Mid-Atlantic Gardening: Plant it and they will come Monarchs and Pollinators, 3 by CatMint20906

CatMint20906 wrote:
Sorry--having trouble uploading and editing with my cell phone.

Had a wonderful weekend, first exploring the pollinator gardens with Muddy, then a quick visit from SSG to exchange some plants, and finally visiting some milkweed sites with Coleup. Managed to get some butterfly shots while I was at it!

Hope these all upload okay. First 5 are from the trip to the pollinator gardens with Muddy. It was really cool. They had a bee garden, a butterfly garden, and then a salvia and herb garden. I tried to take notes on which plants they were using at the 3 gardens--I'd like to plant some more focused spots next year!

1st 3 pics are from the salvia & herb garden--those are mountain mints (P. muticum) in the first shot--we definitely thought of you, Greenthumb! 2nd two pics are of a Swallowtail we saw in the 'seasonal' garden on the way out, enjoying the Tithonia rotundifolia.

It was lots of fun--and great to see Muddy of course! It was also nice to see SSG when she came by later for some plants. :-)