they look ready, however, have they been in that tub the entire time? before you put them in their permanent place, i'd put them somewhere where they can get some controlled wind exposure or point weak fan at them for a week or so. if they haven't had a chance to develop wind resistance, they will just flop over at the first strong gust they encounter and that would be bad news.

they make people who live in areas where ferns dont grow (me) jealous

any Solanaceous seed, really.

which mugwort are we talkin about here?

me and my homeboy Artemesia ludoviciana need to know

power drill + augur drill bit = mass planting on cruise control

it's the milkweed menagerie!

ahhhh man, HOAs are the worst. DEFUND THE HOA

so, if you give fulgida like, below-average to normal plant care, it will be fine in whatever container you put it in. i pulled my fulgida out of a literal dumpster in the middle of december and it is doing just fine today lol. since it is a year 1 (i assume) rhizomatic perennial black-eyed susan (as opposed to the much more common Rudbeckia hirta which is a biennial), it is primarily focused on its root system as opposed to its foliar growth in these early stages. it's putting out just enough leaves to photosynthesize and grow more roots. Rudbeckia hirta will throw down a ton of leaves early on because it has to get all its shit done in a 2 year time frame.

long answer short: yes this is normal for Rudbeckia fulgida and you're doing a great job

are you planning on keeping it in the pot or is it eventually going to go in-ground?

that advice also applies to unsolicited "arborist" opinions

turns out the guys that get paid to cut down trees typically want to cut your tree down

(arborist is in quotes because the people i am talking about usually aren't arborists, real arborists are the homies)

thanks for the kind words!

i dont have direct experience with either of those plants, but i am confident in saying that if you can get Bliphilia ciliata going at least a month before it gets really cold, then it will be totally fine. it's a mint and mints don't give a shit about anything.

the same probably applies to the indian pinks but personally i'd play it safe and winter sow those unless you can get them germinated in late summer.

both would obviously be fine if you winter-sowed them though

pickin' nits here, but "species" is the more applicable word rather than cultivar when discussing native plants.

Eupatorium serotinum

Solidago canadensis

Pluchea odorata

they must be more extreme down here in the Great Plains because this kind of shit was a part of casual conversation during the orange juice and stale muffin post-mass church basement breakfasts.

i will wear my apparent lack of understanding as a badge of honor though because everything about the Catholic church makes my skin crawl.

lol i was raised catholic.

i wish i knew less about catholics.

just to be clear, i'm not trying to tell you what to do. your garden, your rules. however, i do want to say that all of those plant species evolved together "shoulder-to-shoulder". the reason many new native gardeners have issues with plants flopping over is because those plants never had to support themselves on their own in the wild. they leaned on the plants next to them.

all of that to say: it's really hard to overcrowd native plants

For the ladies present today, congratulations on an amazing accomplishment. You should be proud of all that you have achieved to this point in your young lives. I want to speak directly to you briefly because I think it is you, the women, who have had the most diabolical lies told to you. How many of you are sitting here now about to cross this stage and are thinking about all the promotions and titles you are going to get in your career? Some of you may go on to lead successful careers in the world, but I would venture to guess that the majority of you are most excited about your marriage and the children you will bring into this world.

I can tell you that my beautiful wife, Isabelle, would be the first to say that her life truly started when she began living her vocation as a wife and as a mother. I'm on the stage today and able to be the man I am because I have a wife who leans into her vocation. I'm beyond blessed with the many talents God has given me, but it cannot be overstated that all of my success is made possible because a girl I met in band class back in middle school would convert to the faith, become my wife, and embrace one of the most important titles of all: homemaker.

you interpreted that much differently than i did, apparently.

you were probably writing your reply when i edited in my link, but Charles sums it up pretty perfectly in this post  in r/NoLawns

first things first: fuck American Meadows , all my homies hate American Meadows

with that out of the way, a lot of those don't require stratification/scarification and should germinate when the soil is warm. just sow all the seeds now and see what happens.

you got room for like 100 more plants in there

more plant > less plant

there's a fungus among us

that's true. the comments directed at women in the audience who are literally graduating college that day, essentially telling them that they wasted their time and should instead be cooking, cleaning and popping out children for their husbands are straight up indefensible.

yeah, the average catholic church is full of people that share Butker's views. i vehemently disagree with them, obviously, but if being a dipshit that is vocal about having values from the 20th century was enough to kick someone out of the league then you'd lose a lot of players lol

edit: i do agree, however, that out of all the kickers in the league, he has proven himself to be the worst person so he gets the roster spot

making it look downright exotic

(fun fact: all species in the Heuchera genus are native to North America)

the ultra wide angle in the first picture made me think i was looking at zillow lmao

sometimes nature just be naturing

did you fertilize it?