Three favorite native plants for Illinois | #GoodGrowing

University of Illinois Extension Horticulture
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Published 2022-10-21
This week for the Good Growing podcast we throw it back to 2021 when Visiting Outreach Associate Layne Knoche gives his three favorite native plants to include in a home landscape setting. Of course, Layne has many more natives he would like to include, but we were mean and only let him give his top three!

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1:24 Slender mountain mint (Pycnanthemum tenuifolium)
5:14 Swamp Milkweed (Asclepias incarnata)
9:01 Red Chokeberry (Aronia arbutifolia)

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All Comments (11)
  • @LY43537
    More episodes like this please! Given how much our climate is changing, I'm hoping to replace my lawn with a garden that uses substantially less water and can contribute to stabilizing my little corner of the world.
  • @salviabuckwheats7434
    Thanks for the very good info. Put out more detailed info about natives in the midwest!
  • @jdy1054
    I’d pick a willow for spring feeders, perennial sunflowers for summer and clumping goldenrod for fall feeders. You provide both the nectar and pollens several hundred native bees, and butterflies require to reproduce. But I love coneflowers and beardtongue, and many berried shrubs. Hard to pick just three!
  • @carriemou3678
    Would red chokeberry work as a foundation plant around a home, ie to replace burning bush?
  • @jdy1054
    I prefer pycnanthemum muticum better. Smells better, more sweet like spearmint rather than peppermint and silvery bracts are nice looking after flowering is done.
  • @theresapalmer9238
    Where can I see the Macon county list? And do you have a foraging class?