Coneflowers are wonderful plants for helping wildlife. Here are three reasons to add coneflowers to your garden. They are easy to grow Coneflowers, also known as Echinacea, are native to North America and are members of the daisy family. Hardy from zones 3-9, they are easy plants to grow, very forgiving of different light exposures, ...
Read More | Wildlife Gardening JournalThis time of year, I frequently notice orange caterpillars on my passion flower vines. Do you have them, too, and wonder what they are? About those caterpillars There are several butterflies that use passion flowers as host plants: Gulf fritillaries, red-banded hairstreaks, zebra longwings, crimson-patched longwings, and Julia butterflies. Also, I've seen pictures of variegated ...
Read More | Wildlife Gardening JournalIn the past two weeks, I've caught two female giant swallowtails laying eggs on my rue, one of their host plants. It's so exciting to see this aptly named butterfly fluttering around my yard... so big and beautiful! It is worth planting rue just to attract them. This year, I decided to keep my two ...
Read More | Wildlife Gardening JournalA weed is an undesirable plant or a plant in an undesirable location. We pull weeds, we spray them, we put down barriers to keep them out. We probably spend a fair amount of time cursing them, mentally, if not out loud. When we moved in, my lawn was composed primarily of sandburs. Every summer ...
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