Well, Steph, you've got an equally interesting array of plants here.

This is wonderful.

And I was wondering where, you know, where do we wanna start?

Because you've been speaking about plant communities and different microclimates.

So talk to me, yeah.

>>Yeah, so microclimates.

Exactly, so in landscapes we're gonna have different types of environments.

So some areas it's gonna be more moist, some areas gonna be more dry, some more shady, some sunnier.

So it's hard to kind of take from the native plant communities, which are much larger than our landscapes.

>>Yes.

>>But we borrow the concepts that we see in nature and we put plants together that kind of occur together or occur in similar situations.

>>Excellent plants, so they can actually survive together because they're used to being together.

>>Exactly.

>>Yes.

>>Or they have conditions that are similar enough for them to do so.

>>Yes, yes.

So do you have some, I'll say sunny plants to start with, or dry plants, where we wanna begin?

>>Yeah, so I've sorted them out from the moist to the dry because that's a common thing that we look at, right?

So one of my favorites here, I'm gonna bring over here is, so this is Zizia aurea.

So this is Golden Alexander.

>>Right.

>>And it's, it's one of my favorites because you can use it for so many different purposes, and it's actually very tolerant of some of those climate different changes that we find within the gardens.

So this one is more of a moist loving plant, but it can also handle a bit of drought.

And it's really lovely.

I mean, you can even put this one in your vegetable garden.

'cause it's a great trap crop as well.

>>Yes.

>>But yellow flower in the spring, really, really lovely.

>>How tall does it get though?

>>This one really doesn't, it doesn't get too tall.

Maybe about a foot and a half.

>>Excellent for a garden.

>>Yeah, it's a great border.

>>Yes.

>>And then when it flowers, it's really gorgeous.

>>It is.

And a lot of pollinators come to it.

>>Lots of pollinators.

>>Lots of pollinators.

Well, what's next over this?

>>Yeah, so I have a lot of, I have a lot of fun things.

So this one actually also occurs in a more moist, more moist conditions.

>>Right.

>>This is a pawpaw tree.

>>Yes.

>>A lot of people go crazy over pawpaw's, especially if they're into foraging and edibles.

And this one is actually a cultivar.

So this is the cultivar called Susquehanna.

>>All right.

>>Now if you have a garden where you don't necessarily occur in a moist area, but you want to grow fruit, you can still maintain this one.

And that's why a cultivar might be more acceptable within that scenario.

>>Can you point out the graph for people to see so that they can start to look?

>>So the stock is usually the native stock and then they've grafted on this change.

So this change is for taste and for texture and for less seeds.

>>Excellent.

Well, let's grab another one.

Put that one back please.

Thank you.

Yeah, I've only got so much room.

(both laughing) >>So I like to talk about this one.

This is river birch.

And the reason I like to talk about this is 'cause you see this in landscaping very often.

>>Yes.

>>These trees, you know, they're really gorgeous, so people like to kind of plop them everywhere, but they really want moist conditions.

So it's better to put this kind of at the lower elevation areas of your garden.

And it's gonna be a big full tree, so prepared for that.

>>Yes, and real quickly, as you're swapping it out, if you put it in too dry a situation, the roots will stay up on top of the ground and they won't go down deep.

>>You'll have- >>And then they're a nuisance.

>>A lot of those.

>>Yes.

>>A lot of those up running roots.

Let's see, so this is a high bush blueberry.

And this one actually we don't see occurring very often.

>>No.

>>But this one also really loves moisture.

It can handle a little bit of drought as well.

But the berries are very delicious.

We like them, the birds like them, so it's a fun one to add, but also really wants more on moist side.

>>Rich soil.

Yes.

The same with the next one.

>>Yeah, so elderberry.

Another favorite.

>>Yep.

>>Another favorite because a lot of people like to use them for medicinal purposes, et cetera.

The birds really like it, so this one also wants more of those moist conditions, can grow like kind of on the woodland edge of things, can handle some sun and some shade.

So it's a great addition to the garden.

>>I will say the deer do like that too.

>>Yeah, speaking of deer candy.

>>Ah.

>>So strawberry bush.

So a lot of people call this one Hearts A'busting, I believe.

Very, very pretty.

As you can see.

>>Ah.

>>Winter, winter edge is very gorgeous, but that is a thing, you do have to protect this from the deer.

The deer really like to eat this one.

And often in wild areas.

We're not seeing this occurring as often.

>>No, usually it's protected.

I mean by a tree or a bigger plant or something.

>>Yes, gotta have something around it that's keeping the deer out.

>>Yes.

We got one minute left, Steph.

>>Okay.

>>So what's your favorite?

>>Let's start going into our dry community over here.

And so, oh, yep, so this St. John's wort, really great one.

So this one is kind of more of a shrubby plant, and it's gonna have yellow flowers, very gorgeous.

Can grow and conditions that are not as conducive.

Not as babysat as some of these other plants over here that need more moisture.

>>Some people are using these in parking lots now.

>>Yeah, yeah.

That's it.

>>That's how dry >>It's a good reason it can handle.

>>to use it.

>>And then let's move on to this one.

>>Yeah.

>>Because we're running out of time.

>>So this is an aromatic aster and this one literally is a weed of a plant, but it's gorgeous.

It'll plant itself all over the place and it can handle some drought.

So the pollinators really like this.

>>Oh, love it, and it gives us fall color?

>>Fall color.

Yep.

>>When not many others.

Now this is gonna surprise people.

>>Yes.

>>Because it's gonna go contrary to what they're thinking.

>>Because most ferns we see in moist areas and this one can actually handle some drought.

>>Yeah.

>>So this one we find in kind of rockier conditions and can really be gorgeous in the fall.

And so this one we find just growing as a ground cover in really dry areas, so this is pussytoes.

>>Okay.

Sounds great.

Well Steph, you've brought in quite an arrangement of plants to share and it's just been wonderful to be able to expose people to this, just so many different native plants, so I thank you.

We appreciate you coming.

>>Thank you.

>>Yes.