I'm seeing hundreds of these around, what is it? I'm not really at all familiar with anything that looks like this. Don't even have a guess on the family. Kind of reminds me of a very young bamboo but I know that's wrong. I feel like its a wildflower just off of vibes lol. North America, southern Michigan, early May
This huge patch is one HUGE pawpaw in a historical public park. Unfortunately it's a pawpaw which is not self seeding so it needs two different plants to make fruit. This whole patch is one plants and so has literally never fruited in the 5 years I've been here. All connected at the roots. I cannot express in photos how massive and old this tree must be but this patch of land has been untouched for at least 300 years. I'm 6 foot and can't even reach some of the shorter trees flowers, the tallest ones are absurdly high. Almost every single tree in these photos is pawpaw, excluding a few other stragglers. These are usually short shrubs, these ones canopies are as tall as the forest around it. Very cool plant I've been visiting for a few years. Wish it fruited though
I'm trying to grow chufa in an old ditch this year but I'm a little clueless on how to go about it. The soil I have now is ridiculously high in organic material. It's where we threw grass clippings, raked leaves, and basically anything else organic in our yard. That changed last year so it's all broken down now but it is a heavy, slimy, wet mess right now. The soil it's on is basically all sand and a little clay which made it harden significantly so it's really dense. I'm tilling it right now but what do I do to make this hold less water and be lighter? From my limited knowledge on chufa sedge they do better in always moist, light, well drained soil. It's the lowest point of our yard right now so my first issue is what to raise it up with. I want it to be higher than the rest of my yard so no water gathers their. Is biochar, top soil, wood ash, bark, and chopped thin sticks a good option or do I need something else entirely? I don't think that perlite would work because it floods briefly but deeply in the winter and might just float away. For context I'm storing the tubers indoors during winter and replanting in spring due to this but I intend the patch to only ever be chufa. I've never dealt with an issue like this so I am basically 100% clueless so any help is appreciated!
Found in central Michigan, grow zone 5 maybe 6 on hills surrounding lake Michigan. It was dug up and dying laying on top of the sand so I yoinked It and am rehydrating it now since it was basically a shriveled raisin by the time it was home. Looks much better now. I'm fairly certain it is an Artemisia. It's tap root is about 3 feet and pretty skinny. It's woolen all over with a very distinct red blotch at the bottom of the petoile. I did heavy pruning because it was losing water and dying VERY fast so I took off everything old or very floppy, it's a little bald so sorry if that makes it harder to ID but I think it was necessary. It's leaves are all extremely asymmetrical which is why I'm struggling so much. It smells absolutely amazing, like a really good meal if that makes any sense. Any ideas? It was growing in sand that felt dry well above the water. It seemed to be sand all the way down and was one of the very few things growing there but there was a lot. I've spent way too much time trying to figure this thing out!
I'm over run with raspberries, blueberries, and pawpaw. Does anyone have some good recommendations for here? I have soil pH ranging from 6 to 5 and very wet, sandy ground that floods deeply which I feel like is very limiting. Everything I plant dies when the soil gets too waterlogged so I'm struggling to find anything native that actually grows. I only have like one spot where it doesn't flood and gets any sun which is where my pawpaws live.
This isn't my yard but I saw this on a walk. I LOVE knotweeds, all of them, even though I know they are objectively bad so I was really excited to see this. If they are should I do something? Do I like, report this to somewhere to have them killed? I guess they get cut by the county frequently which is probably how this big patch appeared when it wasn't here three years ago. This is by the road in southern MI. It has heart shaped, large leaves which makes me think giant knotweed and not Japanese
I found it growing in complete and total darkness in an old open bottom bin I haven't looked under for like 2 years. It's needles are really bristle-like. I have it staked up because it was growing sideways on the floor. It kind of looks like a conifer or a horsetail reed or something. All of its needles grow in whorled arrangement. It has almost no roots except one thick one a few inches long and multiple little green shoots coming out and up from it just below the soil. The soil was growing was probably normally very dry although the bin had a crack in the top which let water in and we just got weeks of rain.
It was found in South Michigan while still experiencing frost at night so it must be pretty cold hardy although it was sheltered
Pictures taken in South Michigan by a large pond well inside a recently receded flood plain. It has sharply triangular stems and deeply grooved leaves. It reminds me of yellow Nutsedge although this one is very large and I feel like it's leaves are a little different looking