Morning Glories: Morning Glories 2009 #20, 1 by beckygardener

beckygardener wrote:
And I thought I would finally show y'all a photo of the arbor that my dh and I made for my class butterfly garden at the school. I will be adding plants to it over time. Right now the 3 bushes are in and planted behind the arbor. They are small, but will grow quickly. There is red porterweed, cassia, and a purple butterfly bush. In the front is red salvia, white pentas, and purple verbena. The blue blooming Plumbago growing under the window was planted by our class a couple of years ago and it is now a hedge! :-)

I hope to show a photo in the Spring when the plants are all bigger. There are two different Passiflora (maypop) growing on the arbor. One has purple blooms and the other white. The cassia and passiflora are host plants for different butterflies. The rest are nectar plants. So we are off to a good start in our class garden bed. There is another bed that has the 3-tiered beds which I will be adding plants to soon as well. The arbor cost me about $25 to build. :-)