Native Gardening

[GBBUDD]

Love hate with that one in NH it was out of control

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Scarlet bee balm

Prairie coreopsis

Sand coreopsis

 

[JBtheExplorer]

My main native garden has had some struggles the last two years. Some areas have died off due to what I assume is my clay soil + drought, but much of it is still doing really well.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

I think this is the first time I've seen a Common Wood-Nymph in my native garden. Always cool to see something different in the garden, especially this year. I've had almost no butterflies at all.

 

[BKHpondcritters]

I think this is the first time I've seen a Common Wood-Nymph in my native garden. Always cool to see something different in the garden, especially this year. I've had almost no butterflies at all.

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It's been the same way down here (NW North Carolina) - butterfly population in general is WAY off this year. We're finally starting to see some, but nowhere near the numbers & varieties as in the past.

 

[SarahT]

That is SOME color JB...hard to believe nature could produce it...

Did you know spiderwort grows in Florida, too? Mine isn't as blue.

 

[addy1]

Did you know spiderwort grows in Florida, too? Mine isn't as blue.

Some of my spiderwort is blue, some of it is a lilac color. Of course not blooming right now so no pictures

 

[JBtheExplorer]

It's been the same way down here (NW North Carolina) - butterfly population in general is WAY off this year. We're finally starting to see some, but nowhere near the numbers & varieties as in the past.

It's been bad. Last year wasn't great either, but this year is much worse. I have a lot of bees, which I'm thankful for. Others have said they've seen very few bees.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Common buckeye

Eastern tiger swallowtail

Monarch

rusty-patched bumble bee

ruby-throated hummingbird

 

[mrsclem]

We are just now getting the fall migration of monarchs. I have 80 crysalis that are now hatching from a couple that came thru last month. We are overrun with tiger swallowtails.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

redtwig dogwood

eastern red columbine

prairie smoke

wild geranium

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Eastern red columbine

Yellow Star Grass would be blooming a lot more had a bunny not had it for lunch.

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Eastern red columbine near my bog. I may have let it go a little crazy, but I'm OK with that!

Redtwig dogwood

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Wild Geranium and Eastern Red Columbine

 

[JBtheExplorer]

Meadow Anemone