Texas Gardening: North Central Texas Fall Roundup Trade Thread., 1 by debnes_dfw_tx

debnes_dfw_tx wrote:
Hi Friends!
This year I have all I need for my own personal garden, (thanks to many of you here) however since DG is the ultimate plant connection I have the following "wants" to submit:

Breaking Ground for a Wildlife Garden and Whitley Road Elementary in Watauga, TX

Can you help?

I have been asked to transform an area ( 52' x 28') at my son's school into a wildlife/butterfly garden in which the kids can work and learn about insects gardening. It is in a recessed area overlooked by the school's art room. I have compiled a short list of plants (below), however I am open to other offerings. Just as long as they are Texas natives, or otherwise deemed indispensable for this type of garden. If any of you coming to the swap on the 18th would like to pitch in please dmail me. All help is very deeply appreciated!

Thank You!

WANTS

Nectar Plants

Black Foot Daisies
Flame Acanthus
Lantana camara
Rudbeckia
Salvia farinacea
Salvia greggii, all colors
Vitex
Ox-eyed or Shasta Daisies
Coreopsis spp.


Host Plants

Milkweed, Asclepias spp.
Pipevine, Aristolochia spp.
Hop tree, Ptella trifoliata
Spicebush, Lindera benzoin
Escarpment Cherry, Prunus serotina
Turks cap Hibiscus

Basic Wildlife

Elderberry
Open to other basic wildlife plants, Let me know.

Here is a "before" picture of the area...
After I get something worth showing, I will make a thread in TX Gardening Forum for any who are interested in how it develops.




This message was edited Sep 30, 2008 9:42 AM