Pollinator Prairie Patch

Well hello my beauties, I hope you visit some golden alexanders to layout eggs afterwards

In the past few years we have been hearing a lot about planting milkweeds to save the monarchs.. And that makes sense monarchs rely milkweed as caterpillars as the only food source and then nectarong resources in the fall as they are migrating south to Mexico.

I wanted to show you some less frequently planted in gardens milkweeds such as this purple milkweed. Purple milkweed is a Conservative plant, meaning they only grow in habitats that have not experienced a lot of disturbance. They prefer Savannas which means part sun. And have a stunning purple color.

Their populations have been declining over the last few decades. So When you're able to see one in the Wild, Consider yourself lucky

🚨 non-native plant post🚨

I really try to concentrate on native plants but once in a while some non native, non agressive plant comes around that charms me. Today it is the tulip display at

Beautiful colors, shapes and textures. Perhaps they don't serve pollinators but the combination does stop you in your tracks