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wanted sensory garden seeds or butterfly garden
Comments (4)Hi! I love it that you're working with kids. I teach "recycle" classes to kids in my part-time job. Anyway, I have hummingbird mixed seed from Dollar General. I bought it fall 2011 so it was packaged for 2011, not 2012. It's a mix of adonis aestivalis, centaurea cyanus, cheiranthus allionii, cheiranthus cheirri, coreopsis tinctoria, cosmos bipinnatus, delphinium consolida, dianthus barbatus, dracocephalum moldavica, gypsophila elegans, theris umbellatum, lavatera trimestris, linum grandiflorum, linaria maroccana, malope trifida, papaver rhoeas, phlox drummondii, saponaria vaccaria, silene armeria. If you'd like it email me your address and I'll send it out to you. My favorite flower is Gaillardia and I'd send you some seed for that, too (and it's perennial). Heidi in Nebraska Here is a link that might be useful:...See MoreOT - Photo in my garden of Zebra Swallowtail Butterfly
Comments (5)I've never seen one with the green tint either. All the ones who visit here just look white with black stripes. Debra...See MoreButterfly Garden (Monarchs) Conundrum - Should I cut down milkweeds?
Comments (3)The Monarchs that hatch here fly north and lay eggs early in the season, and the Monarchs that hatch later here fly to Mexico and overwinter there. I wouldn't get rid of the milkweeds. After the wasp broods are finished they won't be as much a problem, and then the caterpillars will have a better chance of survival. I've heard that raising Monarch caterpillars inside messes up their navigation. I don't know about using cages outside. I know people that drape light fabrics over the plants that have cats to keep the predators out....See MoreButterflies in the Hosta/Shade Garden
Comments (7)Excellent shots of Tiger Swallowtail. I have only seen 2 butterflies this year (Red spotted Purples) . We had excessive rain and we did not get our vegetable garden in this year. Really reduced the butterfly population in my yard. I volunteer at a nearby botanical garden butterfly house and this is one of the best years they've had. The other day I released 12 Zebra Swallowtails. Somewhat rare in Ohio because the Paw Paw tree is not plentiful here. After working a shift there my BP is so low it's almost shocking. :)...See More- 7 years agolast modified: 7 years ago
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