https://awaytogarden.com/prairie-and-meadow-plantings-succession-and-more-with-neil-diboll/ 'horticultural how-to and woo-woo' with margaret roach, head gardener Fri, 02 Aug 2024 03:46:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://awaytogarden.com/prairie-and-meadow-plantings-succession-and-more-with-neil-diboll/comment-page-10/#comment-1391919 Fri, 02 Aug 2024 03:46:21 +0000 https://awaytogarden.com/?p=54614#comment-1391919 I just built a house and am researching natives for a large portion of my yard.

]]> https://awaytogarden.com/prairie-and-meadow-plantings-succession-and-more-with-neil-diboll/comment-page-10/#comment-1389520 Tue, 18 Jun 2024 16:43:22 +0000 https://awaytogarden.com/?p=54614#comment-1389520 I especially love adding flowering native shrubs like Bottlebrush Buckeye and lots of Clethra and Itea and native Viburnums, and our own Hydrangea arborescens… Loved this interview iwth Neil, full of good humor and wisdom. I made lots of notes, the best being the quote:”If I don’t have holes in the leaves of my plants, I’m an utter failure as a gardener because I’m not supporting pollinators, I’m not supporting birds.” Thanks, Margaret!

]]> https://awaytogarden.com/prairie-and-meadow-plantings-succession-and-more-with-neil-diboll/comment-page-10/#comment-1389363 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 20:02:16 +0000 https://awaytogarden.com/?p=54614#comment-1389363 We have a small urban lot, about 40 x 80. When we moved in 7 years ago it was all turf grass. We have gradually created native gardens in 3 foot borders along both sides of the walk to the front porch. Last year we took another step, converting the “parkway” (the space between the city sidewalk and the city street) into a mix of natives (silver weed, alpine violet, false Solomon’s seal and Pennsylvania sedge, adjuga) and some nonnative hosta. It is so much prettier and filled with all kinds of flying things. I won’t feel done until all the turf grass in the front yard is gone.

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