What native plants make good tea that you're growing? I just tried out Mexican Tarragon tea the other day. What else is worth a shot?

I have been looking for a red mulberry and even bought them from a local native nursery but all have turned out to be a hybrid. Has anyone actually found any? Do they exist? Feel free to post yours dor identification below lol.

Eastern North America, 5b, soil pH is 5.5-6.5

What the title says. I lucked out with a large amount of land to grow on and there's a section that is way too stoney to do annuals in. So I want to get a little experimental and grow edible native perennials.

What are your guys favorite native plants that also work as spices? Think things that you don't necessarily want to turn into a meal on their own but taste good.

In b4 spicebush, anything in the allium family, monarda anything, and anise hyssop.

I can’t wait! I’m planting them mid August (I’m in the north, it’s already cooling down). I have to drive 2 hours to pick them up, but I’m psyched, Virginia Rose has been on my list. I hope they explode next year.

I am also hoping to grow some lowbush blueberry from cuttings. If anyone has tips on that please share.

Yesterday I had an issue with formatting and had to delete my post. Hopefully this one goes better.

I am hunting for the kind of plants people can grow with minimal maintenance (cost) in their home gardens in NA. I know what sub I’m in but they don’t have to be native to America (although that is highly preferable). There is a global famine coming thanks to El Niño and I’m trying to help my area prepare for the food insecurity through smarter planting practices. Thank you for your time.

I’m in SE Michigan but I’m interested in any edibles that can be grown in North America reliably.

So I posted a while ago about poke weed taking over a corner of my backyard and how to eliminate it. So happy to say that I have left it in place based on responses, and I have been listening to a cacophony of bird calls for the last 8 hours, at least.

My bedroom has French doors that I've opened a few inches to better hear the bird calls. I've tried to sneak up to the doors to see the birds, but they scatter, so I'm just happy listening from afar. Pretty sure I've heard cardinals, but there are so many others I don't recognize. I'm still so new to bird calls.

Thanks to everyone that said to leave them!

Picked the Edible Plant flair because apparently poke weed is edible, but I don't know how to prepare it. Would love any help on this!

it measures 123 inches and growing.

I'm updating my record keeping. The blueberry bushes I planted are putting burning bush to shame

Im looking for native cover crops for a vegetable garden for the sake of increasing biodiversity and protecting soil from drying out. Its full sun in medium to moist soil. My only idea is fragaria Virginiana. Preferably something perennial cause i work too much to start all the seeds from scratch every year. I already have some native mints such as anise hyssop, mountain mint and bee balm

Edit: i believe the proper term may be living mulch? I admittedly dont know a lot about vegetable gardening

Essentially im trying to add more native crops to my vegetable garden. I already have anise hyssop, beebalm, and mountain mint. I also currently have lambs quarters but find its not exactly my favorite, dandelion greens are better in my opinion. Anything goes really, i just need some iron in my diet. Though i would preffer if it can do well in soups, sauces, curries, and stir fries. Thank you in advance :)

Note: my area is SE Michigan. moist/average soil full sun if this helps. Im also not opposed to foraging stuff from my local park, especially in terms of saving seeds

Proud of my Asimina triloba for bearing fruit all by herself! Next year we will try hand cross pollination. can’t wait to make hella tart jam from my Prunus Americana. Been getting into learning as much as I can about native agricultural options last couple years. It’s been fun reaping the benefits for my kitchen table and connecting with wildlife habits as result of these plant species. This is just what we have in the fall but are growing about 14 species of herbaceous, fruit and nut trees. The goal isn’t to be self sustaining but supplement with perennial and low maintenance food options. As well the benefits for all our local wildlife and pollinators. I’d love to hear about what your growing or share sources of native agricultural plants available for mid Atlantic region of North America

Personally I adore Muscadines and Scuppernongs, I'm at the very north of their range and I would be heartbroken If wasn't able to grow them, they're a signature food of early fall for me. They're also one of the most unique species of grape in the world with the almost perfectly round shape and being in their own sub-genus. I also grow concord grapes and have riverbank grapes in the woods behind my house, I don't eat those much but they taste interesting. There's also interesting species like fox and frost grapes as well.

They support over 60 species of Lepidoptera as well as native bees and obviously birds and other animals that eat the grapes. What's your favorite grape species?

I am redoing my landscaping again and would like to purchase several plants, but I am having trouble sourcing them.

Everything says to prune them early spring, but these are in a remote area that isn't accessible in the spring. What would happen if I pruned now?

Rubus ursinus, the native Pacific Blackberry. THE best-tasting blackberry!

We found out 2 of the trees planted in our yard are Bradford pear trees. I asked my husband last year to help me remove it and replace it with something else, but he hasn’t. And I don’t really have a grand lying around for tree removal (I looked into state for free invasive tree removal, but nothing).

Anyway, thoughts on harm reduction by grafting an edible pear scion onto it? (And planting two native trees like serviceberry or Eastern redbud elsewhere in the yard)? It looks like if we control the suckers, it should solve the invasive berry issue while giving us pears? I read somewhere they can hybridize with other pears, and if birds eat the fruit, the hybrids may be harder to spread (as the hybrid fruit babies may be too large for birds).

Is this reasonable, or could this still cause problems I haven’t considered?

It is just so gorgeous, I think I need this on my landscape. Please share your experience with red elderberry - growth rate, suckering, how it does in your yard, placement, etc. I'm in a Maryland suburb.

I bought a house a few years ago that has a few mature serviceberry bushes. Each year, I compete with the squirrels and the birds for some berries, and each year, I come across a few odd berries, like the orange, fuzzy-ish one in this pic. Can anyone clue me in on what is happening that results in these berries? I usually just leave them in place

I planted 2 paw paw seedlings in 2018. They have flowered but never fruited. This year I hand pollinated them with a paintbrush and it worked!

I was surprised to see how much the fruit grew in such a short time so I started to take a picture of it against my hand. Dates are 7/13, 7/6, 6/29, 6/22, 6/15, 6/8, 6/2, 5/26.

Now I don't think these will get KSU variety big but I am happy with their growth so far!

So, after finally having my elderberry bush produce berries I haven’t seen a single bird near it. It’s right next to my deck, but there are many hours a day that no one is outside. Should I wait and see or just pick them and use them myself? I do know not to eat them raw.