April 29 , 2020
Zooming Pollinators, Even in Dry Times
Porch - side brunch pickup truck was in use last weekend when I served a fast - paced crowd of bee ( and wasp ) the Sunday strength : daylilies!Monday afternoon ’s frisky breeze did n’t unlock a Monarch butterfly from my aboriginal coneflowers . Rather than soar off to the next group meeting like bees , the butterfly — including Painted Lady — serenely sipped . I did n’t plan this clump of coneflower . When the knowing island bed plant flung their semen , they blithely nested in hot , ironical , gravelly spots between the flagstones . Plants in my garden , whether aboriginal or not , take drouth in stride . They may wilt in good afternoon ’s sun as temps heat up , rebounding when the sun set . They survive with rainfall or abbreviated irrigation in summertime . NativeWedelia texana , formerlyZexmenia hispida , seed itself into a front bed of bee and butterfly faves . Its golden white-livered blossoms pull in bee and butterfly until icing . Bees like spring blooming sorrel , too , while everybody goes for fall blossom aboriginal aster currently in foliage stage . In Georgetown , Lori and Jack Shreves paired another lovely lavender and gold duo : nativeSalvia leucanthaand Engelmann ’s daisy . UsuallyS. leucanthablooms in evenfall , but it kill fuzzy flowers forour visit one April . You’re bound to find a bee on Engelmann ’s daisy flower from March through summer . Exciting news this calendar week ! Now you’re able to take heed to CTG on the go ! line into our just - launched podcast onSpotifyandiTunesto animate your grow ambitions . Please let me know what you think!Around the neighborhood , many gardener have planted Mexican palo verde hybrid ‘ Desert Museum’ . I’d making love to have one , too , for its airy foliage , intriguing barque , and yellow prime that live up to many pollinators . It ’s quite joyful to note that in late eld , my neighbors are going for pollinator habitat that does n’t drain piddle resourcefulness . This aloe cuddling near an agave blooms ALL THE TIME ! I know it bring an periodic break , but promptly its back on the job!Doug Green ’s garden is still in the “ to edit ” grounder , with program to beam this nightfall . He reports that his butterfly ( and bee & bird ) garden is in use as ever . In this area , he ’s take out togetherSalvia guaranitica‘Black and Blue ’ , lilac Gregg ’s mistflower , and violet - hued ruellia with yellowTecoma stans(esperanza , chicken bells ) and cerise sage . Salvia farinacea‘Henry Duelberg ’ and white ‘ Augusta Duelberg ’ are sure to add to your pollinator habitat to keep Monarch and other butterflies fueled on foresightful flight . They certainly found a rest point on our sojourn to theEmilyann Theatre & Gardensin Wimberley!Catching up on CTG instalment you might have miss or want to see again?Watch them all the right way here .
Thanks for kibosh by ! Linda
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