http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/ Wild Ones Natural Landscapes Mon, 09 Nov 2009 18:10:18 GMT denisemeehan1 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2344 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2344 http://www.americanmeadows.com/QuickGuideToWildflowers.aspx It may be the group that is partnered with the National Wildlife Foundation, or maybe just Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:03:24 GMT denisemeehan1 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2343 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2343 sorry about double posting the picture ! Denise, Long Island, NY Mon, 09 Nov 2009 16:20:02 GMT denisemeehan1 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2342 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2342 I'm back, recovering from a particularly unhealthy Summer/Fall. I noticed this growing in the back corner of my yard where one Mountain Laurel died. The Mr. Sat, 07 Nov 2009 14:03:44 GMT Bill Hilton Jr. (EDUCATION) http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2341 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2341 You may have experienced ant swarms this fall in or around your native gardens. Perhaps they were the unusually scented species described in my current "This Sat, 07 Nov 2009 04:19:45 GMT bcied2 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2340 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2340 Mike, Thanks for starting this thread! I'm going to steal some of these ideas for my own place. :-) This was my first year with a new front-yard flowerbed. Wed, 04 Nov 2009 15:31:42 GMT Natives.Tim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2339 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2339 Thank you Frank for those links. I added them to the Links section of our Yahoo website. Tim List owner From: wildonesnativeplants@yahoogroups.com Wed, 04 Nov 2009 05:04:21 GMT Frank Hassler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2338 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2338 Sorry Beia, and Bonnie, I was in a hurry. A great site for wisconsin is the Freckmann herbarium website, here it has more detail, that sea oats is "Introduced Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:52:08 GMT Benia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2337 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2337 If you click on a highlighted state on the native status map at the USDA Plants site, you'll see a county breakdown of native areas by county. For this Tue, 03 Nov 2009 22:40:47 GMT Natives.Tim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2336 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2336 I think the USDA site is useful but users should be aware that even though a species may be listed as native to their state, it does not mean that the species Tue, 03 Nov 2009 20:51:56 GMT Benia http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2335 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2335 Frank, be careful not to state things so difinitively. Always support your statements. New native gardeners, especially, need accurate information. According Tue, 03 Nov 2009 19:15:50 GMT L C http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2334 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2334 I love dwarf honeysuckle - it does sucker slowly but it's not super aggressive. Leslie ... I love dwarf honeysuckle - it does sucker slowly but it's not super Tue, 03 Nov 2009 18:44:14 GMT Frank Hassler http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2333 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2333 Dwarf Bush honeysuckle will do fine in dry so, I regularly see it growing out of rocks in cliff type areas. I would say it could handle moderate shade, Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:59:25 GMT bonnie995 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2332 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2332 Looking for experience with these two. How will they do in quite dry soil, part to heavy shade? What about suckering? Would you recommend them for a relatively Sat, 17 Oct 2009 14:34:40 GMT Natives.Tim http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2331 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2331 Yes, I would transplant a shrub. You want to try to get as much of a root mass as you can. After you plant it, be sure to mulch all around it but keep the Sat, 17 Oct 2009 04:08:39 GMT Hope Kuniholm http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2330 http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wildonesnativeplants/message/2330 What about transplanting native spirea (white meadow sweet- spirea alba) in the fall? Any problems doing that? I had some I managed to propogate off a main