The process has begun for installation of the new Native Butterfly Garden at the corner of Sycamore and Cherrywood! This weekend, I pulled more Johnson grass (it grows back darn fast) and lay down a piddly amount of black plastic to try and fry some of the grass and weeds. (This is more of a gesture than anything.)
Fall approacheth and that means it's time to plant plants!
There will be 2 workdays coming up, and I really hope that neighbors will come out and help. Here's the potential schedule for the butterfly garden prep and installation:
9/29 (all day); Saturday
- Rototill/scrape planting area (I'll try to get a Rototiller on loan from KAB)
- Install steel edging for beds and paths (I'll buy this the day before)
- Have soil, decomposed granite and mulch delivered (ordered the week before)
- Install the above trio
- purchase plants at Wildflower Center fall plant sale (on Friday)
- install and water new plants!
- wait for the plants to grow and the butterflies to come forth....
- lantana
- zexmenia
- blazing star/gayfeather (Liatris)
- butterfly weed (various species)
- purple coneflower
- mistflower
- blackfoot daisy
- indian blanket
- standing cypress
- verbena
- monarda (bee balm, lemon balm)
- rock rose
- purple prairie clover
- woolly ironweed
- mexican plum (tree, but host for Cercropia moths and the monarchs LOVE the flowers in spring)
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