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Speaker 2 (00:35):
Good morning.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
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many arborist titles I can't keep up with it anymore.
But his website is arbordoctor dot com. Ladies and gentlemen,
mister ron Rothis good morning, sir, Good morning.
Speaker 2 (01:15):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
I am doing great? Good to have you on our
show again this morning. We had lots of talk about today.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Have you been enjoying all this rain we've been getting?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
What rain? That's my good point, as.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
I've had seven straight days of ninety degree weather. Yeah,
and my total rainfall not only in the seven days,
but in the past eight days is a trace on
one day. Every other day was a two sec.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
I had a couple of days of.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Thunder, but trace the rain over the past eight days. Yeah,
last ninety degree temperatures, so the grass is actually getting
a little bit of a broadcast in spots.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yeah, that's why I told Joey was he said it
was too hot to Mowa's grass. This it's probably a
good thing he just left it shut off. Yes, he's
he's somewhat close to you as well, said the same thing.
Thunder rolls of thunder, but basically no rainfall. Now, I'm,
of course, about fifteen miles north of you, guys, and
yesterday we did get two fronts that came through and
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actually dropped rain, just enough to make it humid as
heck when they stopped. Otherwise it really didn't do a
whole lot. But we did get two fronts that came
through real quick and dropped rain. So if that's happening
in your particular area, folks, what Ron's could tell you is,
as we've told you all along, considered anything like that
a bonus. Don't count on it as part of your watering.
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It's not part of the watering. Don't let it fool you.
Look at your rain gage and continue to water as needed.
And I'll tell you what.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
I have not watered any of my established plants yet. Well,
we've had so much rain this year, right, Yeah, I've
had a foot below in normal this month, at least
in my location. But I've had two point eight seven
inches of rain this month, which is less than the
normal June. But I mean, we have a lot of
moisture coming out of the spring. So for the established plants,
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I don't I'm not real concerned with most of them yet,
but certainly I have some new transplants that I have
given some water to, and and that's something to keep
in mind. Uh And and just because I know we
have a wide range of people listening. Uh, most of
the plants in my yard are pretty good when it
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comes to, you know, not being real needy when it
comes to water. If you have you know, some of
these yes, actually, but you know there are some plants
that that that are more needy. I don't have any
uh you know, impatience, you know, annuals in the yard,
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those that need to be watered more often. I don't
have any of the hydrangees that are really needy in
the water department. All my hydrangeas, I only have a couple,
but they're cendicular to hydrangeas and they just aren't as needy.
So yeah, I am very much in favor of plants
that don't need huge amounts of attention, including my management
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area back which is all prairie plants, which is just
beginning to bloom like crazy. I have a compass plant
that sent a couple of flower spikes up. They're about
seven feet tall now, and that's going to get yellow
flowers all over it. My cup plants are just starting
to form buds. They're not blooming yet, but and my
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golden rain tree is starting to bloom. You're almost plan
of the week. Your plant of the week. The bottlebrush buckeye.
I have one that's probably a couple decades old. It
is in full bloom right now. It is absolutely spectacular.
And it is on a south fa and slip and
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full sun, and it gets baked all day. During some
really bad drafts we've had over the years, the leaves
have scorched a little bit because it's just a really
kind of a bootle location. But it's done well there
for a couple of decades. It looks beautiful right now
and it is in full glorious bloom. And I've shared
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some pictures on my Facebook page and people are like,
what is that? That's incredible? It's I guess it is.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
So every time you walk by that, do you just
kind of give it an oh or go box.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Or yes, oh yeah, bus good.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Barb Bletcher sent me a picture last week. I know
it was Barbara, one of the three Stingers and their bees.
It was a really hot day. We're out on the
side of the hive and they literally form one of
the most perfect o's that you've ever seen. And I
accidentally deleted the picture off my cell phone and I
have to get them to send it to me again.
I was going to send it to you, but they're
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on the side of the and it's a perfect Oh.
It's like, you've got to be kidding me. So I
thought that was pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
It would be really cool if they formed the perfect
h after that.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I know down below d the next time over boh.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Talk talk with Ron roth Is. His website is a
arbordoctor dot com. Great information about trees, the environment, weather,
the whole nine yards. Once you go on there, you
can't stop. You'll be on it for days reading all
the stuff he has posted. Yeah, and I that's why
we posted. Instead of putting the golden rain tree on,
we took yours as well, instead of the bottlebrush buckeye.
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So it's a cool plan. It's way underused in the landscape.
Sometimes can be hard to find. I don't know if
you've found that out, but folks, sometimes not every nursery
has it has it available, so and usually when you
buy one when they're small they don't look like a
whole lot, same as the golden rain tree don't look
like a whole lot. But man, once they start to grow,
it's well worth the weight talking about it.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
I just shared with someone yesterday that the comment on
how must they like the picture of the golden right,
I'm sorry the bottlebrush buckeye, and I said, you know,
it's one of those plants that when you see it
in a pot in the nursery, it just doesn't do
a whole lot for you. You get it into the
landscape and it knocks your soft socks off. I think
(07:18):
Oakley Hydrangea is another one that's kind of like that.
Never looks like a whole lot in the nursery, but
when you get it get it out in your landscape,
it's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Oakley Phyra is still just a tremendous show. I mean
that plant, you know, with the oak leaves, the exfoliating bark,
the way it branches, and the you know those way
those flowers just stick out away from the plant. To me,
you know, it's got it's got to show to it
year round. Oakley Phydra is just absolutely outstanding.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Yeah, I love them. The only problem I have with
oakly hydrange is. I have seen some deer browsing on
the Oakley phydrangeas. You have to be a little bit
careful with them.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
The neat thing about bottle brush buck guy is deer
just don't touch it. I mean, in the I have
deer like crazy in my yard, and I mean one
one year they rubbed a couple of the branches and
broke a couple of branches. Next year just brought it
right back. But that was the only time in over
two decades that I've deer do anything. They never feed
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on it. I mean, I've never seen feeding damage. I mean,
I'm on landscape. I'm on I'm visiting landscapes all the time,
and that's very consistent. I mean, I I've been on
lots and lots of uh properties over the years which
you have a lot of deer browsing, and the bottlebrush
buck guys are untouched. So it's it's a really good
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shrub in many ways, but but including for people that
are that are pestered by by deer browsing, it's a
great plant to add deer landscape and the flowers and
knock your socks offt We'll tell you what. The fall
color is really good. I mean gold and yellow collar.
They really shine in the fall as well.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
And I like the branching. I mean, you know it's
it's a coarse branching, but I like the way it
looks in the winter time too. I think that's another
plant that gives you, you know, year round something to
look at.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Yeah, and just when they're in foliage, I mean really
you know, leafy foliage plant. I mean almost a little
bit of a tropical side, you know, just the way
it looks, just a really neat all around plant. I
mean it's one of those plants that you know, people
plant rhododendrons, and I know in some areas rhododendants thrive
(09:34):
in the Cincinnati area oppland soils, so we really struggle
with rhododendrons. I mean this is the plant gets about
the same size as the rhododendron. It thrives in our soil.
It doesn't mind mind alkaline soils, although I think it'll
it's tolerate acid soils too, So it's really versatile when
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it comes to the soil conditions. It's just easy to grow.
I mean it I've never seen any pest problems on it, right, dear, So,
I mean it's one of those you plant it and
maybe a water during during a significant drought, although it's
it's not that meeting in that department either, but otherwise
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it just doesn't need anything and it puts on a
huge show for you. So if people want a care
free plant, I mean you can't get one that's much
better than bublebrush buckeye.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
If you want to see what it looks like, go
to our website at Ron Wilson online dot com. We
have one poster there for you as well, and learn
more about it at that website. You take a quick break,
we come back. We'll talk with more with Ron. Roethis
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Wilson Part two. It's the bifurcation of segments with the
arbor doc Ronrothiss website arbordoctor dot com talking about the
weather and the inconsistencies of the rainfalls and how you
should be sure and check that rain gage physically check
(11:54):
your root balls. I tell you I thought of you
run because this week I finally got to deal with
and this does happen. Because I've had people say, can
you overwater newly planted trees and shrubs this time of
the year with it being so hot, And I said, yeah,
it is possible, especially if your soil doesn't drain very well.
And I had a gentleman that had planted a dogwood,
(12:17):
and he said, you know, we did the right things.
We dug the whole right and the whole nine yards,
and we've kept it watered as needed, and the thing
just stays wilted down. It doesn't do anything. Leaves are
wilted down. So I said, hey, go out check the
root ball. Came on out and said, you know, it
feels wet. Soil around it feels wet. I said, send
me a picture. So you send me a picture. Back
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planted right. But also I could see all this grass
coming up in the area where the backfill was, indicating
that it's staying pretty moist. And I said, if I
were you, I would dig down the side of that
root ball, see what's going on. He got about six
inches down, hit water, pulled that thing out of the
hole and it was sitting with water and he hadn't
watered it for a week, which sometimes tells us the
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importance of finding out how how the percolation is in
the soil before you plant trees.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Yeah, I mean you can definitely over water, you know,
during a drought. I've seen it. I've seen it so
many times, and just because it's hot doesn't necessarily mean
your plants need to be water They certainly don't need
to be watered every day unless it's in a pot
somewhere and it's a really needy plant that that is
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really good well drained soil. But I mean, normally, if
it's an established plant, I mean, they can go a
week without water easily, and even familarly planted plants. I
mean I usually tell people, you know, water once a
week and check it in the middle of the week
to see if it needs more water. You know, at
that point I have noticed, I'm sure you have too,
(13:52):
that container bearing plants seem to dry out faster than
bottom bone. Yeah. But and the other thing, by the way,
which is one of my pet topics, is if you
leave the burlap completely on the plant when you plant it,
it will shed water. So you can I've seen it
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people that are running the hose on the plant and
I go and I open up the burrow ap and
it's powder dry inside. But there's an oily type substance
that they treat that will burrow up with and it
will just shed water. So the burrow ap needs to
be taken off the top. The root ball and planning time.
(14:39):
I still get landscapers that argue with that, you know,
we'll take it off in a year, leave it on
and the plant stays more stable. All these different arguments,
and it's just like no. The planning standard from American
National Standards Institute is that when you plant a tree,
you take all the packing material, the burrowap, that rope
everything off the top part of the group ball. And
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I've just seen so many that the die or really
well down because that burlap is completely left on the plant.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Well, you're you're too young to remember. You're too young
to remember this, but way back when, you know, we
were always pulling plants out of the healing area, reburlapping
in two or three times a year if it didn't sell,
and they finally came out with a treated burlap and
that you probably did, or a nylon burlap that didn't decay,
didn't rout, and that was gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
I'm very very familiar.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
I know you are.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
I was just kidding about being to young, but but
you know, there was a situation where again, you know,
if you didn't take that all off of there, I
don't even if you sliced, it didn't matter. That stuff
stayed on there forever. You know, you go back ten
years later and that thing was still wrapped in the
burlap around it, which.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
Was still found that in landscapes, you know, fairly recently,
I mean, and the plants aren't doing very well obviously.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Hey, listen, we're running out of time here. One thing
I did want to talk to you about. Now we're
pretty much done in our area and all the areas
that were affected by the cicadas, and so now I'm
starting to get pictures of folks that didn't realize what
the cicadas did to their trees. And of course that's
the flagging on the tips of a lot of the branches,
which becomes a natural pruning. But you know, when folks
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get a hold of you about seeing this and all,
do you give any I mean, do you suggest anything
be done? Obviously, they can't trim all that out. On
larger trees, you let it fall out and do its
own thing. Smaller trees you can go through and clip
that out of there and get rid of it. But
otherwise you don't do anything else. The tree is going
to be fine. It just is a way of natural pruning.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Right, correct, And I mean I saw some oaks yesterday
that it was actually when you first looked at it,
kind of alarming because it was more brown than it
was green. Yeah, but it'll be fine. I mean it's
just at outer branches, the you know, the the trees still,
so it'll be fine. I have seen some smaller trees
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where they've been riddled the to the point that I
would give it time. But you might want to go
in and prune some of that out eventually, but I
would see how the tree responds to it first, rather
than you know, being too quick to go out and
you know, kind of micromanage the situation over the years.
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I think the worst trees that I've seen for cicada
damage are not responding. While the cicada damage have been
dog some of the dog yeah American holly. And then
I've seen some black or black tiple really get riddled
by the cicadas. Although I remember I planted a black
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gum in my yard. I mean it's probably still you know,
college age, and we had cicadas that year and they
riddled that tree and I pruned that thing back. I've
been took over half the branching, you know, out because
there's there's some Missicada damage. That thing left out of
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the ground after that, and it grew like gangbusters for
years after that.
Speaker 1 (18:12):
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Morning welcome back here in the garden With Ron. Wilson
you know a lot of talk out, there obviously about
planting native plants out. There it can be very. Confusing
what are the native? Plants who's got? What you go
to your local independent garden. Center sometimes they have a nice,
supply sometimes they. Don't sometimes it's hard to find some
of these local native or these, yeah native plants for
planting in our yards and. Gardens will to help us
walk through, that to learn more about these native, plants
(20:57):
especially for The what if you're looking for high native
plant colors for the, summer do you know which ones
you're talking? About, well we've got a top ten list for.
You as a matter of, fact it's posted on our
website At Ron wilson online dot. Com he is our
native plant expert from A Woody warehouse or Website Woody
warehouse dot. Com he Is humanity's native solution. Man he's
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the pride of the, boilermakers ladies and. Gentlemen Mister Bill Racus,
Deboor good, morning.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
Sir good, morning Mister, wilson have we had our. Coffee
we've had our. Coffee we've switched to something that's, hydrating
so surliness is on the.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Way let me ask. You let me ask you a
question here real. Quick talking about native plants a couple.
Things so people, understand first of, all a lot of
push out there to plant native, plants and of course
native selections or native VARs as. Well but native plants
sometimes can be difficult to, find even in well, known
locally owned independent garden. Centers why is, That.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Well the supply of native plants has just been kind
of a coming of ages the past probably ten years or,
so and so the big boy growers didn't have them
because it was just kind of a niche maybe something
will dabble. In and lately with consumer, demand it keeps increasing,
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increasing and so there's kind of been a lag in
that supply chain as people, have you, know garnered more
of an interest to plant, natives and so to that,
end we're working diligently to kind of show up that
supply chain issue and start getting these native plants where people.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Are, yeah your plant list is, amazing how that's increased
over the recent, years.
Speaker 4 (22:53):
Much to the chagrin of our production. Stuff, YEAH i
think we're at two hundred and fifty some.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Species and listen to. That as a matter of, fact
if you happen to go to your locally owned independent
garden center and they don't have a great supply of native,
plants give them this website woodiwarehouse dot. Com it's pretty,
simple woodiwaarhouse dot. Com tell them to go on the
website look at what's available that they can buy to
bring into their to their garden. Center they have, it
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and they've got a complete, selection trust. Me but there's
a source for. Them so if they tell you they
can't find, them uh uh, huh go to woodiwarehouse dot.
Com you'll find out. More but by the, Way BILL
i want to DO i do want to thank you
guys uh And Woody warhouse for giving away four hundred
and fifty tuplo trees black coms here in The cincinnati
area a couple of weeks ago that those and those
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weren't just little. Seedlings we're talking trees that were four
to five feet.
Speaker 4 (23:42):
Tall, well it was a fun. Engagement. Uh they even got,
me you, know unloading plants from the box. Trailer which
Was it's unfortunate the production staff wasn't there because they
Think i'm just a keyboard. King SO i actually did
some labor.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
THERE i want to know who was On Who's Steve
folks's table or whose tab he was on BECAUSE.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
I stay away from the woody warehouse.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
TAB i loved. It we had a good. Time but
that was a really nice thing to. Do and there's
hopefully four hundred and fifty tupelos in our area, now
which is an absolutely wonderful native tree that will continue
to grow and planning that, forward so we do thank
you for doing. That so you were gracious enough to
come up with a list for us to go through
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today during this, segment and that we've titled It Hot
Native Plant colors For, summer and we have this list
also posted on our website At Ron wilson online dot.
Com so would you like to kick us? Off what's
our first one we want to take a look?
Speaker 4 (24:43):
At, YEAH i, mean real, QUICKLY a lot of these
SELECTIONS i did based on, size and so these are
shrubs or herbaceous natives that stay relatively small and give
you a summer. Color so with, THAT i started With
New jersey. TEA i Know i've talked about it at
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nauseum with you over the. Years one of my, FAVORITES
a true prairie only gets three by three right, Now
i'm staring at it out my window. Blooming you. Know
it's one of those it's like sci fi movie where
you look at this city and you have all these
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cars flying. Everywhere that's what you see with. Pollinators it
is just amazing how many are just buzzing and flying
around this. Thing and fairly it gives you several weeks
of flowering or shuts. Down so really, unassuming drought. Tolerant once,
established it's got a thick tap root and so it's
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really not a lot of. Maintenance you are going to
have some rabbits and other things nip on. IT i
actually find it improves the form because they kind of
take care of the late winter cleanup that you would
otherwise do pruning it.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
BACK i was gonna, say rabbits can do a Nice
they do nice shaping when they you, know trim shrubs
back sometimes kind of round it, off and they do
a pretty good.
Speaker 5 (26:11):
Job.
Speaker 4 (26:12):
YEAH i got a lot of plans to care for,
ron SO i appreciate when the rabbits help me, out all.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Right so that's Called New jersey. Tea and you're, right
you've pushed that one for a long. Time it is absolutely. Outstanding,
again way under used in the. Landscape and this is
one that you know has real good landscape, desirability if
that's such a, word because it's absolutely gorgeous and it's
a little bit of fragrance to, it you will smell,
it but tough and durable. Natives so, again keep that
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one in My New jersey.
Speaker 4 (26:40):
Tea next one on the list is one that's relatively
obscure out there is lead. PLANT i had to look
at this prairie sub shrub is kind of HOW i categorize.
It sometimes it just kind of creeps one to two
feet tall and, wide fixes night, gin very drought. Tolerant
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the leaves tend to have kind of a hairy, fuzziness
kind of a gray overture with the green and kind
of hence the lead and the common name is kind
of gives a very attractive color to the. Leaves and
then it's replaced right now by these gorgeous conical like
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purple flowers that have just like a hint of orange
to them and once, again bees butterflies just to flock
to this. One so it's a really good. Plant it
get it established and you don't have to do much
of anything other than a little late winter.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
Pruiting, yeah AND i wasn't familiar with this one at,
all SO i did to have to look this and
do a little research a little more familiar with that
that flowers outstanding and that you're, right it's just on
the tips a little bit of a tinge of, blue
which was or orange on that. Lavendar that's that's. Purple
that's pretty. DARK i love the foliage absolutely. Outstanding it's
called lead, Plant so be sure and check out. Out
(28:05):
let's go to our next, one all.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
Right next one on the list is Smooth, hydrangea also you,
know affectionately referred to as wild, hydrangea terrible marketing. TERM
a lot of your listeners are probably familiar with this,
one even though they don't know they. Are if you
look at the cult of ours out in the, Marketplace
annabelle Or incredible is derived from our native. Hydrangea so
(28:33):
this is a great one that is highly versatile full
sun to full. Shade, obviously in full, shade you're gonna
have a little less flowering in full, sun you're gonna
have to baby it a little. Bit you might get
some leaf, scorch you might have to get some supplemental.
Irrigation but it gives you a lot of flower power
the more you give it, sunlight and once again you
(28:56):
get established and it's just very. Revolve the flowering time
period isn't all that. Long you get a week or two,
ish but it has the infertile flower bracts that are
persistent for months really even into, winter and so that
(29:18):
kind of gives you a much longer seasonal. Interest but
if you're looking for a splash of color in you,
know a part shade to full, shade it's a great.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
One there's a new selection now Called. Flowerful we just
started growing at this, spring and that's what that thing is.
Proving it's more, compact stays very, tight lots of. Flowers
that's so far proven out to be a really good.
One but, Again hydrada arborescents are Smooth hydrangea or Wild,
hydrangea which you're, right that's hard to market a wild,
(29:49):
hydraanja but absolutely. Wonderful let's go for one more before
we take the, break AND i love this One Summer sweet.
Speaker 4 (29:57):
YEP i would say my biggest criticism with this one
is HOW i see it planted commercially in the. LANDSCAPE
i see it planted in, medians on the road and other.
Places this really does prefer even. Moisture if it's in
a full, sun, hot, dry poor, condition it's not going
to perform well for. You but if you give it
(30:19):
kind of a part sun and even, moisture, man this
one is like A july bloomer and just wonderful fragrance
and really a pollinator. Magnet AND i love anything that
is a good. Fragrance so if you get into the
shadier areas and you can have fragrance and showy, flowers
that's a real.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
Winter and it's called summer. Sweet AND i think the
deer have a testy to stay away from that one as.
Speaker 4 (30:44):
Well, YEAH i haven't observed. Them they'll sample, it BUT
i haven't seen a moment.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
Now, YEAH i haven't really gotten into. It talking With
Bill racus, thebor he's From Woody. Warehouse their website Is
woody warehouse dot. Com we're talking about hot native plant
colors for. Summer some really nice shrubs that are very
much landscape. Desirable we've got this list on our website
At Ron wilson online dot. Com be sure and check it.
Out quick, break we come. Back we'll continue With bill
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we're working our way through some really cool summer flowering native.
Plants we just talked About. Clethra our next one Is
Saint john's Ward and this particular one does it get the?
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Berries, now it doesn't get the kind of showy berries
that you think of some of the non Native Saint
john's Wartka but this. ONE i love this one BECAUSE
i haven't planned outside the office when you, enter and
it is just buzzing with. Activity you can't go past
(33:02):
it any time of the day and not See european honey,
bees bumble, bees native, bees, beetles you, know. Butterflies this
is really truly the firework summer flowering native. Shrub it's
a little bit cheeky in that it provides, pollen but
(33:22):
it lures them, in suckers them. In there's no nectar
and so they're really not getting much outside of that
pollen to take, back but a really great. One the
reason WHY i picked this one versus the other native
one that we have is Shrubby Saint john's. Wart the
leaves kind of have this glaucous bloom that kind of
gives it this bluish gray, tint AND i just always
(33:45):
found that a little bit more ornamental and interesting than
just kind of a straight green.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
Color, yeah that's a. Go and the flowers are there's
a ton of them on there as. Well it's Called
Calm's Saint john's.
Speaker 4 (33:56):
Wart it's a.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
Mouthful, yes it is purple prairie.
Speaker 4 (34:02):
Clover so kind of switching gears away from. WOODY i
got some herbaceous things THAT i think work. Well this
is a relatively obscure one out, there but it just
what a great. Accent plant stays relatively, small you, know
the literature says can get to be three. FEET i
(34:22):
don't really see. That it's more like foot and a.
Half but you want to put that around the. Border
planting just really gives you this great purple. Color bees
and other things other pollinators love. IT i have found
that rabbits love it. Too just about when our plants
were about to, flower they all got moed back down
(34:45):
to the, ground SO i guess it's delayed gratification.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
There so you will get some flowers out of. Eventually
but the rabbits will enjoy it as. Well you. Know,
hey that's they got to eat, too, Right that's, right all.
Right royal catch. FLY i love this. Plant we've been
growing it more and more all the.
Speaker 4 (35:03):
Time SO i picked this one because there's just not
a lot of red color out, there and that's where
really really. Pops hummingbirds are attracted to, it swallowtail butterflies
are attracted to. It in my, opinion it's better planted in.
(35:24):
Mass so get, three four or five, specimens play them,
closely AND i think it'll be a little bit more
substantial because an individual specimen is just kind of. So
so if it's not in flour.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
And that's called royal catch. Fly and then our next
one is appens the Bee believe it or, not our
plan of the week on our website as, well butterfly.
Speaker 4 (35:44):
WEED i don't believe in, coincidences but there you. Go
this one is a little bit challenging for me Because
i've always told people it's not my Favorite. YSCLEPIUS i
prefer swamp milk, weed which it's a terrible name because
it's a lot more, adaptable AND i see monarchs feeding
(36:05):
on that, one sure more than butterfly. Weed but this
one one to three foot, tall very drought tolerant once.
Established the caveat to this one is if you're in
a subdivision where you got compact clay doesn't drain, well
this is probably not the right plant for you unless
(36:26):
you mend the soil because it does not like to
sit in, water and if you do, that you're gonna
watch your investment shrivel.
Speaker 3 (36:34):
Up.
Speaker 1 (36:35):
Hmm interesting butterfly. Weed in of, course you know anything you
read now we were talking about this morning that has
anything to do with pollinators. Whatsoever the one plant that's
at the top of the list is. Butterflyweed.
Speaker 4 (36:49):
Yeah and the fun little fact THAT i found, OUT
i don't, know a couple of years ago was that
these flowers are act like little tiny. Traps AND i
know the smart entomology to probably tell me this is
the wrong, Terminology but the legs of butterflies and other
things get trapped in, them and so if you ever
watch them on the flowers you'll see them kind of
(37:10):
struggle to, move and that's the plant's response to really
get a good, pollination to kind of, say, hey stay
here a minute so you can get move that pollen.
Around you.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
KNOW i was doing some research on AND i don't
want to hold up on, this but on sometimes why
the larvae the caterpillars have a tendency, to you, know
sometimes die as they're on the plant or. Whatever and
they were talking about the sap that you, know even
in the, leaf being at a point sometimes where they
have to be careful how they eat that because it
can actually kind of sap their mouth together. Whatever so
(37:41):
kind of, interesting all, Right.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
Coreo AND i read on A i can't remember what
book it, is, run but the sap is actually toxic
to milkwheed. Caterpillars and so what they will do is
they will find the vein of the leaf and they'll snip, it,
yep and they'll let the sap lead, out and then
they'll feed from the sapless. Leaf. Yeah so it's quite
(38:04):
remarkable when you think about.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
It, Yeah and if they don't do, that there's a
good chance that they may get killed as. Well and
that does happen Sometimes, coopsis you, know a big one
in the. Landscape but this is lace leaf.
Speaker 4 (38:15):
Cooreopsis, yeah and so there's just a tremendous amount Of
choreopsis cultivars out. There this is a straight, species really
better for poor, soils dry well, drained but another just
long lasting. Pollinator MAGNET i find this one if it
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gets the soils are too, rich too much, nitrogen they
get leggy and flop, over and so it's really better
to not you, know go crazy with the. Fertilizer they
can be planted with smaller grasses like little blue stem sideoats,
gramma and it kind of helps keep them. Upright but
(38:59):
just a real great long flowering.
Speaker 3 (39:02):
Plant you.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
Know one of my favorite cultivars would be. Jethrotoll, yep
that's a good. ONE i love that, one not only
because of THE i like the group. Too and, last
but not, least mountain.
Speaker 4 (39:15):
Mint, yeah this one is, cool kind of Like New jersey.
Tea this is the herbaceous one where if you like
watching insects flying in and, Out, man this one packs a.
Punch it's part of the mint, family so it's gonna
have that wonderful mint. Fragrance but a really great. One to.
Speaker 1 (39:34):
Plan Bill debor always a. Pleasure he is our native plant.
Expert go to their Website woodywarehouse dot. Com you'll also
find this list That bill came up with us on
our website At Ron wilson online dot. Com appreciate, it,
sir stay. Cool we will talk to you in the.
Future sounds.
Speaker 4 (39:51):
Good Thanks, RON i.
Speaker 1 (39:52):
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Speaker 2 (01:15):
How are you?
Speaker 1 (01:16):
I am doing great? Good to have you on our
show again this morning. We had lots of talk about today.
Speaker 3 (01:21):
Have you been enjoying all this rain we've been getting?
Speaker 1 (01:24):
What rain? That's my good point, as.
Speaker 3 (01:29):
I've had seven straight days of ninety degree weather. Yeah,
and my total rainfall not only in the seven days,
but in the past eight days is a trace on
one day. Every other day was a two sec.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
I had a couple of days of.
Speaker 3 (01:43):
Thunder, but trace the rain over the past eight days. Yeah,
last ninety degree temperatures, so the grass is actually getting
a little bit of a broadcast in spots.
Speaker 1 (01:54):
Yeah, that's why I told Joey was he said it
was too hot to Mowa's grass. This it's probably a
good thing he just left it shut off. Yes, he's
he's somewhat close to you as well, said the same thing.
Thunder rolls of thunder, but basically no rainfall. Now, I'm,
of course, about fifteen miles north of you, guys, and
yesterday we did get two fronts that came through and
(02:14):
actually dropped rain, just enough to make it humid as
heck when they stopped. Otherwise it really didn't do a
whole lot. But we did get two fronts that came
through real quick and dropped rain. So if that's happening
in your particular area, folks, what Ron's could tell you is,
as we've told you all along, considered anything like that
a bonus. Don't count on it as part of your watering.
(02:37):
It's not part of the watering. Don't let it fool you.
Look at your rain gage and continue to water as needed.
And I'll tell you what.
Speaker 3 (02:45):
I have not watered any of my established plants yet. Well,
we've had so much rain this year, right, Yeah, I've
had a foot below in normal this month, at least
in my location. But I've had two point eight seven
inches of rain this month, which is less than the
normal June. But I mean, we have a lot of
moisture coming out of the spring. So for the established plants,
(03:09):
I don't I'm not real concerned with most of them yet,
but certainly I have some new transplants that I have
given some water to, and and that's something to keep
in mind. Uh And and just because I know we
have a wide range of people listening. Uh, most of
the plants in my yard are pretty good when it
(03:31):
comes to, you know, not being real needy when it
comes to water. If you have you know, some of
these yes, actually, but you know there are some plants
that that that are more needy. I don't have any
uh you know, impatience, you know, annuals in the yard,
(03:51):
those that need to be watered more often. I don't
have any of the hydrangees that are really needy in
the water department. All my hydrangeas, I only have a couple,
but they're cendicular to hydrangeas and they just aren't as needy.
So yeah, I am very much in favor of plants
that don't need huge amounts of attention, including my management
(04:16):
area back which is all prairie plants, which is just
beginning to bloom like crazy. I have a compass plant
that sent a couple of flower spikes up. They're about
seven feet tall now, and that's going to get yellow
flowers all over it. My cup plants are just starting
to form buds. They're not blooming yet, but and my
(04:38):
golden rain tree is starting to bloom. You're almost plan
of the week. Your plant of the week. The bottlebrush buckeye.
I have one that's probably a couple decades old. It
is in full bloom right now. It is absolutely spectacular.
And it is on a south fa and slip and
(05:01):
full sun, and it gets baked all day. During some
really bad drafts we've had over the years, the leaves
have scorched a little bit because it's just a really
kind of a bootle location. But it's done well there
for a couple of decades. It looks beautiful right now
and it is in full glorious bloom. And I've shared
(05:24):
some pictures on my Facebook page and people are like,
what is that? That's incredible? It's I guess it is.
Speaker 1 (05:30):
So every time you walk by that, do you just
kind of give it an oh or go box.
Speaker 3 (05:34):
Or yes, oh yeah, bus good.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Barb Bletcher sent me a picture last week. I know
it was Barbara, one of the three Stingers and their bees.
It was a really hot day. We're out on the
side of the hive and they literally form one of
the most perfect o's that you've ever seen. And I
accidentally deleted the picture off my cell phone and I
have to get them to send it to me again.
I was going to send it to you, but they're
(05:59):
on the side of the and it's a perfect Oh.
It's like, you've got to be kidding me. So I
thought that was pretty cool.
Speaker 3 (06:05):
It would be really cool if they formed the perfect
h after that.
Speaker 1 (06:08):
I know down below d the next time over boh.
Speaker 4 (06:12):
I love it.
Speaker 1 (06:12):
Talk talk with Ron roth Is. His website is a
arbordoctor dot com. Great information about trees, the environment, weather,
the whole nine yards. Once you go on there, you
can't stop. You'll be on it for days reading all
the stuff he has posted. Yeah, and I that's why
we posted. Instead of putting the golden rain tree on,
we took yours as well, instead of the bottlebrush buckeye.
(06:35):
So it's a cool plan. It's way underused in the landscape.
Sometimes can be hard to find. I don't know if
you've found that out, but folks, sometimes not every nursery
has it has it available, so and usually when you
buy one when they're small they don't look like a
whole lot, same as the golden rain tree don't look
like a whole lot. But man, once they start to grow,
it's well worth the weight talking about it.
Speaker 3 (06:57):
I just shared with someone yesterday that the comment on
how must they like the picture of the golden right,
I'm sorry the bottlebrush buckeye, and I said, you know,
it's one of those plants that when you see it
in a pot in the nursery, it just doesn't do
a whole lot for you. You get it into the
landscape and it knocks your soft socks off. I think
(07:18):
Oakley Hydrangea is another one that's kind of like that.
Never looks like a whole lot in the nursery, but
when you get it get it out in your landscape,
it's beautiful.
Speaker 1 (07:26):
Oakley Phyra is still just a tremendous show. I mean
that plant, you know, with the oak leaves, the exfoliating bark,
the way it branches, and the you know those way
those flowers just stick out away from the plant. To me,
you know, it's got it's got to show to it
year round. Oakley Phydra is just absolutely outstanding.
Speaker 3 (07:48):
Yeah, I love them. The only problem I have with
oakly hydrange is. I have seen some deer browsing on
the Oakley phydrangeas. You have to be a little bit
careful with them.
Speaker 5 (07:59):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (07:59):
The neat thing about bottle brush buck guy is deer
just don't touch it. I mean, in the I have
deer like crazy in my yard, and I mean one
one year they rubbed a couple of the branches and
broke a couple of branches. Next year just brought it
right back. But that was the only time in over
two decades that I've deer do anything. They never feed
(08:21):
on it. I mean, I've never seen feeding damage. I mean,
I'm on landscape. I'm on I'm visiting landscapes all the time,
and that's very consistent. I mean, I I've been on
lots and lots of uh properties over the years which
you have a lot of deer browsing, and the bottlebrush
buck guys are untouched. So it's it's a really good
(08:43):
shrub in many ways, but but including for people that
are that are pestered by by deer browsing, it's a
great plant to add deer landscape and the flowers and
knock your socks offt We'll tell you what. The fall
color is really good. I mean gold and yellow collar.
They really shine in the fall as well.
Speaker 1 (09:02):
And I like the branching. I mean, you know it's
it's a coarse branching, but I like the way it
looks in the winter time too. I think that's another
plant that gives you, you know, year round something to
look at.
Speaker 3 (09:12):
Yeah, and just when they're in foliage, I mean really
you know, leafy foliage plant. I mean almost a little
bit of a tropical side, you know, just the way
it looks, just a really neat all around plant. I
mean it's one of those plants that you know, people
plant rhododendrons, and I know in some areas rhododendants thrive
(09:34):
in the Cincinnati area oppland soils, so we really struggle
with rhododendrons. I mean this is the plant gets about
the same size as the rhododendron. It thrives in our soil.
It doesn't mind mind alkaline soils, although I think it'll
it's tolerate acid soils too, So it's really versatile when
(09:55):
it comes to the soil conditions. It's just easy to grow.
I mean it I've never seen any pest problems on it, right, dear, So,
I mean it's one of those you plant it and
maybe a water during during a significant drought, although it's
it's not that meeting in that department either, but otherwise
(10:16):
it just doesn't need anything and it puts on a
huge show for you. So if people want a care
free plant, I mean you can't get one that's much
better than bublebrush buckeye.
Speaker 1 (10:26):
If you want to see what it looks like, go
to our website at Ron Wilson online dot com. We
have one poster there for you as well, and learn
more about it at that website. You take a quick break,
we come back. We'll talk with more with Ron. Roethis
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dot org. Welcome back. You're in the Garden with Ron
Wilson Part two. It's the bifurcation of segments with the
arbor doc Ronrothiss website arbordoctor dot com talking about the
weather and the inconsistencies of the rainfalls and how you
should be sure and check that rain gage physically check
(11:54):
your root balls. I tell you I thought of you
run because this week I finally got to deal with
and this does happen. Because I've had people say, can
you overwater newly planted trees and shrubs this time of
the year with it being so hot, And I said, yeah,
it is possible, especially if your soil doesn't drain very well.
And I had a gentleman that had planted a dogwood,
(12:17):
and he said, you know, we did the right things.
We dug the whole right and the whole nine yards,
and we've kept it watered as needed, and the thing
just stays wilted down. It doesn't do anything. Leaves are
wilted down. So I said, hey, go out check the
root ball. Came on out and said, you know, it
feels wet. Soil around it feels wet. I said, send
me a picture. So you send me a picture. Back
(12:38):
planted right. But also I could see all this grass
coming up in the area where the backfill was, indicating
that it's staying pretty moist. And I said, if I
were you, I would dig down the side of that
root ball, see what's going on. He got about six
inches down, hit water, pulled that thing out of the
hole and it was sitting with water and he hadn't
watered it for a week, which sometimes tells us the
(13:00):
importance of finding out how how the percolation is in
the soil before you plant trees.
Speaker 3 (13:07):
Yeah, I mean you can definitely over water, you know,
during a drought. I've seen it. I've seen it so
many times, and just because it's hot doesn't necessarily mean
your plants need to be water They certainly don't need
to be watered every day unless it's in a pot
somewhere and it's a really needy plant that that is
(13:29):
really good well drained soil. But I mean, normally, if
it's an established plant, I mean, they can go a
week without water easily, and even familarly planted plants. I
mean I usually tell people, you know, water once a
week and check it in the middle of the week
to see if it needs more water. You know, at
that point I have noticed, I'm sure you have too,
(13:52):
that container bearing plants seem to dry out faster than
bottom bone. Yeah. But and the other thing, by the way,
which is one of my pet topics, is if you
leave the burlap completely on the plant when you plant it,
it will shed water. So you can I've seen it
(14:16):
people that are running the hose on the plant and
I go and I open up the burrow ap and
it's powder dry inside. But there's an oily type substance
that they treat that will burrow up with and it
will just shed water. So the burrow ap needs to
be taken off the top. The root ball and planning time.
(14:39):
I still get landscapers that argue with that, you know,
we'll take it off in a year, leave it on
and the plant stays more stable. All these different arguments,
and it's just like no. The planning standard from American
National Standards Institute is that when you plant a tree,
you take all the packing material, the burrowap, that rope
everything off the top part of the group ball. And
(15:03):
I've just seen so many that the die or really
well down because that burlap is completely left on the plant.
Speaker 1 (15:12):
Well, you're you're too young to remember. You're too young
to remember this, but way back when, you know, we
were always pulling plants out of the healing area, reburlapping
in two or three times a year if it didn't sell,
and they finally came out with a treated burlap and
that you probably did, or a nylon burlap that didn't decay,
didn't rout, and that was gonna happen.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
I'm very very familiar.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
I know you are.
Speaker 1 (15:36):
I was just kidding about being to young, but but
you know, there was a situation where again, you know,
if you didn't take that all off of there, I
don't even if you sliced, it didn't matter. That stuff
stayed on there forever. You know, you go back ten
years later and that thing was still wrapped in the
burlap around it, which.
Speaker 3 (15:51):
Was still found that in landscapes, you know, fairly recently,
I mean, and the plants aren't doing very well obviously.
Speaker 1 (16:01):
Hey, listen, we're running out of time here. One thing
I did want to talk to you about. Now we're
pretty much done in our area and all the areas
that were affected by the cicadas, and so now I'm
starting to get pictures of folks that didn't realize what
the cicadas did to their trees. And of course that's
the flagging on the tips of a lot of the branches,
which becomes a natural pruning. But you know, when folks
(16:22):
get a hold of you about seeing this and all,
do you give any I mean, do you suggest anything
be done? Obviously, they can't trim all that out. On
larger trees, you let it fall out and do its
own thing. Smaller trees you can go through and clip
that out of there and get rid of it. But
otherwise you don't do anything else. The tree is going
to be fine. It just is a way of natural pruning.
Speaker 3 (16:43):
Right, correct, And I mean I saw some oaks yesterday
that it was actually when you first looked at it,
kind of alarming because it was more brown than it
was green. Yeah, but it'll be fine. I mean it's
just at outer branches, the you know, the the trees still,
so it'll be fine. I have seen some smaller trees
(17:05):
where they've been riddled the to the point that I
would give it time. But you might want to go
in and prune some of that out eventually, but I
would see how the tree responds to it first, rather
than you know, being too quick to go out and
you know, kind of micromanage the situation over the years.
(17:26):
I think the worst trees that I've seen for cicada
damage are not responding. While the cicada damage have been
dog some of the dog yeah American holly. And then
I've seen some black or black tiple really get riddled
by the cicadas. Although I remember I planted a black
(17:47):
gum in my yard. I mean it's probably still you know,
college age, and we had cicadas that year and they
riddled that tree and I pruned that thing back. I've
been took over half the branching, you know, out because
there's there's some Missicada damage. That thing left out of
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Morning welcome back here in the garden With Ron. Wilson
you know a lot of talk out, there obviously about
planting native plants out. There it can be very. Confusing
what are the native? Plants who's got? What you go
to your local independent garden. Center sometimes they have a nice,
supply sometimes they. Don't sometimes it's hard to find some
of these local native or these, yeah native plants for
planting in our yards and. Gardens will to help us
walk through, that to learn more about these native, plants
(20:57):
especially for The what if you're looking for high native
plant colors for the, summer do you know which ones
you're talking? About, well we've got a top ten list for.
You as a matter of, fact it's posted on our
website At Ron wilson online dot. Com he is our
native plant expert from A Woody warehouse or Website Woody
warehouse dot. Com he Is humanity's native solution. Man he's
(21:19):
the pride of the, boilermakers ladies and. Gentlemen Mister Bill Racus,
Deboor good, morning.
Speaker 4 (21:24):
Sir good, morning Mister, wilson have we had our. Coffee
we've had our. Coffee we've switched to something that's, hydrating
so surliness is on the.
Speaker 1 (21:35):
Way let me ask. You let me ask you a
question here real. Quick talking about native plants a couple.
Things so people, understand first of, all a lot of
push out there to plant native, plants and of course
native selections or native VARs as. Well but native plants
sometimes can be difficult to, find even in well, known
locally owned independent garden. Centers why is, That.
Speaker 4 (22:00):
Well the supply of native plants has just been kind
of a coming of ages the past probably ten years or,
so and so the big boy growers didn't have them
because it was just kind of a niche maybe something
will dabble. In and lately with consumer, demand it keeps increasing,
(22:22):
increasing and so there's kind of been a lag in
that supply chain as people, have you, know garnered more
of an interest to plant, natives and so to that,
end we're working diligently to kind of show up that
supply chain issue and start getting these native plants where people.
Speaker 1 (22:45):
Are, yeah your plant list is, amazing how that's increased
over the recent, years.
Speaker 4 (22:53):
Much to the chagrin of our production. Stuff, YEAH i
think we're at two hundred and fifty some.
Speaker 1 (22:58):
Species and listen to. That as a matter of, fact
if you happen to go to your locally owned independent
garden center and they don't have a great supply of native,
plants give them this website woodiwarehouse dot. Com it's pretty,
simple woodiwaarhouse dot. Com tell them to go on the
website look at what's available that they can buy to
bring into their to their garden. Center they have, it
(23:18):
and they've got a complete, selection trust. Me but there's
a source for. Them so if they tell you they
can't find, them uh uh, huh go to woodiwarehouse dot.
Com you'll find out. More but by the, Way BILL
i want to DO i do want to thank you
guys uh And Woody warhouse for giving away four hundred
and fifty tuplo trees black coms here in The cincinnati
area a couple of weeks ago that those and those
(23:39):
weren't just little. Seedlings we're talking trees that were four
to five feet.
Speaker 4 (23:42):
Tall, well it was a fun. Engagement. Uh they even got,
me you, know unloading plants from the box. Trailer which
Was it's unfortunate the production staff wasn't there because they
Think i'm just a keyboard. King SO i actually did
some labor.
Speaker 1 (23:59):
THERE i want to know who was On Who's Steve
folks's table or whose tab he was on BECAUSE.
Speaker 4 (24:05):
I stay away from the woody warehouse.
Speaker 1 (24:08):
TAB i loved. It we had a good. Time but
that was a really nice thing to. Do and there's
hopefully four hundred and fifty tupelos in our area, now
which is an absolutely wonderful native tree that will continue
to grow and planning that, forward so we do thank
you for doing. That so you were gracious enough to
come up with a list for us to go through
(24:28):
today during this, segment and that we've titled It Hot
Native Plant colors For, summer and we have this list
also posted on our website At Ron wilson online dot.
Com so would you like to kick us? Off what's
our first one we want to take a look?
Speaker 4 (24:43):
At, YEAH i, mean real, QUICKLY a lot of these
SELECTIONS i did based on, size and so these are
shrubs or herbaceous natives that stay relatively small and give
you a summer. Color so with, THAT i started With
New jersey. TEA i Know i've talked about it at
(25:05):
nauseum with you over the. Years one of my, FAVORITES
a true prairie only gets three by three right, Now
i'm staring at it out my window. Blooming you. Know
it's one of those it's like sci fi movie where
you look at this city and you have all these
(25:26):
cars flying. Everywhere that's what you see with. Pollinators it
is just amazing how many are just buzzing and flying
around this. Thing and fairly it gives you several weeks
of flowering or shuts. Down so really, unassuming drought. Tolerant once,
established it's got a thick tap root and so it's
(25:49):
really not a lot of. Maintenance you are going to
have some rabbits and other things nip on. IT i
actually find it improves the form because they kind of
take care of the late winter cleanup that you would
otherwise do pruning it.
Speaker 1 (26:04):
BACK i was gonna, say rabbits can do a Nice
they do nice shaping when they you, know trim shrubs
back sometimes kind of round it, off and they do
a pretty good.
Speaker 5 (26:11):
Job.
Speaker 4 (26:12):
YEAH i got a lot of plans to care for,
ron SO i appreciate when the rabbits help me, out all.
Speaker 1 (26:18):
Right so that's Called New jersey. Tea and you're, right
you've pushed that one for a long. Time it is absolutely. Outstanding,
again way under used in the. Landscape and this is
one that you know has real good landscape, desirability if
that's such a, word because it's absolutely gorgeous and it's
a little bit of fragrance to, it you will smell,
it but tough and durable. Natives so, again keep that
(26:38):
one in My New jersey.
Speaker 4 (26:40):
Tea next one on the list is one that's relatively
obscure out there is lead. PLANT i had to look
at this prairie sub shrub is kind of HOW i categorize.
It sometimes it just kind of creeps one to two
feet tall and, wide fixes night, gin very drought. Tolerant
(27:03):
the leaves tend to have kind of a hairy, fuzziness
kind of a gray overture with the green and kind
of hence the lead and the common name is kind
of gives a very attractive color to the. Leaves and
then it's replaced right now by these gorgeous conical like
(27:25):
purple flowers that have just like a hint of orange
to them and once, again bees butterflies just to flock
to this. One so it's a really good. Plant it
get it established and you don't have to do much
of anything other than a little late winter.
Speaker 1 (27:45):
Pruiting, yeah AND i wasn't familiar with this one at,
all SO i did to have to look this and
do a little research a little more familiar with that
that flowers outstanding and that you're, right it's just on
the tips a little bit of a tinge of, blue
which was or orange on that. Lavendar that's that's. Purple
that's pretty. DARK i love the foliage absolutely. Outstanding it's
called lead, Plant so be sure and check out. Out
(28:05):
let's go to our next, one all.
Speaker 4 (28:08):
Right next one on the list is Smooth, hydrangea also you,
know affectionately referred to as wild, hydrangea terrible marketing. TERM
a lot of your listeners are probably familiar with this,
one even though they don't know they. Are if you
look at the cult of ours out in the, Marketplace
annabelle Or incredible is derived from our native. Hydrangea so
(28:33):
this is a great one that is highly versatile full
sun to full. Shade, obviously in full, shade you're gonna
have a little less flowering in full, sun you're gonna
have to baby it a little. Bit you might get
some leaf, scorch you might have to get some supplemental.
Irrigation but it gives you a lot of flower power
the more you give it, sunlight and once again you
(28:56):
get established and it's just very. Revolve the flowering time
period isn't all that. Long you get a week or two,
ish but it has the infertile flower bracts that are
persistent for months really even into, winter and so that
(29:18):
kind of gives you a much longer seasonal. Interest but
if you're looking for a splash of color in you,
know a part shade to full, shade it's a great.
Speaker 1 (29:28):
One there's a new selection now Called. Flowerful we just
started growing at this, spring and that's what that thing is.
Proving it's more, compact stays very, tight lots of. Flowers
that's so far proven out to be a really good.
One but, Again hydrada arborescents are Smooth hydrangea or Wild,
hydrangea which you're, right that's hard to market a wild,
(29:49):
hydraanja but absolutely. Wonderful let's go for one more before
we take the, break AND i love this One Summer sweet.
Speaker 4 (29:57):
YEP i would say my biggest criticism with this one
is HOW i see it planted commercially in the. LANDSCAPE
i see it planted in, medians on the road and other.
Places this really does prefer even. Moisture if it's in
a full, sun, hot, dry poor, condition it's not going
to perform well for. You but if you give it
(30:19):
kind of a part sun and even, moisture, man this
one is like A july bloomer and just wonderful fragrance
and really a pollinator. Magnet AND i love anything that
is a good. Fragrance so if you get into the
shadier areas and you can have fragrance and showy, flowers
that's a real.
Speaker 1 (30:39):
Winter and it's called summer. Sweet AND i think the
deer have a testy to stay away from that one as.
Speaker 4 (30:44):
Well, YEAH i haven't observed. Them they'll sample, it BUT
i haven't seen a moment.
Speaker 1 (30:50):
Now, YEAH i haven't really gotten into. It talking With
Bill racus, thebor he's From Woody. Warehouse their website Is
woody warehouse dot. Com we're talking about hot native plant
colors for. Summer some really nice shrubs that are very
much landscape. Desirable we've got this list on our website
At Ron wilson online dot. Com be sure and check it.
Out quick, break we come. Back we'll continue With bill
(31:11):
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guests this, morning our native plant Expert Bill Racis Debor
he is From Woody, warehouse our Website woody warehouse dot.
Com be sure and check it out. Again if your
local garden center doesn't sell a lot of native, plants
they say they can't find a, source try just hand
that out to Them Woody warehouse dot com and, uh
Mister debor will take care of them all. Right so
(32:31):
we're working our way through some really cool summer flowering native.
Plants we just talked About. Clethra our next one Is
Saint john's Ward and this particular one does it get the?
Speaker 4 (32:40):
Berries, now it doesn't get the kind of showy berries
that you think of some of the non Native Saint
john's Wartka but this. ONE i love this one BECAUSE
i haven't planned outside the office when you, enter and
it is just buzzing with. Activity you can't go past
(33:02):
it any time of the day and not See european honey,
bees bumble, bees native, bees, beetles you, know. Butterflies this
is really truly the firework summer flowering native. Shrub it's
a little bit cheeky in that it provides, pollen but
(33:22):
it lures them, in suckers them. In there's no nectar
and so they're really not getting much outside of that
pollen to take, back but a really great. One the
reason WHY i picked this one versus the other native
one that we have is Shrubby Saint john's. Wart the
leaves kind of have this glaucous bloom that kind of
gives it this bluish gray, tint AND i just always
(33:45):
found that a little bit more ornamental and interesting than
just kind of a straight green.
Speaker 1 (33:50):
Color, yeah that's a. Go and the flowers are there's
a ton of them on there as. Well it's Called
Calm's Saint john's.
Speaker 4 (33:56):
Wart it's a.
Speaker 1 (33:59):
Mouthful, yes it is purple prairie.
Speaker 4 (34:02):
Clover so kind of switching gears away from. WOODY i
got some herbaceous things THAT i think work. Well this
is a relatively obscure one out, there but it just
what a great. Accent plant stays relatively, small you, know
the literature says can get to be three. FEET i
(34:22):
don't really see. That it's more like foot and a.
Half but you want to put that around the. Border
planting just really gives you this great purple. Color bees
and other things other pollinators love. IT i have found
that rabbits love it. Too just about when our plants
were about to, flower they all got moed back down
(34:45):
to the, ground SO i guess it's delayed gratification.
Speaker 1 (34:48):
There so you will get some flowers out of. Eventually
but the rabbits will enjoy it as. Well you. Know,
hey that's they got to eat, too, Right that's, right all.
Right royal catch. FLY i love this. Plant we've been
growing it more and more all the.
Speaker 4 (35:03):
Time SO i picked this one because there's just not
a lot of red color out, there and that's where
really really. Pops hummingbirds are attracted to, it swallowtail butterflies
are attracted to. It in my, opinion it's better planted in.
(35:24):
Mass so get, three four or five, specimens play them,
closely AND i think it'll be a little bit more
substantial because an individual specimen is just kind of. So
so if it's not in flour.
Speaker 1 (35:36):
And that's called royal catch. Fly and then our next
one is appens the Bee believe it or, not our
plan of the week on our website as, well butterfly.
Speaker 4 (35:44):
WEED i don't believe in, coincidences but there you. Go
this one is a little bit challenging for me Because
i've always told people it's not my Favorite. YSCLEPIUS i
prefer swamp milk, weed which it's a terrible name because
it's a lot more, adaptable AND i see monarchs feeding
(36:05):
on that, one sure more than butterfly. Weed but this
one one to three foot, tall very drought tolerant once.
Established the caveat to this one is if you're in
a subdivision where you got compact clay doesn't drain, well
this is probably not the right plant for you unless
(36:26):
you mend the soil because it does not like to
sit in, water and if you do, that you're gonna
watch your investment shrivel.
Speaker 3 (36:34):
Up.
Speaker 1 (36:35):
Hmm interesting butterfly. Weed in of, course you know anything you
read now we were talking about this morning that has
anything to do with pollinators. Whatsoever the one plant that's
at the top of the list is. Butterflyweed.
Speaker 4 (36:49):
Yeah and the fun little fact THAT i found, OUT
i don't, know a couple of years ago was that
these flowers are act like little tiny. Traps AND i
know the smart entomology to probably tell me this is
the wrong, Terminology but the legs of butterflies and other
things get trapped in, them and so if you ever
watch them on the flowers you'll see them kind of
(37:10):
struggle to, move and that's the plant's response to really
get a good, pollination to kind of, say, hey stay
here a minute so you can get move that pollen.
Around you.
Speaker 1 (37:20):
KNOW i was doing some research on AND i don't
want to hold up on, this but on sometimes why
the larvae the caterpillars have a tendency, to you, know
sometimes die as they're on the plant or. Whatever and
they were talking about the sap that you, know even
in the, leaf being at a point sometimes where they
have to be careful how they eat that because it
can actually kind of sap their mouth together. Whatever so
(37:41):
kind of, interesting all, Right.
Speaker 4 (37:42):
Coreo AND i read on A i can't remember what
book it, is, run but the sap is actually toxic
to milkwheed. Caterpillars and so what they will do is
they will find the vein of the leaf and they'll snip, it,
yep and they'll let the sap lead, out and then
they'll feed from the sapless. Leaf. Yeah so it's quite
(38:04):
remarkable when you think about.
Speaker 1 (38:05):
It, Yeah and if they don't do, that there's a
good chance that they may get killed as. Well and
that does happen Sometimes, coopsis you, know a big one
in the. Landscape but this is lace leaf.
Speaker 4 (38:15):
Cooreopsis, yeah and so there's just a tremendous amount Of
choreopsis cultivars out. There this is a straight, species really
better for poor, soils dry well, drained but another just
long lasting. Pollinator MAGNET i find this one if it
(38:39):
gets the soils are too, rich too much, nitrogen they
get leggy and flop, over and so it's really better
to not you, know go crazy with the. Fertilizer they
can be planted with smaller grasses like little blue stem sideoats,
gramma and it kind of helps keep them. Upright but
(38:59):
just a real great long flowering.
Speaker 3 (39:02):
Plant you.
Speaker 1 (39:03):
Know one of my favorite cultivars would be. Jethrotoll, yep
that's a good. ONE i love that, one not only
because of THE i like the group. Too and, last
but not, least mountain.
Speaker 4 (39:15):
Mint, yeah this one is, cool kind of Like New jersey.
Tea this is the herbaceous one where if you like
watching insects flying in and, Out, man this one packs a.
Punch it's part of the mint, family so it's gonna
have that wonderful mint. Fragrance but a really great. One to.
Speaker 1 (39:34):
Plan Bill debor always a. Pleasure he is our native plant.
Expert go to their Website woodywarehouse dot. Com you'll also
find this list That bill came up with us on
our website At Ron wilson online dot. Com appreciate, it,
sir stay. Cool we will talk to you in the.
Future sounds.
Speaker 4 (39:51):
Good Thanks, RON i.
Speaker 1 (39:52):
Thank You Woody warehouse dot. Com and, again if your
local garden center, says, hey we can't we have a.
Source these folks are In indiana and they they know
their native plants that need to do a great job
growing and supplying garden. Center so, again just throw it
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