But while I am migrating my garden to native plants, these are beautiful, with a rich perfume, but I don't see many bees around them.
On the other hand, my native plants are thriving in their new environment and I'm seeing lots of pollinators around them. Well, lets be totally honest, the sunny ones are doing great, the shade ones, not so much. The fault is mine as I planted a couple of them in a place that is more sun then shade and a few just gave up the ghost and passed on. But these are more then making up for it!
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| Butterfly bush is full bloom |
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| Blue Vervain |
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| Black Eyed Susan |
And everything else is coming into season, even the fall flowers like the Aster's are starting to come up. And the paw paw tress are getting well established, but I do fuss over them like a new parent.
The time of creating and planting is over for now. These days its enjoying the show, revelling in the peace and sitting in the shade of my Manitoba Maple and just being for a time. My garden is place of healing for me. There is always something to do and every morning I go out and see something new. it is a place of wonder. When I was sitting underneath my tree I looked up and saw this mother and baby, just sitting quietly, a little miracle of life.
Oh and you may remember a few posts back I was singing the praises of Bobbex, a rabbit and deer repellent?
Look at this!
That's right its a hollyhock in bloom!!!!. Rabbits love hollyhocks and I haven't seen them bloom for a couple of years as they were eaten down to the roots. But I kept using this product and it works. I have gorgeous Hollyhocks, my favourite cottage garden flower. So try it for yourself, it is a titch pungent when first applied, buts it a perfume to me!
