I planted 3 varieties of butterfly bushes. About 6 plants. watered them regularly and watched to see if anything was happening. Found these caterpillars working mid October! Was very happy to see my efforts was helping some.
Plan to expand my little garden next year!
Undergoing the process of transforming our suburbanite grass-topia into a more pollinator (and other wildlife) friendly space. We have removed most of the exotic plants from our front flower beds and replaced them with native milkweeds, coneflowers, spiderworts, salvias, lance leaf coreopsis, and mountain mint. My wife and I planted an Eastern Redbud tree in the front yard as well. We plan on adding a solitary bee house and a water source. We plan on adding more native plants to improve the space in the future. We hope to meet the qualifications next year to register our garden as a monarch waystation!
I have been planting milkweed with other pollinator plants beneficial to butterflies, birds, and bees in my front and back yards.
What started in a small corner in a yard full of grass, has expanded into 3 large flower beds of nectar and host plants. These beds are dedicated to attracting, feeding, and raising pollinators with an emphasis on monarchs.
Spread through those beds we have 8 varieties of milkweed and about 30 plants along with parsley, rue, fennel, spicebush, and passionvine. For nectar we have included indian blanket flower, salvia, joe pye weed, butterfly bush, rubunkea, bee balm, asters, zinnias, porterweed, and others.
We have a wide variety of pollinators showing up with new ones that surprise us daily.
Monarch Waystation in Moore, OK.
Planted 3 tropical and 3 swamp milkweed along with salvia and other flowers.
Backyard wildflower plots, blooming micro-gardens, cover and water to provide a veritable pollinator buffet.
The garden is approximately 3/4 of a acre in south central Logan County OK.
The garden is made up of native plants and grasses that grow wild. The ground was originally prairie grazing pasture. The garden has been in place for a little over three years. It is approximately four miles east of I 35 and five miles south of Guthrie, near Seward OK. The garden blooms from early spring to fall, it is under going improvements for Pollinators, Monarchs and Humming birds.
Medium sized (for now) butterfly garden in the front and back yard. great outdoor activity for the whole family. also great opportunity for the kids to learn the importance of pollinators. Starting small and will add plants and space every year.
Located behind our home on the greenbelt adjacent to Lake Hefner. Registered as a Monarch Waystation and planted with 3 varieties of lavender, salvias, larkspur, cosmos, butterfly bush, native grey headed coneflower, butterfly weed, several varities of milkweed, vitex, rose of sharon, cleome, lantana, and native grasses. The garden attracts many bees and pollinators and butterflies.
