http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/choosing-the-best-plants-for-your-ecosystem-garden.html Create Wildlife Habitat. Protect the Environment Wed, 28 Jul 2010 20:16:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/choosing-the-best-plants-for-your-ecosystem-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-3790 10 Ways to Go Green When Gardening | Green Building News and Views Wed, 07 Jul 2010 17:02:15 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=1016#comment-3790 [...] looking for, with the natural resistance and ability to flourish built right in.  Thanks to EcoSystemGardening.com (Eco System Facebook [...] [...] looking for, with the natural resistance and ability to flourish built right in.  Thanks to EcoSystemGardening.com (Eco System Facebook [...]

]]> http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/choosing-the-best-plants-for-your-ecosystem-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-1535 Rosemary Fri, 05 Mar 2010 17:29:09 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=1016#comment-1535 Awesome resources for North American gardeners, I'd just like to remind readers new to wildlife gardening that any list of best plants is totally dependent on location. Even within North America, a plant that is a valuable native in one area can be a problematic invasive somewhere else (e.g. Manitoba maple <i>Acer negundo</i>, which the <a href="http://www.serontario.org/" rel="nofollow">Ontario Society for Ecological Restoration</a> considers one of the worst <a href="http://www.serontario.org/pdfs/exotics.pdf" rel="nofollow">invasive species in southern Ontario (PDF)</a> even though in nearby provinces and states it is native.) .-= Rosemary´s last blog ..<a href="http://torontogardening.blogspot.com/2010/02/matthiola-incana-vintage-white-seeds.html" rel="nofollow">Matthiola incana 'Vintage White' seeds: a promise of a fragrant summer!</a> =-. Awesome resources for North American gardeners, I’d just like to remind readers new to wildlife gardening that any list of best plants is totally dependent on location. Even within North America, a plant that is a valuable native in one area can be a problematic invasive somewhere else (e.g. Manitoba maple Acer negundo, which the Ontario Society for Ecological Restoration considers one of the worst invasive species in southern Ontario (PDF) even though in nearby provinces and states it is native.)
Rosemary´s last blog ..Matthiola incana ‘Vintage White’ seeds: a promise of a fragrant summer!

]]> http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/choosing-the-best-plants-for-your-ecosystem-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-1533 Wildlife Gardeners learn when experts are wrong Fri, 05 Mar 2010 16:45:37 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=1016#comment-1533 [...] didn’t remember to read How to choose the best plants for your wildlife garden. [...] [...] didn’t remember to read How to choose the best plants for your wildlife garden. [...]

]]> http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/choosing-the-best-plants-for-your-ecosystem-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-478 Carole Brown Tue, 24 Nov 2009 23:15:13 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=1016#comment-478 Robin, the biggest problem with tulips is squirrels. You can spend hours and getting them in just the right place, only to discover the following year that now they're coming up in the middle of your pathways because the squirrels have moved them (the ones they don't eat, anyway). I've never seen tulips growing in wild places, and this is mostly because they don't last for that many years. I have seen daffodils growing in open woodlands because the squirrels don't really like to eat them. I don't think either are considered invasive. So, if you want tulips, here's a trick: put a daffodil bulb in the planting hole on top of the tulip. This works best if you use varieties that bloom at different times. But the daffodil bulb (sometimes) keeps the squirrels from getting at your tulips. Robin, the biggest problem with tulips is squirrels. You can spend hours and getting them in just the right place, only to discover the following year that now they’re coming up in the middle of your pathways because the squirrels have moved them (the ones they don’t eat, anyway). I’ve never seen tulips growing in wild places, and this is mostly because they don’t last for that many years. I have seen daffodils growing in open woodlands because the squirrels don’t really like to eat them. I don’t think either are considered invasive. So, if you want tulips, here’s a trick: put a daffodil bulb in the planting hole on top of the tulip. This works best if you use varieties that bloom at different times. But the daffodil bulb (sometimes) keeps the squirrels from getting at your tulips.

]]> http://www.ecosystemgardening.com/choosing-the-best-plants-for-your-ecosystem-garden.html/comment-page-1#comment-477 Ecosystem Gardening Best of the Web #12 | Ecosystem Gardening Sat, 21 Nov 2009 18:02:41 +0000 http://www.conservationgardening.com/?p=1016#comment-477 [...] How to Choose the Best Plants for your Ecosystem Garden is a collection of articles to help you determine which plants are most appropriate for your garden. [...] [...] How to Choose the Best Plants for your Ecosystem Garden is a collection of articles to help you determine which plants are most appropriate for your garden. [...]

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