Texas Gardening: Spring blooms - Part 4 - Stuff is really taking off, 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Hey! Ya wanna go around back and see the Butterfly & Wildlife garden?

Here is a stiched view, a sort of panorama...
To the left of this window we have lots of other host plants I will share later, however in this frame we have a center row of pots with:
(front to back) Thumbelina Zinnias, Pentas, Desert Willow, Amorpha fruiticosa, Vitex Tree (in ground), and in back 3 citrus, Clementine, Meyer Lemon and Lime. Cannas are in raised beds behind that.

In the rows we have Black & Blue Salvia, Porterweed, and a Hibiscus Manihot.

Next row forward Salvias (Hotlips and Pineapple), Daylilies, Rudbeckia (tall short) Echinacea, Hop tree, and some Crocosmias.

Front row Salvia g. blue violet, Texas Betony, Red Verbena, and 3 kinds of Cuphea that are just emerging.

The second to the right row from the right fence: Mostly Perennial Milkweed and Yarrow, with Red hot pokers toward the back.

Far right beside the fence: Spicebushes on each end, two Buddleias closer in, and a Pipevine (Aristolochia macrophylla) up the middle.

**Yes it is a small place, but where there's a will and a purpose, there is a way.**

To the right of this frame I have a Magpie Duck and a Chicken, (Echo & Tango) and visiting wild birds which keep them company all day. I do believe the 2 of them are voyeurs as they seem to love watching the wild birds as much as we do. Quite often Echo will flap her Pterodactyl-like wings, and then say "nope, I can't fly yet, but someday ..oO"