our butterfly garden is starting to bloom some more. i think the spot i picked is more shade than i expected so they may be blooming a bit later than they are expected to but i am excited to see the flowers coming in.
this is our butterfly bush. you can see on the right where it is starting to bloom.
i think it will be beautiful once all the shoots have bloomed!
this is another one of my favorites-called lantana the red is the tiddley winks red and the pink is the patriot classic passion. they were tiny little plants when i bought them but i love how they have spread and how large the leaves have gotten. i also like the variation in colors in the flowers. this is an annual so i hope it leaves plenty of seeds so they come back next year on their own.
this is our baptisia. it seems to be doing really well except that it is supposed to get some really pretty purple flower shoots on it. i'm still waiting for signs of those but the plant looks strong and healthy!
this is the white swan cone flower or a strand of echinacea. it doesn't seem to look so good. it blooms but they seem to die really quickly so it never really looks pretty! it's dropping it's seeds though so hopefully next year i'll have more and they will look better.
this is one of our yarrow's. it gets little yellow flowers on it but this too seems to come and go quickly. they keep coming but dying quickly. we will see!
these were
thing 1's pick. they didn't have a tag so i'm not sure what they are but i like them. they continue to bloom and i like the greenery.
this is our toad habitat. it is just a pot turned on it's side and dug into the ground half way. they are supposed to be good for the garden so we wanted to invite them to stay. plus
the boys would have a ball finding them. i read about the toad abode
here.
3 comments:
Lantana is one of my favorites! I have it all over the place. It remindes me of my Grandmother's beautiful yard! She has always had a green thumb.
Good luck with the butterflies!
That yellow one looks like coreopsis. You've got a great start for your butterfly garden! I planted a butterfly bush but it got some bugs or slugs and is looking sickly - I hope it recuperates. My lantana is almost six feet tall this year, and I whacked it back to nothing at the beginning of the summer. It is always swarmed with butterflies.
So nice to meet you here! Love the pics of your kids. What a beautiful family!
Love the frog abode. I will have to check the site out. My kids and I got a book on fairy homes and would love ot have both a frog and fairy home in our yard, how fun!!!
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