Lots of interesting videos here, from how to collect wildflower seeds to how to get rid of invasive trees: https://www.youtube.com/user/P...
Article about how to raise swallowtail butterflies from egg to adult: http://texasbutterflyranch.com...
Article from HIgh Country Gardens about perennials for naturalizing: http://www.highcountrygardens....
In 2017 (note: I began planning this garden in 2015) I will be starting a new area of planting specifically for butterflies, birds and bees... it will be in an unprotected spot so will have to withstand deer, bunnies, and other wildlife. Here is a list of possible plants that I will be able to put in this year, thanks to the Piggy Seed Swap on Cubits, plants that I can transplant from my perennial garden, and other leftover garden seeds and local wildflowers:
Amaranthus
Astragalus canadensis
Baptisia australis
Bleeding Hearts
Blue dogbane
Borage
Buddleia "Buzz"
Butterfly weed
Cardinal flower
Chocolate Joe Pye weed
Choke cherry
Cimicifuga (Actaea racemosa)
Columbine
Common milkweed
Cosmos "Bright Lights"
Delphinium
Dill
Dwarf flowered butterfly pea (Clitoria)
Elderberry
Forget-Me-Not (alpine/northern type)
Four O'Clocks
Foxglove
Hollyhock (various types)
Horsemint/Spotted beebalm (Monarda)
Hyssom officianalis
Jewelweed
Marigolds
Maximillian sunflower
Monkshood
Morning Glory
Nasturtiums
Nicotiana (flowering tobacco, woodland tobacco)
Partridge pea
Perennial bachelor button
Purple coneflower
Queen Anne's Lace
Rocky Mountain penstemon
Rue
Safflower
Sedum
Sweet Annie
Tansy (Tanacetum vulgare)
Wild lupine
Winterberry
Wintergreen
Yarrow
Zinnias
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