While many are shoveling out from deep blankets of snow-drifts, I would like to escape our white wintry hillside by recalling landscape tapestries of summer twenty-twelve. Storms of blossoms unfurl throughout the spring and summer here at Flower Hill Farm attracting pollinators, birds and other beasts to our gardens, fields and forest. It is this living tapestry of color, texture, fragrance and sounds that inspired me to create this blog four years ago . . . February 6, … [Read more...] about Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Summer Twenty-Twelve
Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Summer Twenty-Twelve
While many are shoveling out from deep blankets of snow-drifts, I would like to escape our white wintry hillside by recalling landscape tapestries of summer twenty-twelve. Storms of blossoms unfurl throughout the spring and summer here at Flower Hill Farm attracting pollinators, birds and other beasts to our gardens, fields and forest. It is this living tapestry of color, texture, fragrance and sounds that inspired me to create this blog four years ago . . . February 6, 2009.Over the last … [Read more...] about Recalling Landscape Tapestries of Summer Twenty-Twelve
Monarch Butterflies Wild About The Gardens
Throughout the summer and fall Monarchs and other butterflies readily flutter to native plants in the garden and seem to prefer them over most all others . . . with exception to our taller than usual butterfly bush. Joe-pye weed, Eupatorium purpureum L. is a favorite plant of mine for its large sculptural quality. Butterflies, moths and bees love the sweets hidden within numerous tiny florets. Liatris is another favored native and great pollinator attractor. Ironweed, Veronia … [Read more...] about Monarch Butterflies Wild About The Gardens
Monarch Butterflies Wild About The Gardens
Throughout the summer and fall Monarchs and other butterflies readily flutter to native plants in the garden and seem to prefer them over most all others . . . with exception to our taller than usual butterfly bush.Joe-pye weed, Eupatorium purpureum L. is a favorite plant of mine for its large sculptural quality. Butterflies, moths and bees love the sweets hidden within numerous tiny florets. Liatris is another favored native and great pollinator attractor. Ironweed, … [Read more...] about Monarch Butterflies Wild About The Gardens
