Native Plant Presentation
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Presentation given at the Sustainable Landscaping Workshop on September 6th, 2014 by Celia Vuocolo with the Hill House Farm and Native Plant Nursery.
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Native Plant Presentation
- 1. Landscaping for Wildlife ~Creating habitat with native plants~ Celia Vuocolo, Hill House Farm & Nursery September 2014
- 2. Located in Castleton, VA 100% Native! Landscaping & Design Services
- 3. What does wildlife need? Shelter Food sources Protection Water
- 5. Create healthy habitat-- Plant NATIVE plants!
- 6. Why are Natives important? • Provide shelter, food, nesting sites and cover for wildlife--birds, mammals, insects, aquatic life--and ultimately, people! • Essential to land reclamation, soil health and water protection— Ecosystem Services • Create a “sense of place” • Create habitat !
- 7. Habitat losses are enormous Urban Sprawl/Development Current Agricultural Practices Over-harvesting for medicinal purposes
- 8. So, what’s a gardener to do?
- 9. #1: 5 First Steps #2: Hedgerow Recipe #3: Plant a Powerhouse
- 10. “5 First Steps” • Mow less grass! Add layers, create hedges, “connect corners” • Control exotic invasives. • Avoid using insecticides. • Practice benign neglect...leave the leaves, save the snags, pile the brush • Plant a “Powerhouse”!
- 11. Planting a Hedgerow: Think outside the box! Traditional Free form
- 12. Hedgerow Recipe: 1 Evergreen 2 Nectar-producing 2 Berry-producing 1 Thorny “beast”
- 13. Start with an evergreen… Inkberry, Ilex glabra
- 14. Then add the nectar producers… Bottlebrush Buckeye, Aesculus parviflora
- 15. Summersweet Clethra alnifolia NJ Tea Ceanothus americanus
- 16. Serviceberry, Amelanchier laevis Blackhaw Viburnum prunifolium Don’t forget the fruit!
- 17. Virginia Rose Rosa virginiana Thorny Beast!
- 18. Lonicera sempervirens ‘Magnifica’ ‘John Clayton’ Consider some vines!
- 20. Top Ten • Mountain Mint • Blazing stars • Goldenrod • Joe Pye • Asters • Milkweed • Black eyed susans • Bee balms • Ironweed • Vervain
- 21. Mountain Mint!
- 22. Liatris spicata Liatris microcephala Liatris squarrosa Liatris punctata Liatris pycnostachia Liatris aspera Liatris borealis
- 24. Rudbeckia triloba R. subtomentosa R. fulgida R. maxima R. laciniata
- 25. FS
- 26. The Goldenrods: so misunderstood.
- 27. Stiff goldenrod
- 29. Dwarf goldenrod
- 30. Asters, asters, asters... Aster laevis A. pilosus A. puniceus A. novae-angliae A. novii-belgii A. oblongifolius A. umbellatus *A. cordifolia, A. divaricata, A. macrophyllus
- 32. Raydon’s favorite October skies
- 35. Milkweed spp.!
- 36. What will we accomplish?
- 37. Re-building biodiversity from the ground up
- 41. Questions?
Editor's Notes
- “If you build it, they will come”. Maybe not the species you want, but someone will show up to the party!
- Plants that are indigenous to a specific area and were established without direct or indirect human interference. Plant is typically considered native in the US if it was present prior to arrival of European colonists.
- In many areas, gardens are our last vestiges of the natural world. Foster connection to nature and the possibility of recreating lost ecosystems.
- Adopting any of the principles found within these three topics will put you on a road to success.
- Privacy. Bird watching! Layers, visual interest
- Height and spread: 6-10 ft. Slow grower. Average soil, part-full sun. Berries=birds. Type of holly- no spines. fruits persist into winter. Need male and female plants to have berries. Other evergreens: bayberry (semi), mountain laurel, american holly
- 6-12ft tall, 20 ft wide. Loved by bees, butterflies, and hbirds! Blooms June-July. Retains foliage well into the fall. Found in rich, moist woods and ravines. Tolerates full sun, but may get leaf scorch. Good for use under other trees.
- Two of my favorites! Many varieties of Clethra in traditional nurseries. Bee and butterfly MAGNET. 6- 12ft. and wide. moist/sun (?)NJ Tea: Shorty: 3-5 ft. all around solid wildlife plant. Early bloomer, seeds consumed by turkey and quail. Larval host for the Spring Azure butterfly and Mottled Duskywing. Part shade/shade, moist and well drained. Mine is in a pot.
- Serviceberry: multi-stemmed. 15-25 ft tall. Spring flowering. Summer edible berries. Easy to grow. VIBURNUMS! Understory shrub. Birds, mammals, humans all love the berries. Clustered white flowers in spring.
- Natives roses. Bees go crazy. Shade tolerant but loves the sun.
- H’birds!
- Asters for all areas!