Butterfly flowers/garden to keep my veggies happy.

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mariadnoca

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I need to read the above and catch up! Went to a butterfly summit over the weekend and ended up with buying plants to create a small butterfly garden, in particular a waystation for monarchs given I found out their population is down 90%. The photo is of the type of plants I bought. This will also make my veggies happy. A win/win. Sorta food related? Oh and a white hydrangea that’s as big as your head – just because. smileys/smile.gif
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Beautiful!

Don't forget to dry the hydrangeas if you'd like in the fall (I like to do them when they are very green after they lose their white color. We have 6 huge bushes (can easily provide for a wedding:). Years ago I also bought a strawberry-vanilla cone shaped hydrangea that blooms a bit later; their dried flowers are magnificent.

 
Get a butterfly bush. It will come back every year. Zinnias are a cheery little annual that they

love also.

 
I was on the northern coast of Ohio last weekend

(I live on the southern coast as we call it: The Ohio River) to attend the funeral of a dear friend's father. We stopped off at his mom's several times and I toured her garden. There, to my wondering eyes, she had a huge patch of milkweed. A weed where I grew up. I saw the milkweed and said, "That looks like milkweed!"

Yes, it was, and Mom said the butterflies love it!!!

So I guess next time I go out the homeland to visit my brother, I need to dig up some milkweed. And I'll add ironweed and mayapples that everyone seems to be growing now in their butterfly gardens.

 
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