"Can I tell you about one more plant?” could be my catchphrase at this point, but thank god I got someone to listen--my brother Joey! After we chat about the wonders of Wikipedia, I explain how I accidentally bought and subsequently learned about native plants. We get into the whole native plant debate as well as the conversation about whether cultivars of natives really count. I name some of my favorite native plants of the East Coast, and we decide that when it comes down to it, we’re all annuals. SHOW NOTES: The wikipedia page for Mary Kay Bergman is indeed as sad as Joey claimed. Keep listening to this podcast, because Joey’s other wikipedia page is getting its own episode. And, as Joey mentioned, the wikipedia page for Natalie Wood gives an overview of her very sad and mysterious death. Both daisies and asters come from the same family, Asteraceae (of which sunflowers are also a part!). Though daisies grow all over the U.S. at this point, they are native to Europe and Asia, whereas the majority of what we call “asters” (now classified in the genus Symphyotrichum, which is confusing) are native to North America. Peachy Pie Rose is not a real name for a type of rose but here are some actual rose cultivar names: Cherished Pet, Miss Congeniality, Love Always, Eyes for You.You can look up the studies on native species vs. native cultivars on PiedmontMasterGardeners.org. The article "The Native Plants Debate" on Winterbloomfarm.com outlines both sides and recommends some books if you want to read the anti-native plant movement point of view. I was fairly correct about the life cycle of trillium! They take five to seven years to bloom, and they actually spread seed once they start blooming, but then, of course, it takes another several years for that seed to grow into other mature, flowering trillium plants. Check out researchholepodcast.com for expanded show notes with pictures! And follow me at @vhowlett on instagram if you want more of this sort of thing.
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