Please post back about what you're trying to transplant & how it's looking. I think the wild flowers are so beautifully surprising. I would've been jumping around like a kid too! I can't wait to see some results & maybe get a few ideas for myself. Thanks KA!
Went to the deer camp today, found all kinds of goodies
I brought back some Indian pinks, sassafras trees, (young ones) green dragon arum (jack in the pulpets) may apples, mostly the roots all the plants were dormant, we saw the plants but they were dying off so I won't see new growth on these till next year.
Also dug up some sensitive fern
Ithink that was it.
I left the solomon seal alone cause I had a bunch of it already. but not the same kind as in the woods there. and we left a bunch of jacks and may apples in the woods too. I iddn't dig up any self heal cause I was out by our barn the other day cutting grass and I ran into 2 large clumps of it. I didn't mow it down, so I didn't have to dig up any of that.
all the plants look pretty pitiful from transplant shock and most will have to be cut back, especially the sensative fern and the indian pinks, so the indian pinks won't come back around till next year probably. since they were bloomingwhen I dug them.
OH yeah, We dug up a big plant of the baptisa alba, left a bunch in the woods too. They had huge roots, and we dug up the young ones, it had a shock of it's life immediately. it was full of seed pods, that will probably never ripen now, but I left the seed pods alone onthe ones at the deer camp so maybe I can gather some later.
Indian pinks grow great, here in Missouri.
Mine are blooming now.
oh my gosh! i've not seen such a beautiful grouping of them EVER that's georgious. Thanks so much for sharing. Mine did well being transplanted, their putitng out seed pods right now. so looks like they made it through the transplanting. Yay!
I'm sure they'll do great!
They should call them "Indian Reds"--that doesn't look pink to me! LOL They are gorgeous, though!
Yeah, I'm not sure why their called that at not indian reds LOL
Those Indian pinks are beautiful! I've never seen them before, so thanks for sharing the picture. I bet they grow around here somewhere. think?
~ kathy_ann, I am so glad to hear yours are doing well. How about the may apple? I admire anyone who can successfully transplant native plants like you did. Post pics if you can. I lost the bracken fern I tried to transplant to where "I" wanted them. Ma nature knows her stuff. Spotted some more ferns but I think I'll leave them alone for now.
I only dug up roots for the may apples, will have to wait till next year to see them in full growth. I've transplanted all the roots though, they should do fine next year, all the jacks made it just fine too.
and I had to cut all the sensitive fern down, no signs of new growth but I haven't checked in a few days either.
keep checking, you never know when it will take off. Cool. I love JIP. :)
kathy_ann, I hope you put the may apples where you don't want anything else to grow. Between some that came in on their own and some tall Solomon's Seal that I planted, my original native garden is trashed. They put out a covering root that is a pretty effect discouragement to any other plants. I have jacks and trilliums that I have to move soon or lose.
I know they spread, i've had one patch for about 4 years now and there are only about l2 plants this 4th year, so they must not spready too fast if they don't get plenty of water. but I did p;lant these new ones by themselves.