel (of ANY size, even a hand trowel) into the ground, and 1st of all - they DON'T hit a rock, but instead they come up with some dark, rich, woodland soil - it's just AMAZING to me!!
I DO have soil envy!!!
And Erin has such great soil at her place!
It's always a pleasure to watch anything being planted there at her house.
My grandfather’s garden in central Wisconsin had that same black soil, so I join other gardeners in wishing for that humus. To achieve it, I will use the same Soil3 compost that Jim Putnam uses. It’s great, but expensive. I grew up with native flowers and trees in our backyard East Tennessee woods - native deciduous azaleas, clusters of dogwoods, bluets - none of them intentionally landscaped.
LOTS clay here…..ugh
@Kathryn Mettelka
I can not possibly purchase the amount of soil I need...
So, instead, I'm growing my own soil!
I signed up for 4 loads of ChipDrop!
Along with all those woodchips,
I'm using another mountain of oak leaves that have collected under my trees, and I'm spreading those out in between the many layers of wood chips.
It will take time, yes.
But I'll have THE best soil when it finally does turn!
Around here, it's a dream to have the kind of soil I will have!
Meanwhile, I live vicariously thru
You Tube by the shovel full !
@Mae Pound Clay is so full of locked up nutrients!
If you can mix it with compost, woodchips, or leaves, pretty soon you'll have primo soil!
I love walking thru our woods every spring to look for trilliums. A beautiful native plant here in western Washington.
Oh my gosh, I love the Marsh marigolds! Makes me wish I had a stream or bog area in my garden. What a cheerful plant!
These are such very special and precious plants. I live in Tacoma Washington. When we lived in the foothills of the Olympic mountains we had trillium on our property. I always told our grandkids to never pick them, just love them to look at. Here in Tacoma we have the bluebells growing like crazy! They come back year after year and a such a happy sight. Thanks Erin!!
Thanks for sharing about spring ephemerals!
I’m fortunate to have many spring ephemerals growing wild in the wooded areas around our house, similar to yours. They bring great joy every spring! 😊
I grew up looking under the Mayapples for fairies because surely those were the beach umbrellas for vacationing fairies 😊
Oooh, I enjoyed this so much. We love thenatives we have, mosting Spring and autumn bloomers, and would love more.
I always love seeing the massive patches of mayapple in the woods of course they stay for like 3 weeks and disappear but it’s so beautiful
Captivating! Thanks for this video, Erin! So whimsical! I’m intrigued.💗
What a special, fun little video! I live in northwestern Oregon, on one acre. I have a few wild trilliums that come up every year under a group of three old growth fir trees! They are such beautiful little plants and the flowers seem quite fragile. When they first appeared several years ago it felt like a special blessing!😊🌱
They are all so pretty.
I just bought Shooting Star today at a plant sale. I planted Trillium’s last year and thought they died. Did not know they die back. It was a great surprise to see them pop up in my garden this year.
I live in Southern Oregon and discovered a patch of these in our new yard along with many other wild flowers. Such a beautiful surprise.
You are right, ephemerals are just for me, (us), I do look forward to seeing them. I check on my red Trillium almost everyday, just excited to have it, because I know how rare it is!
I really enjoyed this video. I really appreciate you giving some love to these woodland plants. I enjoy them at my home every year!😊
Spring is magical to go out in your garden and see what has returned. Especially when you find something you haven’t planted.
Erin, thank you so much for sharing!
Thanks Erin. 🌷💚🙃
Yes! I love the woodland natives! One of my favorite views is a forest floor covered in trilliums or the little creeks lined with marsh marigolds! I have tried to spread marsh marigold seeds along our creek but I think they just get washed away. I need to get rooted babies instead. Our woods is FULL of jack-in-the-pulpit.
I love my Spring Ephemerals....yes they take time to establish and then they put on a quiet show.
LacLawrann Conservancy West Bend, Wi has a plant sale every May(13, 2023) and they have all the Woodland native plants
Yes that is a great sale!
Erin, the single white Bloodroot blooms remind me of tiny white tulips. Unfortunately, they won't grow in my heavily compacted clay soil, but they are all beautiful! I hope you're having a wonderful weekend. ~Margie🤗
Trilliums are my provinces flower (Ontario). When you see a woods full of them they are spectacular.
What a wonderful topic. I experienced spring ephemerals while living in the Sierra Foothills in CA, where we got 48” of rain annually, mostly between October and April. The Spring woodlands, dominated by live and other oaks, were covered with the most charming plants I’d ever seen. They are truly magic! Thanks, Erin, I’m headed online to see what I can plant in my current climate!
Erin, you have the perfect soil and gardens to plant Spring ephemerals. You’re so right - they’re tiny, dainty gifts of Spring magic. The majority of my gardens face true South so there is lots of sun. I do have a beautiful stand of Variegated Solomon’s Seal on the East side of my home that is blooming right now. There is a large creek a couple streets from my home that feeds a very large reservoir. That creek is where I walk in the Spring time to enjoy thousands of Spring ephemerals in their natural woodland habitat, along with Owls, Eagles, and Ospreys, and the elusive Morels. It’s one of my favorite walks and I do it often during the first weeks of May because those beautiful plants flower for such a short window of time. Enjoy your new Spring beauties; may they live long and flourish in your wonderful soil. Enjoy!
We had marsh marigolds in our pond at our other home. Loved them! Love triliums. Some day I'm going to buy some for our woodland garden.
I’m in the south east corner of a Minnesota zone 4 we have all of those in my valley. Yes I harvest Rams cook with them. They are delicious. Thank you for mentioning.
Looking forward to trying some of these plants in my own Zone 5b garden!
Such a great video Erin. I loved walking with you as you talked. This definitely makes me want to plant some Spring ephemerals. Very informative!
I have Shooting Star and love it!
Love spring ephemerals! Thanks for sharing a reputable site with us!
Enjoyed it. I have most of these except shooting star and Dutchman’s breeches. Thanks for the tips
I got trillium recurvatum from a friend who had some in her woodlands and I love it so much! - Jennifer
Yes! Spring magic for sure! I have some of the double bloodroot that was given to me by a family member - so beautiful! I enjoy Virginia bluebells in our gardens too - and corydalis. I hope to add more ephemerals- thanks for the encouragement!
SO timely! I have 3 trillium I need to plant, thanks for the tips They are new to my garden.
Great show.
Spring ephemerals are some of my most treasured plants. They bloom so early when I’m starved for flowers in my garden. Thanks for sharing a few new to me. And I love the short shovel you’re using, I need one!
My may apples are up and the wild violets are blooming. The bleeding hearts are just starting to go over. I have seen a few what I think are trillium leaves but no flowers so far. Also think I have a patch of some small wild form of Solomon’s seal which is fun.
I just bought Marsh Marigold for a boggy area of our pond, it’s so cute! I am lucky enough to have been able to get some Wake Robin Trilliums from my sisters yard when she lived in Winnebago county in northern Illinois, I think they are so cool! I would love to add Virginia Bluebells to my garden, I absolutely love them❤️
Love love my Aphrodite dodecatheon!!
Love these. I have a few in my indiana woodland garden. Brings joy when they red up and blooming.
Gorgeous 😃
Lovely little plants, Erin. The early spring blooms are the best after a long bleak winter. 😊💖🦋🕊
Living in WI zone 4 I do have many of these in our woods. They are magic as they bloom quickly and are done. Jung seed is a good company. I have gotten perennials and flowering bushes from them by mail order. There packaging is wonderful. I love plants versus roots. Erin can you convince them to carry Bambini phlox again? Mine are doing wonderful and it is something you should try. Oh how sweet it is!
My favorite things! I add more when I can. Yellow bellwort (uvularia?) is one I really want to cultivate.
RAMPS ON YOUR PROPERTY?! JEALOUS.
Trilliums, shooting stars are native here on Vancouver island BC Canada. Right now the edges of woods are full of pink shooting stars in bloom. Such a joy to see. Also fawn lilies are blooming now and there are many varities to choose from in cultivation.
I appreciate your drill down on proper sourcing and siting. I have encountered too many individuals selling or harvesting these plants in an unethical manner. I have a truly horrifying story about a patch of thousands of pink lady slippers that no longer exists.
Oh that is so sad.
I caught the natives bug last fall. This spring I had my first shooting star, Virginia bluebells, and trillium bloom. My favorite native so far though is the woodland phlox 💜
It will be magical once they bloom. I have some trout lilies that I forgot I planted. So pretty. We are definitely ahead of you with spring; my tulips and daffodils are finished. I love watching your garden wake up!
What a fun fun video. We were just at a Missouri Aquarium Club last weekend with members who are very emersed in the native plant realm. I’m now quite intrigued with these cute plants you’ve showcased. 😏Thanks!
Love those flower.they are protected in our area(Canada) i think i have a few in my garden that disappear when summer arrives.we live in a farm area and their eveywhere.😊
Erin I loved this “Just for you” plants video! ❤ Nice to see the trillium again! I learned great info as usual. Thx so much. The Jung’s catalog is always a staple in my dad’s plant catalog collection every year. 💕 Now mine too. Even though you planted those just for you, I look forward to seeing them in your garden when they pop up! 😉 Have a great weekend!
I'm with you on the spring ephemerals. I adore liver leaf hepatica, trillium, cornus canadensis, and hardy cyclamen. In my woods, there have always been mayapples, now this year I'm seeing sasparilla. solomons seal, and canada mayflower. This year I decided to add dutchman's breeches and great merrybells along a woodland path. Somebody ate them off. I don't have a deer issue, so I'm looking hard at the rabbits. Not sure if they'll come back, they didn't have much time in the ground before they were lunch.
Each year I wait for my Prairie Trillium to bloom. It is unimpressive as a flower but, due to its rarity, I love it. Trilliums remind me of Body, Mind, and Spirit and how important it is to nourish each aspect or we burn out. This red trillium is indigenous to Michigan and I appreciate it. This too reminds me of home. I only have one. I keep hoping it will naturalize and create more--maybe this spring. Thanks, Erin for reminding me how wonderful native plants can be.
I like Jungs, lucky to have several locations not real far from me. Great bare root selection.
The first home i bought had a woodsy area where i discovered a Trillium plant for the 1st time.
It was beautiful, magical still seems like a magical plant.
I have Dutchman's Breeches blooming now and May Apples.
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Two words: winter aconite. Love my wooded area - roots are a lot like hosta roots and transplant well. Mounding habit with bright yellow flowers (bloomed the entire month of April (Zone 6b) and look great with glory of the snow (which naturalize well, too)
I love seeing our trillium in bloom every Spring and love spotting it and other Ephemerals when hiking, particularly in the ADKs. And of course we would NEVER dig up any native plant from it's natural habitat, we just take a lot of pictures (lol!). Thank you for reminding us of this; in most public places, removing endangered, threatened, rare and/or exploitable vulnerable plants is a violation of Environmental Conservation, particularly in State and National Parks.
My trillium, may apple and jack in the pulpit have been up for weeks
Most of my small garden is for our eyes only😊. Our house is on a lot set away from the street and up a short drive. I let some wild Violets and wild Primeveras inhabit a corner.
Hi Erin, the first time I discovered Trillium was over 40 years ago on an island in the Thousand Islands of the St Lawrence River in New York! I literally felt like I stepped into a secret fairy garden! I have tried to plant them and I guess it just wasn’t the right spot! I do enjoy seeing many bloodroot in the woods near my home and just enjoy them and move along as I never thought of them as something I could plant! I look forward to planting some possibly next season as it is too late hear in Finger Lakes of NY! Thank you for bringing back some lovely memories!
I was fortunate when I moved in, to have the classic white trillium in my garden under fir and cedar trees . they are Still here and spread so politely. They are native in the Pacific NorthWest and when they bloom it is magic. One of my favorite!!! I was also successful in moving them to a more protected area of the garden when a big tree came down. Thanks for sharing the magic Erin.
Marsh marigold reblooms if the blooms are cut back! It does for us at the Huntertown Family Park Rain Garden in NE Indiana. Zone 5b/6a.
Those are going to bring so much joy when they come up!! We had trilliums in our last garden and I miss them...must add them to my list. And those little utility flags are so handy, aren't they!
You're right about spring ephemerals, they are magic. I enjoy mine so much and am sad to see them go when hot weather hits but I know (hope) they will be back next year to herald spring.
This is my very favorite group of plants in which I have many. When I go out and look each day through my gardens it is these lovelies that I look for. People walk by my garden and always note the double bloodroot. I also covet my hardy lady slipper orchids, you might try some of these seriously expensive plants. But when they bloom there is nothing like them, they also have to be in the right spot.
So excited for these! I love spring ephemerals, and I was curious the best times to plant and to go shopping for them. Thank you for sharing all those tips and those disclaimers. My garden has a few early blooms, but not enough, in my opinion, so early spring blooms are definitely needed here.🌼🌸🌿
i love your videos. I am trying to make a place on the farm as beautiful as your garden.
I am trying to create that “magic “ in my garden. Allowing plants to create their own rhythm in the garden & allowing natural plants to thrive. These are 3 great ones to add.
Nice to hear Jung has the native ephemerals. Prairie Moon is also a very good source. So glad you had this video to spread the news of how to help these endangered species. I planted shooting star last year, and this year it made a short appearance thanks to the unusual heat in Michigan. And amen to mark them because I forget their location and actually dig/pull them up accidentally. Once established, they go on forever, especially the Dutchman breeches. I love your marsh marigolds. Wish I had the moisture they require. Thanks for all the inspiration!
I have some marsh marigolds that I have no idea where they came from and didn’t know what they were till now. I thought maybe it was a weed but never pulled them out because they are so pretty and happy looking around a tree and you’re right…I’m about the only one that sees them.
Magic is exactly right! Another favorite of mine are the false Solomon Seal…also another yellow one whose name escapes me this morning
Celandine Woodland Poppy)
thanks!
Hope you aren't getting more snow, thought it looked like you might on the weather today ❄️ 😮
I saw snow this morning ! It didn’t stick but still, May 1 is a bit of a sucker punch.
Erin I love all those flowers. I grew up hiking in the Blue Ridge mountains and the Smokies. My dad would quiz us on the wildflowers as we walked. I'd love to grow these flowers. Do you have a Jack in the Pulpit or Lady Slippers? Thanks for telling us about Jung Seeds. I hadn't shopped them before, and the prices are reasonable too! I just placed an order, I got White Trillium, Maidenhair Fern, Dutchman's Breeches, & King Kong Oriental Poppy. I wish I could get them all.
Thank you so much for your videos!!
Awesome informative video! Thank you. I was at Jung seed in Stevens Point Wisconsin Last month. So fabulous!!
Another great video! I'm going to check out Jung seed today. I'm in zone 5b too so it's nice to know they are based in Wisconsin.
Love this video. We are creating a small woodland area in our garden. Feels like we’ve added enough amendments to the soil to cover a small continent but we’re not there yet. (Georgia clay - ugh!) I wasn’t familiar with spring ephemerals but will definitely look into them. Those are lovely.
I am utterly, completely, head over heels in love after watching this video. Sorry, no not with you Erin, although you are great, but with those Spring ephemerals. Why have I never tried these types of plants? I only have a few mature trees (crabapple) and some cottonwood trees that are trying to mature. But I have lilacs growing the entire length of our long driveway. QUESTION: Do you, or anyone else, know if that would be a good place to plant some of these plants? There are always leaves under the lilacs. Thanks for any help you can give. Great video as always.
I had no idea that Jung sold plants. Love the ephemerals. I have a ton of dog tooth violet, a few trillium, got some bloodroot from a friend. I friend a bunch from seed but can’t tell if they made it.
Very valuable and touching video! 🌿 🌿 🌼 🌸 Such exquisite plants! p.s. plants do have feelings but with non-attachment so they quickly get over what we do to them but believe me, they are sentient. ❤️ 🕉 🙏 🌲 🌳
I think we’re going to have to agree to disagree on that one, at least until the scientists weigh in if they discover something new.
@@TheImpatientGardener Erin, please check out all the amazing scientific research (especially from Germany) on the various communication methods of trees, as well as their ability to heal each other and even recognize their own offspring. You did use the word magical and Nature truly is! 😻
Yes I have seen the info and heard as well so magical!
@@christinahaftmann4065 I have seen it, and I’ve also read the peer reviewed research. I could link to papers here (such as this abstract: www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0006291X21000577), but honestly at the end of the day, it really comes down to the definition of sentient, which hardly seems like a point worth parsing to death. As far as I know, it is commonly understood that plants use electrical signaling. Some have likened this to “feelings” such as sentient beings have. However (quoting the above abstract) “electrical phenomena in plants cannot serve to generate any kind of consciousness.”
Although I certainly do it myself on occasion, I believe that we do ourselves and our plants a disservice by anthropomorphizing them, which is the only reason I push back with science on this topic.
I assume this comment is related to my encouragement that people thin their seedlings. The point of that video, shared as a short here and a reel on Instagram is that thinning seedlings is necessary to grow healthy plants, and regardless of your thoughts on plant consciousness, this remains true. Perhaps another way to think of it is to imagine a whole bunch of dogs living in a small cage (forgive the analogy here but there is a fair amount of agreement in the biology community that dogs are sentient, hence why I chose that example). That’s is not healthy for any of them, so some need to be moved for the health of all. (This analogy goes downhill big time here, so I’ll stop there.)
My point is, if your plants WERE sentient and could talk (not the same thing I realize) they would ask you to give them room to grow.
@@TheImpatientGardener Hi Erin. My first spiritual teacher was a Cherokee medicine woman who taught us that everything in this world is sentient - not necessarily speaking but certainly communicating on some level. If you pick sage you ask permission from the plant and sometimes the plant will say "No, I'm a mother or grandmother." Believe me, when you ask they will tell you in no uncertain terms! Crystals are also profoundly sentient. But as I said seedlings understand that you need to thin them but they are also vibrantly aware. For me, it makes life so much richer and deeper to communicate with the sacredness of everything. ❤️ 🕉 🙏
I enjoyed this video! Sweet little plants. Do you know of a perennial (or even an annual) that like very moist soil (similar to the marsh marigold) that is low growing and blooms most if not all summer long? Full sun. Zone 5b
Erin - how are your Trilliums et al doing? have you seen any new growth yet?
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Please everyone watch out for lesser celandine which looks a bit like marsh marigold leaves, and small yellow daisy like flowers. It is not native and will overtake everything in sight. It likes moist conditions but is highly adapable. I had a copius amount spreading quickly after I spread mulch from our community pile. Not a wise idea when this can occur. I had to use weed killer which I hate as these have tiny tibers which survive if you try to dig them up. It was terrifying to see how quickly it was spreading in many patches and smothering all my ephemerals that took so long to grow.
Yes, that’s a baddy.
Every time I tried to buy these from a seed catalog they say they are out of stock. But it’s been several years since I’ve tried. We do haveMay Apple.
The yellow bog plant looks like it's related to lily pads ie; the leaves. Would it grow in your water tank in the veg garden?
enjoyed the video ( u k)
Hi, Erin…this is so off topic, but I’ve wanted to ask you about nicotiana…I’ve planted some by seed, and they came up nicely, but they’re still SO tiny and not really getting larger…is that typical?
If you had to pick between marsh marigold and nicotiana?
Help, I need advice !!!! They are painting the side of house which I have climbing roses and hydrangeas. They clean the house first with a bleach and water rinse….will this hurt my plants? What should I do? Cover them with sheets/plastics? Thank you for taking the time to answer my question 🌹🌹🌹
You can cover them with plastic but I don’t find that the bleach solution is strong enough to do damage (we clean our house with the same sort of thing). I water down the plants first and then rinse them off afterwards. Everything seems to manage it fine.
@@TheImpatientGardener thanks for the help! I can’t lose my flowers 🌺
Yes, completely magical and poetic are the ephemeral in the woodland. You can replicate that feeling of the secret woodland blooms you get to see. 🥰🪴🌻🌷
Thank you Erin @impatientgardener