Hummingbird and Butterfly Gardening: My Butterfly/Cottage Garden, 1 by Early_Bloomer

Early_Bloomer wrote:
tabasco........Stale perspiration huh? I don't think mine smells like that at all. The scent was very noticeable in the garden when it was blooming but didn't seem overpowering or unpleasant though. It kind of reminds me of Ivory soap. The milkweed is the only asclepias variety I have now. There are some milkweed plants growing along the fence at the end of the bed but I've never checked to see exactly what it is. It's a tall variety that gets white flowers. I've let it spread into the yard a bit this year.

Karen........I have 4 acres here on the edge of town. More then half is wooded and is the source of the locust trees for my split-rail fence and the flat rocks I use to border my beds. The back yard has a small orchard with about a dozen trees--mostly apple.

I left a couple of plants off of the list. Russian sage and Cup plant. I bought the Cup plant at a garden club sale last year and had no idea what it was. It's in the right front corner of the bed and needs moved this fall. It's about 8' tall and still growing. :( You can see part of it on the far left in the first photo I posted in this thread. It's a good thing I have plenty of space.

early_bloomer