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We've finally cleared our main garden of all our inherited plants, except for the yucca. Assuming this is common yucca / Yucca filamentosa, it is native to just south of here, like Virginia, so I think of it as helping the plant move north ahead of global heating. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yucca_filamentosa

Also, I'm told that previous owners have tried to kill this plant multiple times and failed dramatically (it looks very healthy). I try not to pick fights I expect to lose.

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The next day after clearing the garden, we were able to sketch out the garden path and put a few plants in the ground in the morning before the rain arrived.

The goal is a native plant pollinator-friendly permaculture food forest, with the emphasis on supporting local wildlife before feeding ourselves. So far we have planted two highbush blueberries, a dwarf black chokeberry, and a Viburnum dentatum / arrowwood. (I think the arrowwood may also produce edible berries, I hope to learn more.)

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@nancywisser These are straight species local ecotype blueberries, the guy who sold them to me said he did nothing to his soil and they grow fine. I do wonder if the soil is acidic enough for blueberries to be happy, but the yucca apparently prefers acidic soil so its health indicates the soil couldn't be too basic.

I mixed some compost into the soil in the hole when planting them, and put compost on top. Someone left a Christmas tree on the street, might add the needles hoping they're acidic.

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@mcneely As local as possible really, depends on the circumstances. Ecoregions don't really line up with state lines, so something regionally appropriate might come from a few states away, while a plant adapted to a different environment in the same state might not be as good.

I got my plants from Good Host Plants, which goes to great pains to get plants appropriate for Philly. They are located in my neighborhood, so plants that grow well for them should work for me. https://www.goodhostplants.com/

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@acm_redfox Birds mostly, our neighborhood has lots of birds passing through on their way to and from the woods, but I also hope to attract snakes and other random critters

skyfaller,
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@acm_redfox I intend to plant a rattlesnake master across the garden from the yucca (notice the scientific name, lol): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eryngium_yuccifolium

Should make the garden look somewhat balanced when their evergreen nature stands out in the winter.

I seem to have left that plant at the nursery by accident, though, so I have to go fetch it at some later date.

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