Most of you know that I love plants and playing in dirt… or have figured it out! I have been looking at different plants to put in my yard lately… like Blackberry plants… and the list my sister sent me…
Blue plumbago, a loose airy shrub the butterflys love and will bloom all season. This plan can be chopped in half or quarters each year and moved to create more gardens.
Phlox is also a wonderful addition and some have a great fragrance. I usually go with pink – not the creeping type unless you have a specific area for it.
Echinacea, will normally see in a pink color, but also comes in white, oranges and I’ve ordered it in bright red this year. The stems are sturdier and I never cut it back, even once it looks horrible; the birds love the seeds from the heads in the fall and winter.
Rudibecia (sp?) and wonderful yellow flower grows to approx 3 feet. This one can be cut back and should create new flowers – no seedheads from this one.
The last two I will cut back almost to the ground in March – will send you a picture this year; although they are already showing green leave – but they look like they are burned. They multiply which is why I like they so much.
And don’t forget your Butterfly Bush, any color, any fragrance, they are wonderful.
If you can find the coral porterweed, plant one for Dad, the butterflys and hummingbirds will be there all the time. They are not as attracted the the minatures.
And of course, bronze fennel for the butterfly larval as well as flat leave parsley.
Yes, I posted this here… so I don’t lose it!!! I know I’m going to delete it out of my email eventually without realizing what it is… I have done that many times in the past. If I don’t answer your email it is probably because it got deleted on accident. I can get delete happy sometimes. (psst… isn’t this better than the last post? )
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