Garden Maintenance for Native Gardens is Not Complicated! Here are a few tips to help you along. Watering Watering new plants is critical during their first season of establishment. If they are matched to the right site, new plants should not need extra watering or ongoing irrigation after a year … [Read more...]
Things You See On Milkweed
Monarch Caterpillars on Milkweed Milkweed is a necessary part of the Monarch butterfly life cycle. The adult butterfly lays its eggs on a milkweed plant. When the eggs hatch, the tiny caterpillar immediately starts munching on the leaves. It grows to about the size of a pinkie-finger, and then … [Read more...]
Seven Native Plant Maintenance Tips
Is a native plant garden really ‘no maintenance’? That depends on your preferences. You can tend your native plant garden as neatly, or as informally, as you like. Keep in mind, we’ve never yet heard a bird, bee or butterfly mutter “I wish they’d tidy up this place.” Many insects require leaf … [Read more...]
