Garden & Nature, Southwest

Episode 14

Gardening tasks in spring for a native plant garden keep in mind the other wildlife species that depend on the native plant garden. These tasks are different from vegetable garden and non-native ornamental gardens.

Included in this episode:

• Growing new plants - add more plant diversity in the garden, looking for local native plants
• When and how to prune
• How to mulch (not always necessary to buy mulch). Grrowng ground cover
• Fertilizing native plants
• Collecting seeds
• Irrigation

Next episode will continue this series to include tasks specific to birds, pollinators, spiders, insects including butterflies and bees, lizards, toads and small mammals

Native Plants mentioned in this episode (scientific names are in italics)

Mexican gold poppy - Eschscholzia californica ssp mexicana

One of the online native seed company for its seed :

https://www.nativeseeds.org/products/wf035?variant=40837419499674

Native plants that easily reseed and are either aggressive or roots are difficult to pull out

Snakeweed : Gutierrezia sarothrae

Desertbroom - Baccharis sarothroides

Mexican feathergrass: Nasella Tenuissima

Chocolate daisy (chocolate flower, lyreleaf greeneyes): Berlandiera lyrata

Mexican evening primrose: Oenothera speciosa

Native plants that easily reseed but are easy to pull out and not aggressive

Desert marigold - Baileya multiradiata

Ground cover:

Frog fruit - Phyla nodiflora : native ground cover, host to butterflies

Apps mentioned in the episode:

• iNaturalist : https://www.inaturalist.org/
• Photos (Apple)

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