I came back to rewatch this. Incredibly helpful video. I was about to plant the seeds I have. Changed my mind because it's on the dry side in my garden. I'm going to give them to a friend instead who has wet areas in her yard. Thank you!
I love this plant. Yes they like to be watered. I have just transpanted a plant to a sunny spot. i think I need to rethink a place with moist soil but that will be difficult in my garden.
Thank you for this focus and for giving attention to light and soil needs beyond what the tag may say. I avoided getting this plabt because of my part sun garden but after watching this video decided it was perfect to plant in front of an actaea that is receiving too much sun. It’ll block thr sun from the shade plant and continue my fuzzy bottlebrush blooms theme - a favorite of pollinators. Luckily there’s an awesome local perennial nursery that carries this and the “Rosea Alba.” The pollinators are already enjoying it in the pot on the deck.
I’d love a buckeye but I don’t have space for a large shrub, but I’m scheming. I also want to fir in an elderberry and for fruit I’ll need 2. It amazes me how little is known about the significance of native plants. Doug Tallamy has some awesome amazing talks on YT.
There is a nativar of this called Lavender Towers, which in field studies actually proved to outperform the straight species in attracting pollinators. It appears to have about 20% more nectar, an unusual outcome for a nativar as they are generally not as good a food source as straight species.
I plan to get some seeds ASAP! So far, my bumblebee fave is Wild Bergamot Monarda-- reseeds itself all over my garden and I let it...... For honeybees, the best I have is Buttonbush and a Hillary Clinton Mint- both are just covered with them. The Hillary Mint is the most prolific flowering mint I have or have ever seen. Definitely getting more next year! Thanks for the vid-- I want every pollinator plant in the world for my garden!
@@Jem544 I had never heard of it either.... I was at a local nursery and found it-- had no idea how good it would be. App it was introduced in 1993, the result of LOTS of cross breeding and selection. Some websites that talk about it show pics that don't look anything like my mint-- when I go back to my nursery I'll tell them how great it is, and I want more.
@@Jem544 My Culver's Root draws nothing BUT bumblebees-- I do have to say, my Hillary Clinton mint isn't drawing anything this year-- odd what plants attract what pollinators in what years. This year, my heros are Spanish Needles and Texas Thistle. My Tex Thistle was so popular that I'm getting seeds for any NON invasive thistle I can get.
How did you do it from seed? I read differing instructions on it. Just toss them down in the spring, need to be fridged for a few months…. I bought 2000 seeds but haven’t done anything with them yet.
Thanks for the comment. I just planted the seeds in a flat. They came up easily. I didn't stratify them. I ordered them off blue moon nursery if so remember correctly..
Are they tolerant to shade, and deer? They look like the black cohosh I planted last year but the deer snipped the candelabra flowers within a few hours of planting, despite all the deer resistant claims.
Northeastern native plant digest Picked up three smaller ones of these! Clustered then together. Looking forward to them filling out at back of garden patch, along with Red Bee Balm and Anise Hyssop. May add some Queen of the Prairie too!
I came back to rewatch this. Incredibly helpful video. I was about to plant the seeds I have. Changed my mind because it's on the dry side in my garden. I'm going to give them to a friend instead who has wet areas in her yard. Thank you!
Thanks for the comment and hopefully your friend will enjoy them.
Venonicastrum looks divine after a chelsey chop
I love this plant. Yes they like to be watered. I have just transpanted a plant to a sunny spot. i think I need to rethink a place with moist soil but that will be difficult in my garden.
Love this plant. Just bought some seeds and are hoping they do well.
Thanks for the comment. Good luck!
Thank you for this focus and for giving attention to light and soil needs beyond what the tag may say. I avoided getting this plabt because of my part sun garden but after watching this video decided it was perfect to plant in front of an actaea that is receiving too much sun. It’ll block thr sun from the shade plant and continue my fuzzy bottlebrush blooms theme - a favorite of pollinators. Luckily there’s an awesome local perennial nursery that carries this and the “Rosea Alba.” The pollinators are already enjoying it in the pot on the deck.
That's great. Sounds like you have a nice garden. I'd like to have a bottlebrush buckeye. They're beautiful.
I’d love a buckeye but I don’t have space for a large shrub, but I’m scheming. I also want to fir in an elderberry and for fruit I’ll need 2. It amazes me how little is known about the significance of native plants. Doug Tallamy has some awesome amazing talks on YT.
This talk is so informative ruclips.net/video/lrRJm-yLsQ8/видео.html
@@olgakuchukov6981 yes he does. I've watched them more than once and always learn something new.
There is a nativar of this called Lavender Towers, which in field studies actually proved to outperform the straight species in attracting pollinators. It appears to have about 20% more nectar, an unusual outcome for a nativar as they are generally not as good a food source as straight species.
Thanks for the information that's interesting. I'll check out that out.
I plan to get some seeds ASAP! So far, my bumblebee fave is Wild Bergamot Monarda-- reseeds itself all over my garden and I let it...... For honeybees, the best I have is Buttonbush and a Hillary Clinton Mint- both are just covered with them. The Hillary Mint is the most prolific flowering mint I have or have ever seen. Definitely getting more next year! Thanks for the vid-- I want every pollinator plant in the world for my garden!
I love buttonbush and monarda. I never heard of the Hillary mint, I'll have to check it out.
@@Jem544 I had never heard of it either.... I was at a local nursery and found it-- had no idea how good it would be. App it was introduced in 1993, the result of LOTS of cross breeding and selection. Some websites that talk about it show pics that don't look anything like my mint-- when I go back to my nursery I'll tell them how great it is, and I want more.
@@Jem544 My Culver's Root draws nothing BUT bumblebees-- I do have to say, my Hillary Clinton mint isn't drawing anything this year-- odd what plants attract what pollinators in what years. This year, my heros are Spanish Needles and Texas Thistle. My Tex Thistle was so popular that I'm getting seeds for any NON invasive thistle I can get.
I love Culver's root. I bought some at a native plant sale two years ago. I saw a blue Culver's root online, but it is always out of stock.
Bought that variety a year ago…after it was done blooming it was destroyed by some kind of weevil that specializes in culver root. So disappointed.
Will this plant rebloom if I dead head it? Thank you for the video. The one I have is purple but I like the white too.
Hi. İt might, I've never actually tried that. Thanks for the comment.
How long did it take for seeds to germinate?
How did you do it from seed? I read differing instructions on it. Just toss them down in the spring, need to be fridged for a few months…. I bought 2000 seeds but haven’t done anything with them yet.
Thanks for the comment. I just planted the seeds in a flat. They came up easily. I didn't stratify them. I ordered them off blue moon nursery if so remember correctly..
Are they tolerant to shade, and deer? They look like the black cohosh I planted last year but the deer snipped the candelabra flowers within a few hours of planting, despite all the deer resistant claims.
Full sun to part shade. Mine get some morning shade and they are deer resistant
Northeastern native plant digest I’ll give these a go. A local, native nursery here carries em! Lucky me, I guess. :)
Northeastern native plant digest Picked up three smaller ones of these! Clustered then together. Looking forward to them filling out at back of garden patch, along with Red Bee Balm and Anise Hyssop. May add some Queen of the Prairie too!