Mastodawn

When I bought some Canada anemone last summer, it said that it was extremely aggressive, especially in the sun. So I put it by itself in the front yard with the pin cherry, the black chokeberry bush and the sweet fern bush. And wow, they were not kidding. Definitely replacing all the grass, and there are dozens and dozens of flower buds already
#NativePlants

Stéphanie 5d ago

Someone wanted proof

Stéphanie 5d ago

They sell this as ground cover!! To be fair, Ontario native plants does say one foot tall. I didn't notice

CedarTea 5d ago

@stephanie Hey, they're not wrong. It's certainly covering the ground lol

Stéphanie 5d ago

@CedarTea lmao maybe they'll chill out a bit once the pin cherry is bigger and shades it a bit

CedarTea 5d ago

@stephanie Yeah it's most vigorous in moist sun. Reducing either of those will settle it down.

Stéphanie 5d ago

@CedarTea ah yes you're right! That should help in a few years!

CedarTea 5d ago

@stephanie And you'll never have to buy mulch again! It's better for bees than mulch is too

Stéphanie 5d ago

@CedarTea Oh for sure! The whole front lawn was a HUGE blue spruce that took over everything, nothing could grow there and it was way too close to the house and the street. This is much better!

I wonder if that was how they sold Kudzu bitd...

Which always reminds me of this SUPER IMPORTANT essay on meta: https://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Instruction_creep

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Instruction creep - Meta-Wiki

Stéphanie 5d ago

@Amgine hahahahha this is amazing

Celeste Ryder 🐾 🐀🏳️‍🌈5d ago

@Amgine @stephanie Kudzu is hella scary!

@bougiewonderland @stephanie

Kudzu causes $ millions to billions annually. It is the poster child of invasive species disasters. It literally tears down buildings, kills forests.

Stéphanie 1d ago

The Canada anemone has started blooming!

#SKyard #Bloomscrolling #NativePlants

@stephanie they look like strawberry flowers on a hemp plant. Baby floof winning the competition so far today.

Deborah Preuss, pcc 1d ago

@stephanie stars 🤗

Eric Goodwin 5d ago

@stephanie 😂

Stéphanie 5d ago

@auxonic it's almost taller than our pin cherry lmao please no one call bylaw on us 😂

CedarTea 5d ago

@stephanie The precedent set in Ruck v Mississauga will likely protect you if the lawn cops come. You may even get a multimillion dollar damages payout for infringement of your right to freedom of expression!

Stéphanie 5d ago

@CedarTea @auxonic and our neighbours are chill about lawns, I'm not too worried!

Celeste Ryder 🐾 🐀🏳️‍🌈5d ago

@stephanie wow, j’imaginais un couvre-sol, pas des arbustes 😂

Stéphanie 5d ago

@bougiewonderland C'était dans la section des couvre-sol aussi!!! Ça a l'air que je sais pas à quel point un pied c'est haut 😂

Celeste Ryder 🐾 🐀🏳️‍🌈5d ago

@stephanie je cherche justement un couvre-sol pour la section où on a la fosse septique pcq j’en ai marre d’entretenir ça, sauf que ça nécessite bel et bien un couvert de tout le sol, alors ta solution m’intéressait, mais là, je ne suis pas certaine que ce serait adapté 🤣

Stéphanie 5d ago

@bougiewonderland looool, y'en a d'autres plus petits quand même! Mes plants de fraises sont beaux et pas très hauts! sinon juste du trèfle si ça pousse bien!

Celeste Ryder 🐾 🐀🏳️‍🌈5d ago

@stephanie oui, mais le trèfle, ça finit par mourir après quelques années, et il faut quand même le tondre.

Stéphanie 5d ago

@bougiewonderland Ah oui c'est vrai.. bon mon vrai conseil ce sont des fraises alors!

Gabriel ⛺💤5d ago

@stephanie @bougiewonderland
😳 Les trapes de fosses septique et les fraises sont un mélange assez dangereux je crois: Les enfants adorent les fraises et les trappes sont souvent dangereuses pour les enfants.

Ça triggger mon côté papa poule ça ;) Désolé ^^'

Stéphanie 5d ago

@me @bougiewonderland oh on n'a pas d'enfants ni l'une ni l'autre, ça paraît 😅

Celeste Ryder 🐾 🐀🏳️‍🌈4d ago

@stephanie @me s’il y a un enfant qui tombe dans la trappe tant pis pour lui! Il n’avait juste à pas venir seiner sur mon terrain 😂

Sérieux par contre, je ne parle pas de la trappe, mais du champ d’épuration. Pas dangereux!

Pollinators 5d ago

@stephanie We would call Canadian Anemone aggressive in the Southern Minnesota sunshine. #nativeplants

mapleleafroundel

@stephanie Mais ce n’est pas une cour, c’est une jungle! 🤣

@stephanie I just bought some of it to go in a place where lily of the valley was (let's be honest: is) and I hope it will keep the lily of the valley under control but not get too out of control itself.

It's so hard to be patient when gardening! Especially when you have setbacks and have to remove a bunch of stuff to (say) take out some aggressive lily of the valley and get left with a big bare area.

Stéphanie 5d ago

@casseagull Yes so much! and every spring, I wonder if everything died before it starts reappearing haha

It's definitely quite agressive, I hope it works for you! I'm also getting overwhelmed by all the asters growing everywhere (it'll teach me to have four different types).

Eric Goodwin 5d ago

@stephanie @casseagull I had no idea asters self seed like they do. Sigh. My slowly improving boxwood hedge is in its third or fourth spring and getting better but will probably take a decade to be really sharp. Trying my patience

Stéphanie 5d ago

@auxonic @casseagull Yeah and with their seven thousand flowers each fall, it's *a lot of seeds* the false sunflowers also seem to spread quite a lot by self spreading.

Eric Goodwin 5d ago

@stephanie @casseagull I’ve only had one volunteer false sunflower so far but who knows. My false indigo is also rough. Planted two from ONP and one died in its second year and the other now has 2-3 shoots. The crown grows so slowly.

Stéphanie 5d ago

@auxonic @casseagull Oh no, my blue indigo that I got from ONP last fall is doing soooo well this spring. I'm sad yours isn't working as well! I did give it a lot of space by itself and lots of sun

Eric Goodwin 5d ago

@stephanie @casseagull I think that’s it… probably should have kept it in a pot or special location for a while. I have one from Richie that does yellow/brown flowers that’s gotten quite big. I love the ones at the arboretum

Stéphanie 5d ago

@auxonic @casseagull !

@stephanie @auxonic These plants are basically a list of everything I just placed an order for from ONP last week lol.

I got Canada anenome, wild blue indigo, black eyed susan, purple coneflower, and dense blazing star.

Stéphanie 5d ago

@casseagull @auxonic Good choices! Love my dense blazing star SO much. It's a real bee magnet (our hummingbird also loved it)

Deborah Edwards-Oñoro 5d ago

@stephanie Wow, that's impressive!

I planted two Canada anemone last fall and they've barely grown from the size they were when I planted them. I was hoping they would spread.

Does your front yard soil hold a lot of water or have wet areas?

Stéphanie 5d ago

@redcrew Hmm, that's a good question! I think it drains quite well 🤔

Celeste Ryder 🐾 🐀🏳️‍🌈5d ago

@stephanie pics or it didn’t happen!

Stéphanie 5d ago

@bougiewonderland I'll go take one after work!

John Francis 🇨🇦🦫🍁5d ago

@stephanie I've had a patch, but its in a fight with wild grapes, burdock, goldenrod, and a bunch of other stuff, under a weeping willow. The willow is definitely winning, but I helped the grapes get on it to make it fair.

Stéphanie 5d ago

@johnefrancis I have a wild strawberry nearby-ish too, but I feel like it will get killed lol the woodland strawberry is doing well in the shaded spot in the backyard at least!

This year is when we plant the last stuff and... let nature be nature. Whatever wins will stay!

mapleleafroundel

@stephanie Are the strawberries edible? 🤔

The Masked School Library Tech 5d ago

@EdwinG Are any strawberries edible 😜 @stephanie @johnefrancis

Stéphanie 5d ago

@LibraryAndTea @EdwinG @johnefrancis indeed haha last year I only got a couple, but they got eaten by hungry... squirrels probably 😅