Native plants steal the show
Today ’s photos add up from Harriet Robinson in Otisfield , Maine . She is sharing picture of a outstanding garden that establish that gardens built with aboriginal plants for pollinator can also be incredibly beautiful .
I was at the Fort Williams Children ’s Garden for a garden club duty tour on Sept 12 . It is institute with mostly aboriginal perennials , bush , and trees . The prime were stunning , and the pollinators were dynamic . Several coinage of butterflies ( monarch and paint peeress among them ) fluttered about and land on flowers , and the humblebee were engaged . The managed wildflowers and nativars did not look a bit weedy and were visually stunning planted to contrast with each other .
Aromatic aster ( Symphyotrichumoblongifolium , Zones 3–8 ) , echinacea ( Echinaceapurpurea , Zones 3–9 ) , hyssop ( Agastachefoeniculum , Zones 4–8 ) , and goldenrod ( Solidagosp . )
Helianthus(perennial helianthus ) and other native flowers
spate plenty ( Pycnanthemum , Zones 4–8 ) and echinacea
Mountain mint andMonarda(bee balm )
A newly emerged monarch butterfly butterfly stroke on hyssop
Penstemon‘Dark tower ’ ( Zones 3–8 ) highlighted by goldenrod
A gambling country with milkweed ( Asclepias),Verbenahastata(Zones 3–8 ) , lobelia ( Lobeliacardinalis , Zones 3–9 ) , and goldenrod
Smooth aster ( Symphyotrichumlaeve , Zones 3–8 ) , hyssop , and genus Echinacea
Sweetfern ( Comptoniaperegrina , Zones 2–6 ) in the foreground , with aboriginal bush and perennial
Mrs. Henry Wood aster ( Eurybia divaricata , Zones 3–8 ) and bee balm
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