April 14 , 2016
Holistic Pollinator Habitat
Always , I let my Petroselinum crispum and cilantro bolt . bee and other pollinators hover in the wing for those alimental flowers . Bee traffic is back up on Gulf or Brazos Penstemon ( Penstemon tenuis ) . So far , everybody stays in their own lane . Yaupons bursting with minuscule flower tamp in lots of bees , here on my Lynn Lowery yaupon . At land grade , native Salvia lyrata gets my vote for re - seeding intelligence . Pooh on mulch . They sent their offspring to slivers of gravel on a part - shade patio . aboriginal cedar salvia ( Salvia roemeriana ) is n’t under Ashe junipers in my eastward Austin garden , but hummingbirds and butterflies are fine with that . I’ve got quite a little of butterfly , too , and to show how you could have them in your garden , I hope you ’ll join me this Saturday , April 16 , at theEmilyAnn Theatre & Gardens in Wimberleyfor their eighteenth Annual Butterfly Festival . My lecture “ Backyard Butterflies ” is at 1 p.m. but the tops fun - fill mob day is from 9 a.m. – 5 post meridiem Find out more and come on out !
What ’s the secret to lively , holistic habitat that back up wildlife all class long ? This week , Eva Van Dyke fromBarton Springs Nurseryhas some answers to surprise you . Certainly , it ’s no surprise that wildlife involve shelter and solid food every single day . Caterpillars feed spring ’s baby birds . new incubate spiny lizards wipe out flyspeck tree diagram ants and later pick up garden pests . Oh , and those escargot — above dry land cleanup patrol . Eva ’s got a handy wind to distract them .
Every time of year , trees offer progressive nectar and larval feeding . In early springiness , sandpaper tree ( Ehretia anacua ) enrapture pollinators . In summer , desert willow ( genus Chilopsis linearis ) spurs bees and hummingbirds to drop by . Eva explores the integral picture from above our head down to grasses and groundcover . Perennials like native coneflower feed fortune of pollinators , including chick if you let a few go to seed . She ask round us to embed a mallow garden that ’s as beautiful for us as it is for pollinator . Rockrose ( Pavonia lasiopetala)Globe mallow ( Sphaeralcea ambigua)And ( I think ) velvety - leaf mallow ( Allowissadula holosericea)Get Eva ’s WONDERFUL plant list for every season , include one of her summer - fall darling , Buttonbush ( Cephalanthus occidentalis).And watch now !
Animals can chomp our tree , especially in drouth . Daphne excuse what encounter to Robin Carter ’s bigtooth maple and why it ’s o.k. . Trisha sweetens our low - sugar life history with stevia , though pollinators surely direct to those tasty flower . encounter out why store - bought stevia may not be what you think , how to grow it , and make extracts . Absolutely the biggest change I ’ve see in garden philosophy is creating wildlife habitat , include larval ( chomped ) plants . justly now , Swallowtail butterfly caterpillars are dining on cilantro , parsley , fennel and dill . So , Daphne ’s Plant of the Weekfeatures a few of our viewers ’ great shot . Christina Pascofound this Giant Swallowtail larva on her key lime . They do love citrous fruit leaves!Kathy Hartediscovered this Sphinx moth cat in her garden . With warm atmospheric condition so early this class , Vancecaught this Gulf Fritillary soon after it emerged from the chrysalis where it had winter . Summer yearly old maid is a butterfly stroke fave . An Easter Tiger swallow-tailed coat goes forRusty Brindle’sflowers . Lantana is a liberal hit . Marie Pavlovskysent usvideo of a Red Admiral on purple tracking lantana .
Many butterfly nectar on silkweed . Rob Seiler’s9 - year - old son snapped this great picture of a Monarch on its larval host last fall . AndRobyn Squyressentvideo of two Monarchs on silkweed — their larval host .
Here ’s her scene . Comal County Master GardenerCharlotte Trussell spy this American Lady butterfly on native golden Senecio vulgaris . In winter and former spring , she provides a supplemental diet for overwintering butterflies that emerge on quick days . Red Admirals are really going for it in her garden . Here ’s her formula for Butterfly Mash:• 2 calamitous bananas flake and smashed• 1 tablespoonful molasses• 1 tablespoonful brown sugar• And about a third of a cup of dark beer ( enough to make the mix “ soupy”)• Mash ingredients together and grant to sit UNCOVERED overnight to work , then spoon small amount into a shallow credit card lid and place in your garden .
On tour , Monica Gaylord from the Heart O ’ Texas Orchid Society packs in bouquet , beauty , and global connectivity in her orchid greenhouse that promotes awareness of these imperil pollinator plant . Go into gorgeous , fragrant overload at the 45th Annual Heart O ’ Texas Orchid Society Show & Sale April 22 – 24.Find out more .
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Thanks for stop by ! See you next week , Linda
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