Wildlife Gardening Journal

Bees and Their Favorite Spring-Blooming Bulbs

I have a friend who once commented, “The promise of spring leans hard on you gardeners.” Oh, how right she is. Is it spring yet? I can almost taste it on the wind today. Soon, soon, my landscape teases. My daffodils are almost ready to start blooming, but they aren't very popular with pollinators if ...

The Wildflower Meadow: Attracting Butterflies and Other Wildlife

Looking critically at the yard today, it's easy to see that it's about time to mow the wildflower meadow at the top of the yard. The black-eyed susans are about finished, and the beebalm is on the downhill swing as well. The prairie gaillardia is long gone. The meadow wasn't as glorious this year as ...

Butterfly Garden Basics

Butterfly gardens bring double beauty to any landscape: Gorgeous flowers! Colorful butterflies! Plus, they aren't difficult to create by providing a few basic butterfly needs. Butterfly gardens should have the following: - Habitat - Nectar plants (food) - Host plants - Hospitable landscape Habitat I like to talk about habitat first because most literature on ...