Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: Photos of gardens....., 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Boy I agree Roxanne! Red has got it goin on up there in OR. The climate there is so different from here, so many things I could grow in this TX heat! I like the flow and harmony you have going there, Red, such clean lines!
Rox, I relate to the tree removal and letting some more sun in. So true

Quoting:...it's impossible to have a butterfly garden in the shade.

The side of our house gets east sun in the morning, and it was the best spot for full sun for a few years. A lot of butterfly action has been going on there since I began planting there. Many of the plants there have been there for about 4 years.
The front yard is less wild looking than the back. But the back is scruffy on purpose.. White and Red Clovers and mulch and maybe some native grass when I am ready to trim it all in tight. I have found wildlife like a somewhat casual habitat. Critters appreciate function before form anyway.. If something looks like it works well, it was half by accident. Honestly all I was thinking was "I need this!"~ When I had it it was then, "Where the would am I gonna put this?" So I just went for it!!
Besides gardening is the best way to share. Once we have them there is a 90% or better chance we can reproduce it to give to someone who liked what we grow as much as we do.
I am growing more things for the first time than any year before. Gotten bolder and bolder too, LOL! Hopefully I will be able to harvest the seeds well enough to share and keep going on some reliable annuals.. A lot of testing will be done with the perinneals. Best way for me to learn is to grow it for myself.
And about the rains... This is the rainest April we have had in so so so long! I know drought well. It turned out to be the best year of all to establish certain plants that would have been a waste of money otherwise.

Here is looking across the front yard. The little Blue Mist shrub on the left in front of the window will grow to balance the Buddleia to the right of it. Then there is a Redbud in the middle. In front of that are 2 Bradford Pear trees. They do look amazing in Spring with all the white blossoms. One of these days they might have to go. There is Jasmine on the far left. The Cestrum nocturnum made it through and also the star Jas. Love the fragrance of the Cestrum!

Look what ya started Becky, LOL! You da girl!!