Episode 106: Spring Natives

Even though there ’s still Baron Snow of Leicester on the priming for many of us , warmer atmospheric condition is most in spades on our brains . So today we ’re go to be spill the beans about aboriginal flora that put on a striking show in outflow . And although we ’re a podcast based out of New England , the plants we decide to spill the beans about have an extensive native mountain range ( even into Texas ! ) . There is an exquisitely fragrant perennial , a self - sowing ephemeral , a delicious comestible , and several trees and shrubs that blossom so prolifically in April , May , and June you ’d think it was their only Book of Job . Want a list of most a dozen aboriginal industrial plant that are show - showstopper ? Then jam swordplay now !

peculiar guest : Nancy J. Ondra is a garden photographer , author , free-lance editor , and license seed seller who lives and garden on four acres in Bucks County , Pennsylvania .

Carol’s Plants

Bowman ’s root ( Porteranthus trifoliatus , Zones 4–8 )

‘ American Goldfinch ’ baptisia ( Baptisia‘American Goldfinch ’ , Zones 4–9 )

‘ May Breeze ’ woodland phlox ( Phlox divaricata‘May Breeze ’ , Zones 4–8 )

‘ Henry ’s Garnet ’ Virginia sweetspire ( Itea virginica‘Henry ’s Garnet ’ , Zones 5–9 )

Danielle’s Plants

Eastern red columbine ( Aquilegia canadensis , Zones 3–8 )

Pink lady ’s slipper ( Cypripedium acaule , Zones 2–9 )

lot laurel ( Kalmia latifolia , Zones 4–9 )

Wild wild leek ( Allium tricoccum , Zones 4–7 )

Special guest

Nancy J. Ondra is a garden photographer , author , freelance editor , and certify seed seller who inhabit and garden on four acres in Bucks County , Pennsylvania .

Golden Alexander ( Zizia aurea , Zones 3–8 )

Spicebush bloom . exposure : Nancy J. Ondra

Spicebush fruit . Photo : Nancy J. Ondra

Spicebush ( Lindera asa dulcis , Zones 4–9 )

Blue - eyed Mary . Photo : Nancy J. Ondra

Blue - eyed Mary ( Collinsia verna , Zones 2–11 )

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