bee balm, butterfly weed, coreopsis, clematis seedling
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bee balm, butterfly weed, coreopsis, clematis seedling
The Clematis is a self sown seedling
bee balm has spread to about 5 ft wide X 10 ft long
No Monarchs eating the butterfly weed this year, "not good"
Coreopsis Zagreb
bee balm has spread to about 5 ft wide X 10 ft long
No Monarchs eating the butterfly weed this year, "not good"
Coreopsis Zagreb
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All so pretty Ed!
I have not seen one Monarch yet. In fact I have very few butterflies except for the white Cabbage types and skippers. I have had 1 Mourningcloak and a couple Painted ladies and that is about it.
I have not seen one Monarch yet. In fact I have very few butterflies except for the white Cabbage types and skippers. I have had 1 Mourningcloak and a couple Painted ladies and that is about it.
Claudia
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I love your bee balm bed. How big is it?
I am planting a bed especially for butterflys. I need to add some bee balm to it.
I haven't seen a monarchs yet either. I have seen lots of swallowtails and have found their cats on some parsley.
I am planting a bed especially for butterflys. I need to add some bee balm to it.
I haven't seen a monarchs yet either. I have seen lots of swallowtails and have found their cats on some parsley.
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Bee balm bed
5x10 feet after about 12 years, and growing bigger every year.
It has come down to what it can't overrun it grows around, Daylilies have held their own.
Oriental, Asiatic, and Trumpet lilies all grow in the middle of it.
It is such a hummingbird, hummingbird moth, and bee magnet that I just let it do it's thing, plus it's beautiful in bloom.
5x10 feet after about 12 years, and growing bigger every year.
It has come down to what it can't overrun it grows around, Daylilies have held their own.
Oriental, Asiatic, and Trumpet lilies all grow in the middle of it.
It is such a hummingbird, hummingbird moth, and bee magnet that I just let it do it's thing, plus it's beautiful in bloom.
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Very pretty Ed!
I have a bee balm bed too. It's planted in the bed that I call the invasive bed. Everything I plant there takes over. First purple coneflowers, then garden phlox, next blasted japanese honeysuckle (I didn't know that was what it was), and now it's the bee balm bed with just a few coneflowers and garden phlox and the honeysuckle still popping up on one end.
I have a bee balm bed too. It's planted in the bed that I call the invasive bed. Everything I plant there takes over. First purple coneflowers, then garden phlox, next blasted japanese honeysuckle (I didn't know that was what it was), and now it's the bee balm bed with just a few coneflowers and garden phlox and the honeysuckle still popping up on one end.
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